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The Beatles, and mastery through deliberate practice
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

The Beatles, and mastery through deliberate practice

This Week: Deliberate practice, the clash between capitalism and democracy, inside the mind of a digital native, the personal data ecosystem, and more

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

Capitalism vs democracy: Consumers vs citizens
·Economy, Policy & Society

Capitalism vs democracy: Consumers vs citizens

Beneath the economic and political rumbles around the world lies a deeper conflict between these sets of ideas

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Arun Maira

Arun Maira

Former Chairman, BCG India, Member, Planning Commission

How do I deal with an owner who can’t let go?
·Leadership & Organisation

How do I deal with an owner who can’t let go?

As the group CEO, I’ve grown the firm, but now the owner has started to needlessly get in the way. How do I handle the situation?

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Subroto Bagchi

Subroto Bagchi

Author, entrepreneur and philanthropist

The Aadhaar debate: Is common ground possible?
·Economy, Policy & Society

The Aadhaar debate: Is common ground possible?

Discussions on Aadhaar often descend into shouting matches. One way to make progress is to break it down into smaller bits to understand the nuances

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor, Founding Fuel

Getting The Funding Piece Right
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

Getting The Funding Piece Right

Creative inventors with creative ideas need creative capital

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB, Professor of Strategy

How to buy friends and influence people
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation

How to buy friends and influence people

Ever wondered how some influential (and not-so-influential) people and companies get popular on social media for no apparent reason? In a discreet operation, we investigate how.

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

All Things Digital: Trendspotting 2021 with Nandan Nilekani & Haresh Chawla
·Economy, Policy & Society

All Things Digital: Trendspotting 2021 with Nandan Nilekani & Haresh Chawla

This is a decisive moment in India’s digitisation. The digital rails were put in place over the past decade and 2020 saw a dramatic acceleration of trends that were already happening. Nandan Nilekani and Haresh Chawla discuss the many ways India could ride this train

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So, who or what is mofussil?
·Economy, Policy & Society

So, who or what is mofussil?

India’s small towns move beyond the Bunty-Babli stereotype as they emerge as new labour hubs in the post-Covid world

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Ipsita Bandyopadhyay

Ipsita Bandyopadhyay

Head of Research and Strategy, Quipper Research

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