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Paper Boat: Riding on a wave of nostalgia
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Paper Boat: Riding on a wave of nostalgia

In this video, Neeraj Kakkar, co-founder of the Paper Boat brand and Shripad Nadkarni, an investor in the brand, talk about the magic formula that got people hooked and which helped them create a new beverages segment—ethnic drinks

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How India’s digital economy can rediscover its mojo
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

How India’s digital economy can rediscover its mojo

The recent crisis of confidence brought by the unicorn meltdowns isn't for real. India’s digital economy is actually poised for a bright future. Just that we need a new lens to look at the real opportunities

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor, Entrepreneur

Why leaders need to ask, not tell
·Leadership & Organisation

Why leaders need to ask, not tell

Leaders need to learn how to engage everyone, especially young minds, in co-creating the future. The failure to do so can lead to widespread disillusionment and widen the generational gap

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

This week in disruptive tech—August 19, 2016
·Technology & the Future

This week in disruptive tech—August 19, 2016

A roundup of news and perspective on disruptive technology from around the world. In this issue: Can technology tackle trolls and disinformation, Pepper the “emotional” robot, personalised learning through AltSchool, and more

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor, Founding Fuel

What is Indian about the Indian entrepreneur?
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

What is Indian about the Indian entrepreneur?

Endless growth, the goal of a Western template of business, is not sustainable. A characteristically Indian model would be to make profit while being mindful of the impact of business on society

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Baba Prasad

Baba Prasad

President and CEO, Vivékin Group

A new lens on leadership
·Leadership & Organisation

A new lens on leadership

Your leadership calls, and how you interpret opportunities and threats, are influenced by your lenses, which are unique and personal to you

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K Ramkumar

K Ramkumar

Founder and CEO, Leadership Centre

A new manifesto for Indian entrepreneurship
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

A new manifesto for Indian entrepreneurship

A special Independence Day conversation with Arun Maira, Sundeep Waslekar and Nachiket Mor on what it might take to build a world that works for everyone—and how entrepreneurship can play its part in that transformation

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Who are our heroes and role models?
·Economy, Policy & Society

Who are our heroes and role models?

Having the right role models is critical to nudging us in the right direction. India needs to look beyond film stars, cricketers and politicians

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB, Professor of Strategy

How TVF took the digital jungle by storm
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

How TVF took the digital jungle by storm

In this video, Arunabh Kumar, founder of The Viral Fever, talks about what helps them stand out. In a word, content

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The Uber-Didi deal is more about China than about Uber and Didi
·Economy, Policy & Society

The Uber-Didi deal is more about China than about Uber and Didi

The Chinese have done it again. With the Uber-Didi deal, they have shown the world how to carve out a near monopoly in urban transportation that’s also highly regulated and hugely competitive

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Haresh Chawla

Haresh Chawla

Investor, Entrepreneur