Podcast Episodes

Daybreak Special: What do women really want? A 'f*** off fund'

Episode 350

*This episode was originally published on July 12, 2024

Have you ever heard of a 'f*** off fund'? Or better yet, do you have one?

For the uninitiated, it is a sum of money that women should ideally se…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Why Apple and HDFC Bank decided to break up their exclusive relationship

Episode 349

In the 2024 financial year, Apple sold products worth $8 billion in India. This was a third more than the previous year.

But how did a premium company like Apple that hates giving discounts sell produ…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Rapido is taking on the Ola-Uber duopoly by being everything they are not

Episode 348

For a whole decade, Ola and Uber dominated the cab-hailing market. But cut to 2024 and that scenario is shifting. Both these companies are drifting. And a third contender – Rapido – is making the mos…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

From luxury cars to lunch with celebs — wealth managers are going all out to woo the ultra-rich

Episode 347

Welcome to the world of luxury-lifestyle management, where firms like RedBeryl, Indulge Global, and Quintessentially play the role of concierge for their ultra-wealthy clients, making the impossible …

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Is Zomato declaring war in the quick commerce space?

Episode 346

Zomato planning to raise 8,500 crore rupees again. This comes just three years after its grand IPO where it had raised almost the same amount. The company's stock prices have doubled in the last ten …

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Successful women are freezing their eggs. And that’s on men

Episode 345

If all the women of the world had a collective wallet where we could put in a penny for every time we heard the words “your biological clock is ticking,” we could move to Venus and run our own planet…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Truecaller beat Trai to the punch with spam-call fix

Episode 344

For a country that boasts of its digital public goods infrastructure like Aadhar and UPI, it is a wonder why telecom has been so ignored. After nearly 1500 crore rupees of was reportedly lost to digi…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

How NRI quota became the golden ticket to med school for rich Indians

Episode 343

Late last month, the Supreme Court made a very strong statement about NRI quotas at medical colleges. It essentially said that the whole thing was a fraud. 

But the thing is, since the Supreme Court c…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

Why the RBI's two-year-old Innovation Hub is intimidating fintechs

Episode 342

There is an unusual one-of-kind competition brewing within the Indian fintech space. It is so disruptive that its leaving founders and chief executives of some of India’s biggest fintechs feeling pre…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

What makes Cred an 'unusual' fintech?

Episode 341

Earlier this month, CRED, released its financials for the year ended March 2024 at a press conference. Cred claims to have about 13 million monthly active users. For the financial year ended March 20…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago