COMPANIES
Software companies to hire more employees in next decade than in past 50 years: Sabharwal of TeamLease
According to Sabharwal, the only way to help the labour force in the informal and farm sector is to create high-wage and high-productivity non-farm jobs in formal firms.
BUSINESS
India should introduce a new index called ‘Ease of Doing Good’: Atul Satija of GiveIndia
With a lot of startup funds being created across the country, there is also a need for impact financing and grant raising. For this, Atul Satija, founder of The/Nudge Institute, advocates large-scale adoption of the Social Stock Exchange, which can lead to creation of more instruments for grants.
BUSINESS
Germ of an Idea | A Kerala rail station, a Mariah Carey song and India’s 100th unicorn
Armed with basic school education and an obsessive passion for technology, Anish Achuthan slept rough, and went hungry but chased his tech dream. The co-founder of neo-banking platform Open has a lot to inspire us
STARTUP
Poor governance and corruption preventing startup magnet Bengaluru from achieving its full potential: TV Mohandas Pai
Bengaluru needs 5 corporations, each to be governed by a separate mayor, he says
TRENDS
Indian football suffering due to paucity of good coaches at grassroots: Kerala’s Santosh Trophy winning coach
Bino George says footballers are missing out on technical skills when they are 11-12 years old, which he considers the golden age for learning the basics of good passing, shooting, control, and trapping.
BUSINESS
Germ of an idea | A black Ford Mustang, a lal batiwali gadi and a unicorn called Razorpay
Here’s how Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar ditched lucrative jobs overseas to blaze a trail in India’s fintech ecosystem, giving small businesses the digital edge through Razorpay
BUSINESS
Rajeev Chandrasekhar: India to be largest Fab that will be non-China proximal
Minister of State for Electronics, IT, Skilling and Entrepreneurship Rajeev Chandrasekhar says the semiconductor space will boom in India following the increasing siliconization intensity in automotives, mobile communication and computing.
BUSINESS
#HowTo | How to prepare a pitch deck that can win you millions
All the pitch deck tips you need as a start-up founder to impress investors and raise funds.
BUSINESS
Germ of an idea | How two friends stuck together through thick and thin to create Meesho, the unicorn
How Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal met, founded Meesho, and raised funds for an idea that had never been tested before.
BUSINESS
Lesson from BharatPe fiasco—how to build a symbiotic relationship between founders and board
The public falling-out of co-founder Ashneer Grover and the BharatPe board has seen a lot of dirt fly but it doesn’t have to be so ugly. We have a checklist for the founders, read on
CRICKET
Shane Warne: The genius who ‘turned’ spin bowling on its head
“Whoever writes my scripts is doing an unbelievable job” - Shane Warne, after he became the first bowler in history to pick 700 Test wickets.
BUSINESS
If burgers and pizzas can become popular globally, why not idlis and dosas: PC Mustafa of iD Fresh Food
iD Fresh Food is working on multi-pronged US strategy to become a global brand, says the company's founder.
BUSINESS
Exclusive | Singapore minister Alvin Tan: We look forward to India finalising and passing its Personal Data Protection Bill
Singapore and India can cooperate on upstream initiatives to accelerate research and development on low-carbon tech solutions. We can also jointly avail financing for green infrastructure and initiatives, Singapore minister Alvin Tan said.
BUSINESS
We've repositioned JioGenNext as a market access programme to help founders build scale, value: Amey Mashelkar
JioGenNext has come a long way from nurturing 11 startups in the first batch in 2014. RIL’s startup accelerator head Amey Mashelkar thinks the next big step is to help founders scale faster and they are ready for it—with technology and partnerships
BUSINESS
Why RCB can’t think straight at the IPL auction table?
IPL Mega Auction 2022: Royal Challengers Bangalore lost the services of leg spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and emerging homegrown talent Devdutt Padikkal even as the team failed to steady its shaky batting order yet again
BUSINESS
Germ of an Idea | How three friends battled legacy players to turn Darwinbox into a unicorn
The story of Darwinbox founders Jayant Paleti, Rohit Chennamaneni and Chaitanya Peddi, who dared to take on SAP and Oracle in their own den.
BUSINESS
How to use learnings derived from investor rejections to improve business model and plug loopholes
As a startup founder if you see no objections from potential investors to your assumptions, or questions on your projected numbers, or inputs on your business model, then you are not getting their money. But not getting dejected is the key. See rejection as valuable feedback rather than an outright ‘no’.
TRENDS
Ace Malayalam film writer Syam Pushkaran: "National viewers are looking for slice-of-life movies, and that’s what we give"
Writers have greater freedom in OTT, as it offers better scope for self-expression. In the theatre, people will expect greater entertainment, where we have to guarantee cinematic orgasm: Syam Pushkaran
BUSINESS
Germ of an idea: How edtech firm Eruditus was founded
For Ashwin Damera, the co-founder and CEO of edtech unicorn Eruditus, his first entrepreneurial gig was a path paved with thorns.
BUSINESS
Get a co-founder or fly solo—how to resolve the biggest startup dilemma
A startup is a tough job. A co-founder, or more, can lend a steadying hand in the ups and downs of the journey but it is important for skills, values and goals to align or you have a royal mess in the making
BUSINESS
India looks to broad-base AI workforce to meet growing demand
The country needs to reskill as well as upskill for the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’. As we move towards a digital world, India has to create an educational ecosystem that is equipped to harness not just AI but other technological advances as well
BUSINESS
Artificial intelligence: It's a fine balancing act between opportunities and pitfalls
As it goes mainstream, artificial intelligence faces increased scrutiny. Data privacy, transparency in building machine-learning models and ensuring algorithms do not reflect or propagate bias can be a starting point towards building trust
TRENDS
How AI is improving education, healthcare and farming in India
From preventing blindness to helping children read to forecasting floods, AI has come a long way from the specialised labs where it emerged, here’s how it is reshaping lives in India
BUSINESS
2021 proved that tier 2, 3 towns will pay for entertainment, education and other services, says 3one4 Capital's Pranav Pai
Pai rates 2021 as a watershed for India’s startup ecosystem and equity markets. He is betting big on local consumption of fintech and SaaS in 2022 but also lists choke points that need to be unclogged for businesses and innovation to flourish
