One question we often forget to ask before trusting someone is simple: Do they genuinely respect people, or do they only value people when they are useful to them? A person who repeatedly cheats, betrays, manipulates, or abandons others should not be assumed to become loyal simply because you are...
In D2C fashion, everyone sees the photographs. The model. The product. The packaging. The Instagram reels. The website. The influencer wearing it. Almost nobody sees the work holding the business together. And that is where many new fashion entrepreneurs get their first shock. Fashion Is Not Just About Fashion Launching...
India’s Startup Culture Has Created a Dangerous New Species: The Celebrity Founder Let us say something that many people inside India’s startup ecosystem will never say openly. Too many founders are becoming famous before they become successful. And even worse— some are becoming addicted to being famous. They raise one...
India is celebrating the arrival of the AI revolution. Google, Amazon, Meta and other global technology giants are pouring billions into data centres. Governments proudly announce investment figures. Politicians talk about jobs. Headlines speak of India becoming the next global technology powerhouse. On paper, it sounds like progress. But India...
Business is not a motivational seminar. It is not about posting success quotes, shaking hands at networking events, drinking at parties with “important people,” or looking successful from the outside. Business is a battlefield of decisions. Every day, you are deciding where to put your money, your time, your attention,...
Housing sales in India’s biggest cities fell 6 percent in the April-June quarter of 2026. Anarock’s numbers show about 90,700 homes sold, down from 96,285 a year earlier. Compare this to the quarter before, and the drop is sharper: 11 percent. Proptiger’s own count, across eight cities, tells the same...
There is a strange phase in the life of many entrepreneurs. By day, they help build someone else’s company. By night, they quietly build their own. They attend meetings. Deliver targets. Answer emails. Help their employer grow. Then, after everyone goes home, a different shift begins. Their shift. This is...
The United States just crossed a number too large for most people to picture. Its national debt has passed $40 trillion. That works out to about $117,000 for every American, man, woman, and child. The debt has doubled in just ten years. And the pace is not slowing down. The...
Every dairy business in India seems to chase the same thing: getting fresh milk into homes every morning. It looks like the obvious product. It is the first thing people associate with the word “dairy.” But fresh liquid milk is also one of the worst businesses to be in, and...
When a new brand launches, the biggest challenge is not always creating a great product. It is getting people to trust the brand enough to buy it. You may have a beautiful website, excellent products and a compelling story. But if nobody knows your brand, spending heavily on Meta or...
