Podcast Episodes

The hunger games are raging but Zomato just won't take the bait

Episode 483

Four months ago, food delivery giant Zomato decided to run an experiment. If you are a regular patron of the app, you may have noticed a tab called ‘Quick’ appear, that promised 15-minute deliveries …

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

How to build companies that last when their employees don’t

Episode 482

Thanks to AI, economic disruptions, mass layoffs, and a bunch of other fun things, the 40-year career is no longer something you can take for granted. And that fundamentally changes the nature of our…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

India wants the spotlight at the world’s top school exam. It just won’t step on stage

Episode 481

The world’s “most respected” test of school education—the Programme for International Student Assessment or PISA—began this March. 90 countries are on the list including China, Vietnam and some of th…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Can LIC do to health insurance what Jio did to telecom?

Episode 480

The Life insurance Corporation of India or LIC is now stepping into a sector where more than 860 million Indians or nearly 60% of the population still has no coverage. The insurer signalled its big m…

Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago

Ather’s IPO is a plot twist. Not a finale

Episode 479

Ather Electric once pioneered the electric two wheeler segment. But now it has fallen behind its competition like Ola Electric and TVS Motor in terms of market share.

To make matters worse, its recen…

Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago

Software glitches are turning Mahindra’s new EVs into high-tech paperweights

Episode 478

Mahindra’s new EVs the XEV 9e and BE6 were marketed as software wrapped in metal. They promised the future. Things like augmented reality heads up display, auto park assist, a triple screen dashboard…

Published on 8 months ago

Why Delhivery’s Ecom Express deal is both tactical and desperate

Episode 477

Earlier this month, India’s largest third party logistics company, Delhivery, acquired its biggest rival Ecom Express in a $165 million distress sale. The acquisition could not have come at a better …

Published on 8 months ago

Driverless trucks have pushed India’s first unicorn of 2025 into an existential crisis

Episode 476

In January this year, Netradyne, the logistics AI startup, became India’s first unicorn of 2025 after it raised $90 million in series D funding. 

You see, it did not take it long to realise that its s…

Published on 8 months ago

ITC’s 24 Mantra deal and organic foods’ unending wait for glory

Episode 475

In this episode we fill you in on three standout stories from the past week. 

First, what ITC’s acquisition of 24 Mantra means for the larger organic food market; 

Next, Musk’s latest attempt to save T…

Published on 8 months ago

Indigo's stocks maybe flying high but passenger patience has hit turbulence

Episode 474

On 9 April, as the world reeling from the tariff standoff between America and China, one Indian company quietly made history.

The stocks of InterGlobe Aviation, the parent company Indigo, India’s top …

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago