·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
The risk taker
What makes Elon Musk tick? Insights from the biography by Walter Isaacson
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
Trending
Discover what's capturing attention across the Founding Fuel network this week.
·Business & Strategy
Noel Tata’s brahmastra
His value lifestyle brand Zudio has caught the attention of the entire retail industry. It also signals a coming of age of retail in small town India
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
FF Life: The mental accountant
We are hardwired to think of money in multiple categories based on its purpose or context. At the same time, we are naturally afraid of losses of any type. These biases greatly influence our purchasing and investment decisions
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Krishna Jha
Independent investor
·Economy, Policy & Society
A river in spate, landslides and nature’s fury
Climate change and growing urbanisation is slowly but surely changing a way of life in Himachal Pradesh. A tale of two ordinary villages and one town that are not on the tourist map
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Sveta Basraon
Editor and Head of Operations | Founding Fuel
·Business & Strategy
Fintech Special Report Part 1: Indian fintech at a crossroad
The outlook for fintech companies has shifted from unchecked optimism to uncertainty. The rose-tinted glasses are off and some of the well-funded companies are pivoting. Their future will depend on their ability to look beyond technology as the panacea. Part 1 of a 4-part series
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Business & Strategy
Fintech Special Report Part 2: From competition to collaboration
The ground reality has changed. Fintechs are realising that partnerships and ecosystem thinking are key to winning the market, not competing with the incumbents. Part 2 of a 4-part series
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Technology & the Future
Fintech Special Report Part 3: The limits of algos
Fintechs bet on data and algos to know the credit-worthiness of the underserved. However, there's a gap in what the data can reveal because of consumer behaviour. Part 3 of a 4-part series
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Economy, Policy & Society
Fintech Special Report Part 4: A fine balance
Fintech must contend with inherent conflicts with what the regulators want. Fintech’s push for rapid scaling needs to balance with the regulators’ push for financial stability and consumer protection. Part 4 in this 4-part series
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N S Ramnath
Senior Editor | Founding Fuel
·Entrepreneurship, Startups & Innovation
From employee to entrepreneur
A message to young graduates: Don’t ignore regular salaried employment. It can gain you valuable business experience and serve as a springboard to an entrepreneurial career
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S. Ramakrishna (Rama) Velamuri
Strategic Growth & Innovation Expert | Visiting Professor
·Economy, Policy & Society
Modern Times redux
Is the government’s Make in India programme creating a system where a large section of workers in manufacturing could find themselves trapped in low wage jobs with no future?
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Economy, Policy & Society
Perspectives on democracy, progress & changemakers
Book discussion: A conversation between D Shivakumar and Arun Maira on Maira’s book, ‘Listening for Well-being’
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Founding Fuel
·Business & Strategy
12 Deadly Sins That Bedevil Incumbents
Here’s a pattern that I’ve observed throughout my career: incumbents mostly lose; they somehow survive but don’t thrive. An incumbent growing faster than the market over a decade is more an exception, rather than the rule.
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
A personal brand is a must
It is the intersection of what you say about yourself and what others say about you
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D Shivakumar
Operating Partner | Advent International
·Work, Careers & Personal Mastery
How (not) to build your personal brand
FF Life: The power of social media has lulled leaders into believing that a carefully curated digital identity is the sure-fire passport to success. They are entirely off-the-mark
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel
·Leadership & Organisation
Building leaders for and in India
What do we need more of: leaders who dominate global institutions or local leaders with a make-in-India mindset?
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Indrajit Gupta
Co-founder and Director | Founding Fuel