Podcast Episodes

Red tape and lawsuits: Big tech has a big problem

Episode 309

"Google is a monopolist and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly."

Last month, Judge Amit P Mehta of of US District Court for the District of Columbia delivered a historic ruling against one o…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

What happened to Dunzo?

Episode 308

Dunzo, the Reliance Retail-backed quick delivery company, let go off 75% of its workforce in fresh round of layoffs earlier this week.

But for the longest time, Dunzo has been an anomaly. Its a small…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

It made perfect sense for Zomato to go down the fintech route. Until it didn’t.

Episode 307

There was once a time, not very long ago, when every company wanted to be a fintech. Food delivery, ride hailing, e-commerce – companies that you would not otherwise associate with financial services…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Health fintechs have cracked the 'cashless insurance' dream. How long before the bubble pops?

Episode 306

In the last decade, the number of people covered by health insurance has more than doubled. 

Of course, big hospitals – both the state funded ones and the private ones that look a lot like five-star r…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

How Meesho is making India’s second-biggest logistics player's biggest fear come true

Episode 305

For a while now, some of the biggest players in India’s third-party logistics industry have been riding on the success of e-commerce unicorn Meesho. As of 2023, it accounted for over half of the 2.5 …

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Daybreak Special: Despite what Ola Electric may claim, China is driving the global EV movement

Episode 304

When it comes to electric vehicles, China is the crownless king. Nothing new there.

But what was news to us was when Bhavish Aggarwal recently announced at an event that his company, Ola Electric, is …

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Are you a good, bad, or an ugly customer? Myntra knows

Episode 303

A big reason when we choose to buy online instead of going to a store depends on how easy the e-commerce company makes it to return stuff. So far, with most companies, all you have to do is ask for a…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Why Rentomojo & Furlenco need to refurbish their strategy

Episode 302

There was once a time, not too long ago,  when you could walk into a young working professional’s rented home in a tier-1 city, and all the furniture would look pretty familiar. 

About a decade ago, e…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Want a gold loan? Lenders will break every rule in the book to get you one

Episode 301

Lenders are flouting every rule in their books to cater to the rising gold-loan demand. 

Thanks to the collusion between lenders and borrowers at some of the branches, one in ten gold loans every mont…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

Sachin Bansal’s loan offer: take money, let Navi peek into your bank account for years

Episode 300

If you’ve ever taken a loan from a non bank or an NBFC, the EMI is usually auto-debited from your account every month. But if you missed a payment, you know what usually goes down. You are inundated …

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago