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Spoils of the Pandemic
History is witness that some of the Greatest Organizations were born at the time of the greatest adversities. As we turn the corner on...
Ritwik Khator
Apr 16, 20224 min read
Run down for the month - Mar'22
New beginnings: Pixxel, the Bengaluru based space tech startup that engages in satellite-based earth imaging solution launched its 1st...
Kartikeyan Khator
Apr 16, 20222 min read
Could Unacademy avoid Mass Layoff?
Since March’22, Unacademy has laid off over 900 employees and educators. To put it more dramatically, the edtech unicorn that grew its...
Kartikeyan Khator
Apr 16, 20222 min read
Effects of Startup Replication
It is a common belief that Indian startups are born out of mere replication of startups that have witnessed good demand or raised huge...
Kartikeyan Khator
Apr 14, 20226 min read
Did the Unicorns actually add Value?
In FY20, India’s 68 Unicorns spent cash of over ₹138,000 crores, posting a total net loss of over ₹41,000 crores. Now before you write...
Kartikeyan Khator
Jan 14, 20223 min read
What if you had Invested in Indian Unicorns?
At the inception of 2021 we started keeping tap of the valuation of all Unicorns in India, subsequent funds raised and the hike in...
Kartikeyan Khator
Jan 14, 20221 min read
Why is there so much hype about D2C Enablers?
Imagine that you have a moment of reckoning and decide to set up a business with that one big idea. You realize that it's a...
Ritwik Khator
Jan 14, 20223 min read
Is Edtech really solving India's Education Problems?
At the heart of any good Startup idea is the problem that it plans to solve. Every great company creates value in the long run by solving...
Kartikeyan Khator
Jan 8, 20225 min read
Is OYO's IPO Hollow?
In this month’s Look another Growing Tech Startup filed for an IPO!, we have Oyo Rooms, the online aggregator of Hotel Rooms, floating...
Ritwik Khator
Nov 5, 20215 min read
Facebook at Sixes & Sevens
In seemingly “the biggest crisis” in Facebook’s history, a whistleblower, who used to work there as a product manager, made shocking...
Kartikeyan Khator
Nov 5, 20212 min read
PAYTM IPO – 3 WHYs & 3 WHY NOTs
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Kartikeyan Khator
Aug 1, 20213 min read
Rundown for the Month - July'21
Here are the top stories that made the news in July'21 in India's Startup Ecosystem: Byju’s travels to the US, again – The Indian edtech...
Kartikeyan Khator
Aug 1, 20212 min read
Is the Space Race only for Billionaires?
Let’s accept it, space travel is riskier than putting your money in crypto. So, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic put their founders in...
Kartikeyan Khator
Aug 1, 20212 min read
Would you Stick with the Mobikwick IPO?
Sometimes we feel like we're Superman. You know how he would never kill the bad guy but hand him over to the cops… So here we are today,...
Kartikeyan Khator
Jul 30, 20218 min read
BharatPe Takes Over PMC Bank
In September’19 Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank’s MD, Joy Thomas unveiled misery (ironically) upon the bank’s depositors...
Ritwik Khator
Jun 30, 20216 min read
Decoding Amazon
Back in 1997 when a reporter asked Jeff Bezos about his motivation for starting Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos famously said, “I came across a...
Ritwik Khator
Jun 30, 20215 min read
Rundown for the Month - June'21
Here are the top stories that made the news in June'21 in India's Startup Ecosystem: More Unicorns - BrowserStack becomes the seventh...
Ritwik Khator
Jun 30, 20212 min read
Run Down for the Month - May'21
It's coming of age at India Inc.: Tata Sons has acquired a 64% stake in online grocery seller BigBasket, buying out majority stake of...
Ritwik Khator
Jun 1, 20212 min read
What numbers are considered sane in the Startup World?
Ratio analysis is important. That’s what our school accounts teacher told us and that’s what the financial expert at cnbc tells us. It’s...
Ritwik Khator
May 30, 20214 min read
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