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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups

A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India

Nestlé: Last-mover advantage

If Suresh Narayanan, chairman and managing director of Nestle's Indian operations, is on the Forbes India cover this fortnight, it's precisely because of the shift to rural that this hitherto urban-centric brand is making.

Thoughts on employers

In the limelight: Pratik Gandhi, 15 years in the making

Scam 1992 has opened the floodgates for Pratik Gandhi in Bollywood. But it's taken the actor over 15 years, and a strong foundation in Gujarati theatre and cinema, to earn national recognition

Pratik Gandhi of 'Scam 1992' takes on the Forbes India rapid fire

Pratik Gandhi is basking in the success of 'Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story.' In this quick Q&A, he sheds light on who he is when cameras are turned off, what inspires him, and how is life after adding a popular web series to his resume

Thoughts on money

Cheat for profit: How Chegg became the most valuable edtech company in the US

Students have always cheated, but the Covid-19-driven shift to online learning has turned a problem into an epidemic. This US edtech company is spinning profits by connecting college students to test answers on demand

Balancing Act: Why diversification is key to build a solid retirement portfolio

In a low interest world, it is hard to beat inflation with only fixed income products. Whether you stick to the tried-and-tested real estate, debt, equity, gold, or add REITS and global investments, diversification is key to building a retirement portfolio

Midcaps, the unlikely winner of the Covid-19 churn

Though Covid-19 impacted aggregate demand and the economy reached a technical recession, midcaps have managed to sustain themselves. Is this the start of a two- to three-year outperformance by the battered sector?

Investing in hidden tech gems

Technology is emerging as one of the favourite sectors for retail and institutional investors in the unlisted, private market space, as they bet on sustained growth

Meet the women of Dalal Street

Despite challenges of culture and access to capital, female participation in trading and investing is increasing albeit cautiously, and they are vying to be taken seriously

How interest rates build narratives

They are like gravity in valuation. If the rates are nothing, valuation can be almost infinite. But if extremely high, it's a huge gravitational pull on value

Who moved my gold?

The yellow metal, also a hedge for stock market volatility, reacts more to real interest rates and not nominal interest rates

Can Instacart's Apoorva Mehta outdo Jeff Bezos?

The pandemic transformed Apoorva Mehta's grocery delivery service into an essential—and booming—business. Now the 34-year-old billionaire is under pressure to outdo Jeff Bezos—all while dodging an avalanche of new competitors, rebellious workers and restless partners

Nestle India: Inside the city slicker's rural gambit

The Suresh Narayanan-led company is aggressively fanning across rural India in search of its next leg of growth. Nirvana for the maggi maker, for sure, won't be a two-minute gig

Millennials are shunning credit cards. This entrepreneur's new buy-now-pay-later model made him a billionaire

Millennials were shunning plastic and supposedly wary of consumer debt. Affirm's Max Levchin saw a way to repackage the model for younger folks—and it's made him a billionaire