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The blue bird is dead, Twitter becomes X: Can a 'super app' work in India?

The blue bird is dead, Twitter becomes X: Can a 'super app' work in India?

HUL's Q1 results fail to impress, missing street estimates — what are its challenges ahead?

HUL's Q1 results fail to impress, missing street estimates — what are its challenges ahead?

Kamal Karanth at Xpheno on IT services hiring, the rise of GCCs and other notes on staffing

Kamal Karanth at Xpheno on IT services hiring, the rise of GCCs and other notes on staffing

Tata Group to set up ÂŁ4 billion EV cell plant in the UK — India next, maybe?

Tata Group to set up ÂŁ4 billion EV cell plant in the UK — India next, maybe?

Why Jio Financial Services is being spun out of Reliance and how it might unlock value for investors

Why Jio Financial Services is being spun out of Reliance and how it might unlock value for investors

  • Inside our SaaS special

    Inside our SaaS special

    The macroeconomic picture for SaaS (Software as a Service) is challenging, and most companies are feeling the pressure. Because on the microeconomics level, all the SaaS players are chasing the same customers. This year, Our SaaS special looks at what the recent slowdown in the tech sector means for SaaS outfits and how they manage their cashflows. In this podcast, Harichandan Arakali gives an overview of the industry and stories you cannot miss in the issue

  • India's football team won't make the sports ministry's criteria for Asiad — what next?

    India's football team won't make the sports ministry's criteria for Asiad — what next?

    The latest development in Indian football is that the country's sports ministry has mandated that only teams that rank among the top eight in their respective sports will go to 2022 Asian Games in Huangzhou, China — which was postponed from last year due to the Covid pandemic. The Indian football team ranks number 18 and so won't make the cut, Kathakali Chanda points out. The All India Football Federation and National Coach Igor Ĺ timac have appealed to the government to relax the mandate. Katha and well-known sports presenter Joe Morrison discuss this on ToThePoint today

  • Deepak Vinchhi, on plans at JuliaHub after recent funding from a VC firm backed by Boeing

    Deepak Vinchhi, on plans at JuliaHub after recent funding from a VC firm backed by Boeing

    In this episode, Deepak Vinchhi, co-founder and COO of JuliaHub, an enterprise software company focused on the open-source Julia programming language, talks about the plans at the company after a recent series A1 round of funding from AE Industrial Partners HorizonX, a VC investment platform in collaboration with The Boeing Company. JuliaHub is a commercial venture started by the inventors of Julia, an open-source language. The investment will help JuliaHub become a leader in offering solutions for the Aerospace market around Julia, Vinchhi says

  • Disney reportedly explores sale of Star India—what does this mean for the ecosystem?

    Disney reportedly explores sale of Star India—what does this mean for the ecosystem?

    Disney CEO Bob Iger is seeking strategic options for its business, including a joint venture or a sale, as part of a broader cost cutting and restructuring exercise at the company, according to recent reports including from the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. Karan Taurani, senior VP and research analyst for media, consumer discretionary and internet, at Elara Capital, joins us on ToThePoint today to give us a sense what this means for India's entertainment ecosystem for TV broadcasting and the OTT businesses

  • Chandrayaan-3 gets off to a roaring start with flawless LVM3-M4 spaceflight; here's what's next

    Chandrayaan-3 gets off to a roaring start with flawless LVM3-M4 spaceflight; here's what's next

    India's flagship LVM3 rocket made another flawless flight today, taking off at 2:35 p.m. local time from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota to see off Chandrayaan-3 on the first leg of its journey to the Moon—an incrementally widening elliptical orbit from where the satellite will move towards its final destination. BR Guruprasad, a space scientist turned science writer and broadcaster, joins us today on ToThePoint to give us a sense of what happens next. He says success will rank India as the fourth nation to 'gently' land a spacecraft on the Moon

  • Flipkart Big Saving Days versus Amazon Prime Day — what's different this time?

    Flipkart Big Saving Days versus Amazon Prime Day — what's different this time?

    Amazon and Flipkart are both kicking off their annual discount sales starting the 15th — the one for two days and the other for four days. Ankur Bisen, Senior Partner and Head - Consumer, Food and Retail at Technopak Advisors, a consultancy, who's been tracking the ecommerce scene for close to 15 years now, joins us on ToThePoint today to give us a sense of what might be different this time. Ankur walks us through changes in consumer preferences for various categories and the evolution of India's ecommerce rules over the years

  • India more attractive than China, says Invesco — here's some perspective

    India more attractive than China, says Invesco — here's some perspective

    India has emerged ahead of China as a more attractive investment destination, according to the latest edition of an annual study by Invesco, a $1.48 trillion money manager. Sanjay Anandaram, co-founder of JumpStartUp one of India's earliest US-India cross border VC funds, and a widely respected investor and mentor in India's growing entrepreneurial landscape, joins us on ToThePoint today to offer some perspective on this development. Anandaram also talks about how, while India has changed a lot, there is much more red tape to be cut in this game that is ours to lose

  • After Foxconn's breakup with Vedanta, what next for India's semiconductor plans?

    After Foxconn's breakup with Vedanta, what next for India's semiconductor plans?

    Hon Hai Technology Group, better known internationally as Foxconn, is parting ways with Vedanta Group, ending a partnership that was working to establish India's first large-scale semiconductor foundry — to make chips that could go into a wide variety of electronic devices. The statement yesterday suggested that it was pulling out because the project was progressing too slowly for its taste. Forbes India's Manu Balachandran, who's been tracking India's semiconductor plans, joins us on ToThePoint today to talk about what might be the next steps for Vedanta

  • Aneesh Reddy on why it's a great time to buy in SaaS if you have the money

    Aneesh Reddy on why it's a great time to buy in SaaS if you have the money

    In this episode, Aneesh Reddy, co-founder and vice chairman at Capillary Technologies in Bengaluru, looks back at his first attempt at cracking the US market and some of the learnings from that experience—10 years ago. He also talks about how Capillary is well on its way to becoming a global leader in the loyalty management solutions space. He expects the company to grow as much as 80 percent this year and hit $100 million in revenue in two years. Aneesh also talks about how acquisitions are helping Capillary's global expansion and why it's a great time to buy now

  • Can the Indian EV industry sustain itself without subsidies?

    Can the Indian EV industry sustain itself without subsidies?

    Electric two-wheeler sales data from the government's Vahan portal showed that June has been the worst month this year. Does this reflect the cut back in subsidies that the government announced recently, and what does it say about the sector's prospects? Amitabh Saran, co-founder and CEO of Altigreen Propulsion Labs in Bengaluru, joins us on ToThePoint today to explain what's happening in the industry. While the timing can be debated, the industry will have to prepare itself for the day when there will be no subsidies, he says

  • Maruti Suzuki's Invicto versus Toyata's Innova Hycross — which one would you pick?

    Maruti Suzuki's Invicto versus Toyata's Innova Hycross — which one would you pick?

    Maruti Suzuki's Invicto, which many are saying is a rebadged Toyota Innova, is out. So, is it? Forbes India's Manu Balachandran joins us on ToThePoint today to talk about this latest offering from Maruti, its first in this segment, which is priced a tad lower than the Innova Hycross, its Toyota twin. After the success of the Grand Vitara, will the Invicto help Maruti chalk up another win or is the Innova too well entrenched in Indian psyche as the top people carrier? Manu points out that both vehicles have already garnered thousands of bookings