Podcast Episodes

The price drop in weight-loss drugs Indian pharma can’t handle

Episode 562

Even though GLP-1 drugs have helped nearly 20 million people shed weight across the world since 2021, Indians had to wait until 2025 to get in on the action legally.

To be fair, the country wasn’t ent…

Published on 4 months ago

Lenskart is a case study in how an Indian retailer can go global

Episode 561

Lenskart is gearing up for a nearly $1 billion IPO after closing FY25 on a strong note with ₹6,652 crore in revenue and ₹297 crore in profit. What’s even more impressive is that almost 40% of that re…

Published on 4 months ago

Why Dream11's dream run with Indian cricket came to a grinding halt

Episode 560

The Online Gaming Bill, 2025 has sent shockwaves through India’s booming fantasy sports industry. Within hours of its passage in the Parliament on Wednesday, Dream11, the country’s first fantasy spor…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

If AI is expensive everywhere then why is ChatGPT cheapest in India?

Episode 559

OpenAI has just launched a special, India-only plan for ChatGPT. It makes access cheaper here than almost anywhere else in the world. At first, it looks like a win for millions of Indians who’ll get …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

360 One wrote the wealth-management playbook. Now it is learning a hard lesson

Episode 558

On paper, 360 One Wealth and Asset Management looks flawless: a ₹42,000 crore market cap, among India’s largest pools of assets under management, and a co-founder CEO with a near-mythical reputation.…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

The secret behind IIMs' 100% placements? Opting out

Episode 557

IIMs are increasingly counting on students opting out of the placement process to maintain their 100 per cent placement facade.

The playbook is simple, really. If too many students remain unplaced by …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Why VCs love founders with baggage more than founders with new ideas

Episode 556

India’s startup boom has lost its spark. Venture capital funding in the first half of 2025 dropped to just $3.6 billion—the lowest since 2016. Fresh ideas are scarce, and investors are stuck with few…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

UPI can be forever or free—not both

Episode 555

On 19 March, the Indian government slashed incentives for UPI transactions by more than half to Rs 1,500 crore for FY25.

After it launched in 2016, UPI very quickly became the backbone of India’s digi…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

What happens when a failed founder goes job hunting?

Episode 554

On average, over 35 startups shut down every day in India. Employees move on to their next stint, but most founders find themselves unemployed, thanks to their high pay and a leadership attitude. 

Why…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside Samir Kumar’s plan to bring order to Amazon India’s chaos

Episode 553

It's been a tough couple years for E-commerce in India. And no one has quite borne the brunt of it like Amazon. 

Between tough competition from the likes of Meesho and Flipkart, not to mention the leg…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago