Forbes India - Tech Conversations
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Nikhil Ramaswamy and Gokul NA of CynLr on pitfalls of 'fail fast and break things' and other lessons in deep tech
Our guests today are Nikhil Ramaswamy and Gokul NA, co-founders at CynLr, a Bengaluru startup that is developing computer vision and AI-based guidance technologies that can make industrial robotic arms much more versatile. In this episode, Nikhil and Gokul talk about their experiences, in building a deep tech hardware engineering startup out of India, including the absence of a playbook and the reality of having to deal with the 'India discount'
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Neil Shah, at Counterpoint Research, on Apple's manufacturing strategy and growing volumes in India
Our guest today is Neil Shah, vice president of research, and co-founder, at Counterpoint Research, who advises businesses about their mobile, telecom, semiconductors, and IoT strategies. In this episode, Neil offers his insights into Apple's manufacturing strategy and the iPhone maker's growing share in India
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Anirudh Suri, managing partner at India Internet Fund, on the tech imperatives for India, in his new book
Our guest today is Anirudh Suri, managing partner of India Internet Fund, whose book 'The Great Tech Game' was published recently. In this episode, Suri talks about the strategic imperatives for India in technology, including the importance of identifying the next big waves of tech and for India to find ways to be an early surfer of those waves
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Srikrishnan Ganesan at Rocketlane on second-time entrepreneurs, playbooks and long-term aspirations
Our guest today is Srikrishnan Ganesan, co-founder and CEO at Rocketlane—a startup that offers a feature-rich customer onboarding platform, to other fast-growing startups. In this episode, Srikrishnan talks about eliminating the hit-or-miss in customer onboarding. He also talks about the long-term aspirations at Rocketlane, and some takeaways from being a second-time entrepreneur
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Duncan Emerton at Pharma Intelligence on the biosimilars opportunity propelling Biocon's $3.3 bln Viatris deal
Our guest today is Duncan Emerton, executive director, custom intelligence and analytics, at Informa Pharma Intelligence. Informa is a UK based business intelligence provider and consultancy. In this episode, Duncan explains some of the basics of why biosimilars are a huge opportunity and how Biocon's deal to purchase the biosimilars unit of its long-term partner Viatris ticks several boxes for the Bangalore company
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Aditya Bhamidipaty at FirstHive on his mission to build an ever more holistic customer data platform
Our guest today is Aditya Bhamidipaty, founder and CEO of FirstHive, a customer data platform provider based in Silicon Valley and Bengaluru. In this episode, Aditya talks about how platforms like FirstHive that help enterprises get closer to a holistic view of consumers in the B2C space, will also help those enterprises become much more autonomous. On the business front, he also spoke about putting together a team in the US
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Mohanjit Jolly of Iron Pillar on bridging the mid-stage gap, beyond capital, for Indian tech startups
Our guest today is Mohanjit Jolly, partner at Iron Pillar, a relatively young, mid-stage, growth capital provider that has notched up a small roster of very promising tech startups on its portfolio, which is into its second fund now. In this episode, Mohanjit talks about his career, which had multiple interesting transitions, the companies Iron Pillar is backing, and the value that the partners bring to them in the world's biggest tech markets
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Charles Landry, co-founder and CEO of SpringML, on the future of AI-led data analytics on the cloud
Our guest today is Charles Landry, co-founder and CEO of SpringML, a data analytics and AI services provider focusing on surfacing insights that can lead to business outcomes. In this episode, Charles talks about SpringML's ability to bring multiple cloud technologies together to build solutions that are tailor-made to the context of a particular business problem
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Michael Morris, co-founder and CEO of Torc, on the next phase of globalisation of tech talent
Our guest today is Michael P Morris, co-founder and CEO of Torc, a company that offers a marketplace connecting enterprises and freelance tech talent from around the world. In this episode, Mike talks about how companies are increasingly tapping talent wherever they find it. He also talks about Torc's plan to expand its operations in India
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Kritika Oberoi, co-founder and CEO at Looppanel, on taking the guesswork out of user experience research
Our guest today is Kritika Oberoi, co-founder and CEO at Looppanel, a young startup that wants to ensure that user experience researchers never miss a single piece of important feedback that could go into making their products better. Kritika is also among the first cohort of women founders in Sequoia Capital's Spark programme. In this episode, she talks about how her own experience led to Looppanel, some early success, and plans ahead
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The big picture: Ken Murphy, CEO of Tesco, on the importance of doing the right thing
Our guests today are Ken Murphy, CEO of Tesco, the UK's biggest grocer and one of the world's biggest retailers, and Sumit Mitra, CEO of Tesco Business Services and Tesco Bengaluru. Murphy is visiting Tesco India for the first time since taking over as chief executive of the group about 18 months ago. In this conversation, he and Mitra talk about the role of the CEO in managing multiple stakeholders, the growing role of technology, and experiments at Tesco for reducing the retail giant's carbon footprint