VINITA BHATIA
strategy 4 / Feature
Till Debt Do Us Apart: The Crisis at Byju's
Running out of capital runway, Byju’s has turned to venture debt financing to keep the lights on at the edtech. Will this working capital infusion help it become profitable or will it get caught in a debt spiral?
June 01, 2023
strategy 4 / Feature
The 28% Curse for Online Gaming Players
The sunrise sector has often found itself caught in the crossfire of regressive legislative action, with certain states citing safety and legality concerns to either put companies on a tight leash or ban them completely. Will the Central government’s recent rules for online gaming bring transparency or crush it under excessive GST demand?
June 01, 2023
enterprise 3 / Feature
Reliance Tira: The Mammoth In The Beauty Store
From the brand power of its parent company to the near absence of a strong rival in the burgeoning beauty and personal care industry and an omnichannel strategy for market penetration, Reliance Retail’s Tira, launched last month, has a lot going for it. Will others be able to hold their own?
May 01, 2023
enterprise 3 / Feature
Mensa Brands: Steering Clear Of The ‘Winner-Takes-All’ Approach
Ananth Narayanan, founder of Mensa Brands, talks about his plans to build a tech-led house of brands with omnichannel as the lynchpin
May 01, 2023
the big story 1 / Lead Story
Sequoia Stuck Between Start-Up Frauds And Controversies
Every time an Indian start-up hits headlines for wrong reasons, Sequoia Capital and its most famous fund manager Shailendra Singh are in the spotlight. Is it the doing of their rivals? Or, are there serious issues that the VC firm needs to address? Can Singh pull Sequoia out of troubled waters?
February 28, 2023
the big story 1 / Lead Story
India’s Digital Winning Like A Frankenstein
India is an aspirational digital state. It wants to belong to the connected world like a leader despite its limitations of being a low-middle-income economy, having a large number of poor people, large illiteracy levels and less-than-reliable telecom infrastructure. Will the government’s push from the top create a national digital blueprint or turn the country into Charlie Chaplin’s Feeding Machine?
January 01, 2023
strategy 4 / Feature
Investors’ Choice: Digital Payment Wanes, Insurtech Shines
Once the blue-eyed babies cradled by investors, are digital payment providers ceding their leadership position to incumbents offering ancillary fintech services?
January 01, 2023
the big story 1 / Lead Story
Radhakishan Damani: The Slow And Steady Retail King
With his unwavering focus on profitability, Damani has made DMart a brand to reckon with in the retail space
December 01, 2022
the big story 1 / Lead Story
Siddhartha Lal: An Indian Powerhouse On Two Wheels
The CEO of Eicher Motors, the owner of the iconic Royal Enfield brand of 350 cc plus motorcycles, is going global with a vengeance, just as he is adding more engine displacement on Indian roads. The world is taking note of the Indian brand
December 01, 2022
the big story 1 / Lead Story
Vikas Oberoi Shows How To Succeed Like A Cautious Realty Entrepreneur
Averse to raising debt capital and vanity buying, the chairman of Oberoi Realty ensures that the company’s growth philosophy is about customer centricity even when the times are tough
December 01, 2022
the big story 1 / Lead Story
Influencer’s Compulsion
Past the gold rush in the social media space, the young and relentless influencer is now figuring out ways to stay relevant. With a short shelf life, it could be a story of diminishing returns
October 01, 2022
the big story 1 / Lead Story
Where There’s A Wheel, There’s A Way
Drawing from her unpleasant personal experiences, disability activist Virali Modi is adamant that she will do everything in her power to make travel easy for the disabled
October 01, 2022
the big story 1 / Lead Story
Ahead Of The Game
Having learnt the hard way that life is not always fun and games, Naman Mathur, aka Mortal, has built an online brand that several companies can bank on
October 01, 2022
the big story 1 / Lead Story
What’s In A Surname?
Lots, if it is Birla. For Nirvaan Birla, MD and promoter of Birla Open Minds and Birla Brainiacs, it opened many doors but also shut a few
August 01, 2022
the big story 1 / Lead Story
Diverse Ambitions In The Family
Despite founding disparate enterprises, Shruti Shibulal and her father, Infosys co-founder S.D. Shibulal, share similar entrepreneurial styles, driven by their passion for building value-driven organisations
August 01, 2022

Editor's Pick
Most Popular
Summer wine and salad
Kishore Singh - January 19, 2015
A double topping for growth
Meghna Maiti - January 15, 2015
Scriptures for success
Kripa Mahalingam - January 27, 2015
Where's the party tonight?
Aditi Saxena - January 27, 2015
The million-dollar question: Is investing a game of luck or skill?
Shankar Sharma - May 04, 2021