Ola on Full Charge for Its IPO Ride
The electric two-wheeler manufacturer is betting big on its proposed IPO, with nearly half the shares on offer for sale coming from founder Bhavish Aggarwal’s account. While its position as a market leader is a huge confidence booster, Aggarwal’s past failures, unfavourable reports around regulation violations and battery mishaps might dent its prospects
Vinita Bhatia - February 01, 2024
Corporate Governance Begins And Ends In The Founder’s Head: Sanjeev Bikhchandani
Corporate governance and its relevance at a start-up depend on the founder, according to Sanjeev Bikhchandani, co-founder of Info Edge, a pure play internet company. Both the credit for the success and accountability for failures in a start-up lie with the management. When investors trust a start-up enough to invest in it, wanting the latter to be honest and responsible with their money is a fair expectation, he tells Outlook Business
Outlook Business Team - February 27, 2023
Good Governance Lies Between Founders’ Hubris And Overvaluation: Mohandas Pai
The recent blow-ups in many start-ups are a result of the founders’ vanity and their failure to understand the basic obligations of public shareholding
Mohandas Pai - February 27, 2023
When Digital Disrupts Only VC Books
The country’s digital journey started almost two decades ago. Over 100 unicorns later and consuming billions of dollars in VC money, Indian digital companies are still looking for viable profit routes. How big is the failure of India’s digital copycat start-ups?
Nishant - December 31, 2022
“Encourage employees to communicate their ideas without the fear of judgement or failure”
Shilip Kumar, President, Henkel - India on creating a culture of innovation
May 09, 2020
Rise above the failure
HDFC Life’s new campaign highlights the importance of accepting setbacks as key steps to success
Shruti Venkatesh - February 18, 2020
C-suite’s unspoken terror
Failure is the worst that could happen to an Indian entrepreneur, and it could also be the best thing. What flips the story?
Kripa Mahalingam - January 06, 2020
Learning from failure
Robin Banerjee decodes the rise and fall of corporates, by giving insights into the blunders committed by some
November 16, 2019
“Allow room for failure - the key is to fail fast, learn from it and move on”
Amit Jatia, Vice Chairman, Westlife Development on five ways to foster an entrepreneurial culture
September 19, 2019
Urjit Patel's impersonal exit
The government’s demand for transfer of Rs.360,000 crore from its reserves is Plan B for the failure of demonetisation
N Mahalakshmi - December 11, 2018