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Tata Neu: Stripping the hype
·Business & Strategy

Tata Neu: Stripping the hype

Is it even a super app? Or a coalition loyalty programme? A loyalty business veteran dissects the challenges and complexities the Tatas—and customers—will have to grapple with

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Harsh Vardhan

Harsh Vardhan

Strategy Consultant

Why UDAN is flying into headwinds
·Economy, Policy & Society

Why UDAN is flying into headwinds

The Modi government’s ambitious scheme was a serious attempt to make air travel accessible to every Indian. But two years later, it is apparent that the challenges may have been somewhat underestimated.

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Indrajit Gupta

Indrajit Gupta

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

How Design Thinking can help the Swachh Bharat Mission
·Economy, Policy & Society

How Design Thinking can help the Swachh Bharat Mission

The mission will succeed—or fail—because of people. And to get people involved, we need to reframe the problem and identify ways for each set of stakeholders to contribute

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Amrita Chowdhury

Amrita Chowdhury

Director, Gaia Smart Cities

Lessons from India’s tortuous path to make tech work for the people
·Economy, Policy & Society

Lessons from India’s tortuous path to make tech work for the people

India’s experience with providing a digital identity to a billion-plus people through Aadhaar and with financial inclusion shows why it’s important to take the state, society and markets along. And how it’s tough to anticipate the unintended consequences

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N S Ramnath

N S Ramnath

Senior Editor, Founding Fuel

You are only as good as your next big idea
·Business & Strategy

You are only as good as your next big idea

The days of relying on a single sustainable competitive advantage are over; companies must focus on spotting new sources of advantage, exploiting them fast, and quickly moving on

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The dark side of the China Story
·Economy, Policy & Society

The dark side of the China Story

From his perch in The City, a leading strategic analyst who prefers the pen name Samuel Pepys, looks at what’s shifting at the intersection of business, markets, economy and society. In this letter: a global supply crunch; an imploding credit-driven economic model; a new economic playbook

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Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys

Strategic analyst and commentator

How to build a business model
·Business & Strategy

How to build a business model

Some pointers to books, articles, websites and hidden links on what it takes to build a great business model

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Working From Home Daily #1 - 70
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery

Working From Home Daily #1 - 70

June 1: Learn to negotiate... with kids, get the sequencing right for digital education, prepare yourself for post-lockdown

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Founding Fuel

Founding Fuel

Tulip mania versus bitcoin ideology
·Economy, Policy & Society

Tulip mania versus bitcoin ideology

Apparently, bitcoins are worth investing in. But is it an ideology or a bubble? What lens do we look at it from? And would you bet your money on either?

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Charles Assisi

Charles Assisi

Co-founder and Director, Founding Fuel

Affordable healthcare: India’s big opportunity
·Economy, Policy & Society

Affordable healthcare: India’s big opportunity

India has a unique opportunity to pioneer a distinct model of affordable healthcare. There are already many outstanding examples of healthcare innovation in the country

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Rishikesha T Krishnan

Rishikesha T Krishnan

Former Director, IIMB, Professor of Strategy