UpFront
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From Twitter to Meta: The layoffs crisis gripping tech companies in India and the world
With Meta and Twitter announcing layoffs, all eyes have turned to other big tech companies, both globally and India, who have been laying off their staff to cut costs. Here's a look at how much staff has been laid off in some of the big companies recently
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Stellaris Venture Partners' chosen path: Make contrarian bets, but with deep conviction
Stellaris Venture Partners has stayed the path of backing with deep conviction and discipline. But is there a flip side?
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What changes at Twitter mean for the platform's 24 million users in India
After the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk has already started work on Twitter 2.0. But with layoffs and charging for verification, the future of the platform looks bleak in India
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Fun and Games: How sports tourism is picking up pace in India
As nearly 20,000 fans travel to Australia for the T20 World Cup, and many more line up for the FIFA World Cup beginning this month, sports becomes the first segment within tourism to shake off the Covid-induced stasis
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Heart, Brain & Endiya: Pumping impact, left, right & centre
A cardiologist and an electrical engineer are trying to change the physics, chemistry and biology of investing. Can Endiya rewire the venture rules?
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Digital currencies: Why the RBI needs to bite the bullet
With a successful pilot in the wholesale segment, the RBI's intent towards digital currencies is clear. The challenge remains in the retail segment, where cash remains popular and where it will have to push out private digital currencies
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Lesson Plan: Inside LEAD School's strategy for quality education in small-town India
Prioritising an outcomes-led pedagogy, supported by tech and data, LEAD's founders want to overhaul school education in the country, from within
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Warmth on offer only for sustainable business models in funding winter
At $21.3 billion, 2022 has seen a drop in funding numbers for growth-stage startups by almost half. VC community's challenge now is to look for viable candidates that have a strong base of earnings and margins
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Our top reads of the week
From Subroto Bagchi and NS Parthasarathy's big philanthropy bet to Audi RS 5 review, here are our top reads of the week
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Why Mindtree co-founders Subroto Bagchi and NS Parthasarathy are betting big on health care philanthropy
Their Rs425 crore donation to the Indian Institute of Science—the largest private contribution received by the institute to date—has earned the duo and their spouses a pride of place among the top five philanthropists in the country. And they are just getting started
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Jimmy Soni on Elon Musk, Twitter as a stepping stone for everything app X, the PayPal Mafia and more
Jimmy Soni spent more than six years of his life documenting the origin story of PayPal and the rise to power of its founders, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Max Levchin and Reid Hoffman. Soni's book, The Founders, chronicles how the payments platform shaped modern consumer internet. In today's episode, Soni discusses Musk's Twitter takeover and his vision for X, the everything app, Peter Thiel's emergence as a right-wing power player, and how PayPal has created a template of entrepreneurship for a generation of young startup entrepreneurs