UpFront
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From an EV upstart In Chattisgarh playing for the big leagues, to startups braving a funding winter—our top reads of the week
Bollywood's greatest musical pair, actor Wamiqa Gabbi's turn to shine, and what 2024 holds for the stock market—here are the stories that piqued the interest of our readers this week
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Mad Over Donuts: Lord of the glazed rings
A decade of frenzied euphoria, an intense scramble for a bigger bite, and recoiling of a flurry of doughnut brands have paved the way for an unlikely winner. Interestingly, the maddest about doughnuts has managed to survive, flourish, and make money
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Robin Sharma on wealth, leadership, and how to separate good advice from bad
The author and leadership coach, known for international bestsellers The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari and The 5 AM Club, speaks with Divya Shekhar about his forthcoming book The Wealth Money Can't Buy, and the relevance of self-help books in the age motivation content fatigue, thanks to social media. He also discusses why hubris takes down many great people and companies, why most CEOs and billionaires are "cash rich and happiness poor", how technology takes us away from creativity, and the secret behind how successful people separate good advice and decisions from all the noise
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Meet the EV upstart from Chhattisgarh playing to enter the big boys' club
An EV upstart from Chhattisgarh is trying to break into the big boys' club by positioning electric two-wheelers as a 'family scooter'. Can the challenger brand Eblu give an electrifying fight to biggies like Ola, Ather, TVS and Bajaj as EVs enter an exciting phase in 2024?
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Meet the founders who braved the funding winter chill
The Forbes India cover story on outliers in a funding winter—and extends the Scrooge metaphor to the moneybags fuelling startup activity, the venture capitalists (VCs)
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From Cloud leaps to AI advances: Here's what will shape India in 2024
As we enter the techade of innovation, our reliance on machines to make decisions for us will inevitably increase. However, it is crucial to remember that human ingenuity drives innovation, writes Kulmeet Bawa
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How The Ayurveda Co is bringing high quality, affordable ayurvedic solutions to the masses
A taxing childhood, a punishing adolescence and an exacting adulthood... Shreedha Singh spent most of her life fighting extreme odds. Now, the doughty founder is disrupting the health, beauty and personal care space with her ayurvedic venture TAC
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Chaotic bond markets to continue to combat inflation and recession fears in 2024
Last year, global bond markets toggled between persistent inflation and recession in an aggressive rates-tightening era. Will the 2024 playbook be the same?
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It's the spark in the founder that makes us tip over: Titan Capital's Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal
The early-stage investors on how they struck gold with some of their portfolio companies such as Ola and Mamaearth. And why their mindset is closer to that of an owner of the business
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We're seeing green shoots of recovery in China: Nicholas Chui
As hurdles for sustainable recovery in China equity markets continue, with mounting macro pressure on earnings amid currency weakness, will fund managers rejig their China equity-focussed portfolio and look somewhere else in 2024? Chui, portfolio manager, Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity, shares his thoughts
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Rigid or biased: How global rating agencies missed India's growth pulse
India may be the world's bright spot but, even after fifteen years, global rating agencies have not upgraded their low ratings for the fastest-growing economy. Will the big three agencies adjust their lens for a clearer picture in 2024?