'First, develop the ability to sell -- to persuade, negotiate and close. Second, understand the financial mechanics that determine where value pools and how profits are captured,' says Shaadi.com founder Anupam Mittal.
Sanjeev Bikhchandani is on the lookout for start-ups which have the potential to become as big as his own venture.
Sanjeev Bikhchandani can smile now. First, the IPO of Info Edge, the promoter of jobs portal ww.naukri.com, was subscribed 54.77 times.
The Jain brothers' $300 mn-worth Girnar Software has really humble roots.
Is India headed there again? questions Ajit Balakrishnan
In narrating the Maria story, Vatsala Mendonca, in the tradition of Margaret Atwood's A Handmaiden's Tale, Sandra Cisneros' The House on Mango Street and Arundathi Roy's The God of Small Things, places the protagonist challenges within the context of class and caste and religious and, most of all, patriarchal conflicts and ultimately finds strength and hope, inspiring readers to pursue their dreams and carve their own paths.
...and say bye to the humanities-science divide, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Taking a strong view of Google pulling out some apps from its Play Store, the government on Saturday said delisting of Indian apps cannot be permitted and that the tech company and the startups concerned have been called for a meeting next week. In an interview to PTI, IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the startup ecosystem is key to the Indian economy and their fate cannot be left to any big tech to decide. The minister's comments assume significance as Google on Friday began removing some apps, including popular matrimony apps, from its Play Store in India over a dispute on service fee payments, even as apps and well-known startup founders cried foul.
Google on Tuesday began reinstating about 250 Indian apps it had delisted from its Play Store over a billing dispute as it caved in to government criticism, but the squabble may not yet be over.
...Is a cultural swaraj under way, wonders Ajit Balakrishnan.
...current industry models will soon fade out, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.
... while learning from past tech revolutions, suggests Ajit Balakrishnan.
... And what explains the directions of change? asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Being driven to abandon Indian middle-class values, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
US Congressman Ro Khanna's message is that instead of depending on the 'hidden hand' of capitalism -- that is to say, the power of markets -- it is time for policymakers to play a more active role in making sure that a wide range of towns become locations for digital economy enterprises and jobs, points out Ajit Balakrishnan.
...or just a Covid-era practice, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
What should one choose to do, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
... And it's not just fear of job losses, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
The tech creators, or the ones who made billions, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Or has the world seen things like this before, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Indian society may be more advanced than we think it is, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.
Ajit Balakrishnan offers lessons from another tech revolution not so long ago.
Should we not be creating roles in India for the talented, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Ajit Balakrishnan on keeping an eye on democratising finance in India.
Tuition classes: Saviours or demons, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Mothers' advice from 50 years ago reappears, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.
Ajit Balakrishnan on how to arrest a worldwide decline.
Why hasn't India produced a single earth-shaking idea like Python or the World Wide Web, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
... and I learn more about economic trends than from books, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
As the industrial era wanes, the network era looms, notes Ajit Balakrishnan.
Blockchain's promise: Dramatically speeding up transactions, explains Ajit Balakrishnan.
... As the world swings from 'financialisation' to 'artificial intelligence', asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to the state of ecom in a nation of shopkeepers.
...Are algos taking over from 'shoeshine and a smile', asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
