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Start-Ups Can Never Be Family Businesses
Freshworks founder & CEO Girish Mathrubootham feels that new-age companies are best run by professionals

August 01, 2022
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The Scion Advantage
Getting into the senior care segment for a 20-something is not easy, even if she is Tara Singh Vachani, daughter of Max Group founder Analjit Singh. But she acknowledges that scions have an advantage in starting on their own

August 01, 2022
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‘As Soon As You Raise Money, You Get Into The Rat Race’
Nithin Kamath, founder and CEO of Zerodha, talks about why founders must first understand the business and market they are getting into, refrain from joining the rat race of growth, focus on profitability and stay away from overdependence on VCs

July 01, 2022
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Changing Tracks
Global events have led to a funding slowdown, but will India be an outlier? Are cautious investors still eyeing India as a sweet spot? The answers lie in how Indian start-ups restrategise for the months ahead

July 01, 2022
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‘The Future Of Edtech Couldn’t Be Brighter’
Ronnie Screwvala, chairman, upGrad, talks about the real problem areas in the sector, why the sector suddenly seems to be going downhill and how upGrad has been able to keep itself grounded

July 01, 2022
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Inside India’s Edtech Bust
Once an investor favourite, the edtech space has suddenly become the unwanted child left to fend for itself. Is it the end of India’s edtech boom?

July 01, 2022
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‘Edtechs Have To Innovate To Survive In Metaverse’
Former Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari says his start-up Invact Metaversity falls on the intersection of education and metaverse

June 01, 2022
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Promising Future, Undecided VCs
Young Indian entrepreneurs are playing virtual reality games like their peers globally. Be it gaming, sports, events or art, start-ups have consolidated user base everywhere, but why are venture capitalists not impressed?

June 01, 2022
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Facebook In A Virtual Avatar
In one of the biggest rebranding exercises in the world, the mighty Facebook is looking to create a new business model. A stagnating user base and youth apathy globally combined with the potential of metaverse have taken the social media giant to bet big on an unknown sector. As Facebook becomes Meta Platforms, what happens to its India strategy?

June 01, 2022
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‘I Don’t Know What Metaverse Stands For’
In a crisp conversation with Outlook Business, Zoho Corp CEO Sridhar Vembu talks about Zoho University, his company’s open door policy, plans to uplift Bharat through rural centres and why he is elusive to metaverse

June 01, 2022
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Business To Business In The Cloud
Modern FMCG B2B players gain from competitors due to cloud agility. Cloud companies are now taking this plus to smaller players and distributors

April 01, 2022
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Investors’ Game
Funders seem undeterred by losses and low profit margins in B2B FMCG space, as they continue to invest in new-age B2B commerce companies. Are they eyeing profits at all?

April 01, 2022
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‘FMCG Has To Innovate’
Arvind Mediratta, MD & CEO, Metro Cash & Carry, speaks with Outlook Business about how his company became profitable without indulging in a price war that his competitors have mastered

April 01, 2022
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‘Ukraine Crisis, Correction In Global Public Markets May Impact Investments Into India’
Anand Daniel, partner, Accel, speaks with Outlook Business about the overall impact of the crisis on the Indian funding scene, if India stands an advantage over China and whether it is a good time to launch an IPO. Edited excerpts:

April 01, 2022

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