Why premature scaling fails: The Traction Treadmill
Hi readers, I’m back writing! Well, tweeting mostly, but then developing my points more thoroughly and cross-posting them to my blog. Hope you enjoy this one, which was inspired by…
Decoding IPO-Bound Policybazaar’s Fintech Juggernaut
Amid the first national lockdown in March-April last year, Policybazaar came to know from three insurers on its platform that they would increase the premium rates on their term plans.…
‘There is renewed urgency for large-scale reskilling efforts’ – 25 quotes from India’s COVID-19 struggle
Launched in 2014, StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week. This special series of compilations focuses on India’s COVID-19…
The Benefits of Shipping Products Abroad
An important question that arises in the minds of business owners is whether it is worth it to expand your shipping boundaries to other countries or is it better to…
How a musician and veterinarian started medical device startup Muse Diagnostics and digitised 150-year-old stethoscope
A veterinarian, a sound engineer, and a geneticist came together six years ago to modernise the 150-year-old stethoscope, build analytics around the same, and expand its use case beyond doctors. In…
The business of sleep and why unicorns do not rest
Good Morning,Sleep innovation has been a buzzing industry lately. According to a report by Grand View Research, the global mattress market size was valued at $27.5 billion in 2018, and…
Southeast Asia-focused Jungle Ventures announces $225M first close for its fourth fund – TC
(From left to right) Jungle Ventures’ founding partner Amit Anand, managing partner David Gowdey and founding partner Anurag Srivastava Southeast Asia’s funding boom is set to continue, with Jungle Ventures…
This MIT grad-founded fintech startup is taking a different approach to BNPL
When India was at the cusp of a digital payments revolution in 2014, Yezdi Lashkari, who held a key position on the board of a payment gateway company, saw the…
Philanthropist Billionaire Sudha Reddy to make her debut at Met Gala 2021
ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education announces the launch of 5 year, full-time, BBA-MBA and B.Com-MBA Integrated Programs and B.Sc (Data Analytics) from this Academic year 2021 at its Off Campus…
From pre-setup courtship to exit processes, GenePath Diagnostics’ Nickhil Jakatdar shares interesting insights for young entrepreneurs
Serial entrepreneur Nickhil Jakatdar, Co-founder and CEO of GenePath Diagnostics, realised his entrepreneurial calling while working on his PhD at the University of California, Berkeley.Along with his research colleague, he…