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Phonepe is taking the IPO leap. But can it avoid Paytm’s fate?
Episode 590
Phonepe is stepping into the public markets with a $15 billion IPO. For Walmart, which has pumped billions into the payments firm, this is both a cha…
5 months ago
India’s FMCG leaders are in a heated race for your spice cabinet
Episode 589
India’s packaged-food bigwigs ignored spices for a long time. Not anymore.
Since 2020, everyone from ITC to Tata Consumer Products, from Dabur to Wipr…
5 months ago
The billion dollar market Kashmir can't claim
Episode 588
It takes 150 crocus flowers to make just one gram of saffron. For comparison, a spice like cumin, gets you hundreds of kilos per acre whereas saffron…
5 months ago
How Coke and Pepsi found their sweet spot in 'sugar free'
Episode 587
India’s soda shelves have changed almost overnight. Coke and Pepsi now sell zero-sugar versions of their drinks at prices as low as 10 rupees. The mo…
5 months ago
Sriharsha Majety is pressing hard reset on the Swiggy playbook
Episode 586
Swiggy, once the dominant force in India’s quick-commerce market, is now struggling to keep pace. Since its IPO, Instamart’s share has slipped to abo…
5 months ago
Why venture capitalist Archana Jahagirdar believes the 'crazy genius founder' is a myth
Episode 585
What happens when a woman writes the cheques in venture capital?
In India fewer than 5% of VC partners are women and Archana Jahagirdar, founder of R…
5 months, 1 week ago
How Blinkit came to control more than half of India’s most cutthroat market
Episode 584
Blinkit now controls more than half of India’s quick commerce market, a sector long thought too competitive, too crowded, and too expensive for anyon…
5 months, 1 week ago
Vinfast’s radical EV strategy for India: ditch the showrooms
Episode 583
Vinfast, Vietnam’s ambitious electric vehicle maker, is making its last-ditch global play in India after racking up billions in losses in the US and …
5 months, 1 week ago
Amazon's legendary memo-writing culture is on its last leg
Episode 582
For decades, every Amazon meeting began in silence with employees reading six-page memos that shaped the company’s biggest innovations like Prime and…
5 months, 1 week ago
IRMA's successful rural MBA is undergoing an uneasy makeover at Delhi’s desk
Episode 581
IRMA was never just another B-school. Born out of Verghese Kurien’s (the father of Operation Flood movement) mind, it built a one-of-a-kind managemen…
5 months, 1 week ago