Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchAmazon'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 Alexa. Jeff Bezos banned PowerPoint in 2004 to bu…
Published on 3 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 management program for rural India—training managers for co…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
India’s millionaire households grew by 90%. Wealth managers are scrambling to catch up
Episode 580
India’s millionaire households have jumped 90% in just four years, and a gold rush for wealth managers has begun. Firms like Nuvama, Kotak, and 360 One are in a race for high-net-worth clients—deploy…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Gold’s record run is really a dollar story with a rupee twist
Episode 579
Gold has hit record highs: $3,702.95 an ounce globally and ₹110,666 per 10 grams in India, up over 40% this year. But inflation seems to be easing, and there’s no immediate threat of war. What could …
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Private equity-led Indian schools are losing teachers and students. What’s the lesson here?
Episode 578
Private equity is reshaping India’s schools. A relaxed New Education Policy and rising demand for international curricula have opened the doors for global operators to buy up chains across the countr…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
India’s largest stockbroker, Groww, is banking on the rich to sell its IPO story
Episode 577
India’s largest stockbroker, Groww, is chasing an ambitious IPO. But behind the headlines, its core broking business is under stress. Its clients are leaving, regulations are squeezing revenues, and …
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Zoho is opting out of the cloud-AI industrial complex
Episode 576
Most SaaS companies have accepted the “cloud and AI tax” , the cost they pay to Amazon, Google, and Microsoft for storage and processing data. But Zoho is refusing to play along. Famous for its fruga…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
As investors celebrate Urban Company's IPO, its workers are labelled 'potential risk'
Episode 575
Urban Company’s IPO is off to a roaring start. Retail investors snapped up shares within an hour of the issue opening. By the second day, demand was more than five times the supply, and in the grey m…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Physics Wallah is going public. But can one man carry a listed company?
Episode 574
Physics Wallah has filed for a ₹3,820 crore IPO earlier this week making it India’s first edtech unicorn to go public. Founded by Alakh Pandey, the YouTube tutor turned entrepreneur, PW disrupted te…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Why India's $100B trade romance with the UAE is only the beginning
Episode 573
With ties to the US and China on shaky ground, India is leaning on a new partner—the UAE. The economic relationship has surged past $100 billion in FY25, and this surge has resulted in Indian compani…
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago