UpFront
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Vivek Gambhir and Sunder Ramachandran on building careers in the complex world of work
How does AI change our approach to work? Are Gen Zs impatient? What does it mean to build our own 'personal board of directors'? Vivek Gambhir and Sunder Ramachandran answer all these questions and more in today's episode. In conversation with Divya Shekhar, they discuss their book HeadStart, which contains their collective wisdom from spending decades in various business leadership roles. They also reflect on career strategies they wished they knew when they were starting out, and how their advice is differentiated among a deluge of career tips on social media
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Rothschild & Co: Tapping into India's dealmaking opportunity
By focusing on the mid-market M&A segment in India, Rothschild & Co has won significant deal mandates on behalf of Indian entrepreneurs hungry for growth capital
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Forbes India's 100 Richest 2024: Indianstyle capitalism is on a roll
Why are billionaires in a freer market—freer than it was three decades ago—a good thing? How do we go about creating more entrepreneurs, a fraction of whom will go on to become billionaires? Here are some answers
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What Truecaller's co-founders stepping back means for the company
Alan Mamedi and Nami Zarringhalam co-founded Truecaller and built it into a 400 million-user app. Now, they have stepped back, as the company enters its next phase of growth
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Inside Hitachi Energy's Rs2000-cr expansion plan in India
The Switzerland-headquartered company has been investing more in India over the last few years. With the surge in renewable energy demanding more manufacturing capabilities and technological prowess from companies, it is likely to be a rewarding, yet challenging, path ahead
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Freshworks 'kudumba' breaks, stock rises, growth beckons?
Girish Mathrubootham's Freshworks faces its first big painful change as a listed company as CEO Woodside pares the founder's extended family in reorg for the future
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Cricketing legend Mohinder Amarnath on his life, career and being fearless on the field
Through his nearly two-decade career, Mohinder Amarnath fought against the fiercest of bowlers. In his recent autobiography Fearless, written along with his younger brother Rajender, a former cricketer, commentator and author, Amarnath sheds light on his formative years under the watchful eyes of his father, his time on the international stage, and why, in 1988, he refused to back down from calling the selectors a 'bunch of jokers'. The authors are in conversation with Forbes India's Kathakali Chanda
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How Hunger Inc is looking to win the race slow and steady
In its 10 years, the Hunger Inc group of restaurants has received—and rejected—multiple offers for expansion, choosing to focus on a few things to retain quality instead. Here's how its food has stood, and thrived, the test of time
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Noise sinks into losses in FY24 as founders take a 'leap of faith'
Amit and Gaurav Khatri, co-founders of the Rs2,000 crore smart wearables brand, say they want to pivot to the next phase of growth, and bet on their partnership with Bose Corp to 'create a brand which is ready to explode outside India' despite profitability pressures amidst a slump in the smartwatch segment
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Forbes India Hidden Gems 2024: Finding diamonds in the rough
The six companies on Forbes India's Hidden Gems operate in sunrise sectors—think infrastructure, high precision components, solar panels—on a steady growth trajectory and could well be IPO candidates soon
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Coffee, chocolate, cheese: How this entrepreneurial couple built an empire of gourmet brands
Nishant Sinha and Sheetal Saxena have garnished their bootstrapped journey with gourmet brands in specialty coffee, artisan chocolate, craft cheese, and rustic South Indian cuisine. Do they have too much on their plate?