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BluSmart Shake-Up: Bold Move or Red Flag? Imagine booking your daily ride, trusting BluSmart’s commitment to sustainable mobility—then suddenly, the CEO, CBO, CTO, and VP of Experience all resign. At the same time, BluSmart transfers 3,000 EVs to Re

What If Steve Jobs Had Played It Safe? What separates a visionary founder from a competent one? Steve Jobs once said: “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” But how often do we in India’s startup ec

In 2004, Red Bull bought a failing Formula 1 team for just $1. Yes, ONE dollar. Critics called it a desperate PR stunt. But today Red Bull Racing have won 6 Constructors Championships and that $1 deal is now a $3.5 billion empire. Here’s the full

ONE INTERESTING OBSERVATION SERIES DAY #4 Good news and bad news on the Indian tax collection front. Personal income tax is surging, with a near 20% increase over the past three months, suggesting that individual spending might be on the rise, ind

Always know what you’re looking for when going to an investor for your fundraise. While negotiations are inevitable. We need the founders to be aware of what their company is worth, if you come to pitch with no clear ask in mind that’s usually a red

So here’s what went wrong with Gensol & BluSmart. The founders, Anmol and Puneet Singh Jaggi, raised a fat ₹978 crore in loans from IREDA and PFC. The money was supposed to be used to build an EV fleet for BluSmart. But guess what? Only 4,704 EVs wer

I’ve been noticing something interesting lately. NVIDIA’s CEO, Jensen Huang, seems to be picking up a presentation style that reminds me a lot of Steve Jobs. It’s kind of cool to see how he’s making this shift Back in the day, NVIDIA’s events were s

The Most Dangerous Founder Trait? Not Overconfidence. It’s Compromise. Indian startup founders are gritty. But grit alone doesn’t build legacy. Here's the trap most fall into: → “Let’s do what investors want.” → “Let’s copy what’s working.” → “Let

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 “𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗲” 𝗖𝗘𝗢𝘀—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝗯𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗢𝗻𝗲 Steve Jobs wasn’t the nicest boss. He was tough. Direct. Demanding. But here’s the surprising part—

Mangrove Labs: The Tiny Company Making Big Changes with Farm Waste Imagine if all the leftover bits from farms—coconut husks, rice straw, old trimmings from trees—could be turned into clean fuel. Instead of burning them up and polluting the air or l