India No Country for Women Founders
While India is third in the pecking order globally in the start-up ecosystem, women founders struggle to even get a start. Investors see them as less capable and hesitate to fund their ideas
Mahima Sinha - February 29, 2024
Digitisation Pushing Growth in Lending Segment: Naveen Kukreja
Over the past five to seven years, the digital-payments sector has grown stupendously, transcending economic and geographical barriers. Naveen Kukreja, co-founder and chief executive officer of Paisabazaar, a digital-lending platform, talks about five drivers of growth in the lending segment in the country
March 01, 2024
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
Taking Off On The Right Foot
Hailing from Amarkantak, a town nestled amid mountains in Madhya Pradesh, love for activities like mountain climbing, paragliding and bouldering came naturally to Abhimanyu Saxena, co-founder of edtech start-up Scaler
Chitra Nair - February 02, 2024
Sanjeev Barnwal, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Meesho
Sanjeev Barnwal loves beaches. They offer the perfect backdrop for a serene vacation, he feels
December 29, 2023
The Architect Of Indian Paparazzi
Recently on his birthday, all the major Instagram photographers like viral Bhayani, Manav Mangalani, Yogen shah and Varinder Chawla collectively thanked Prabhat Choudhary, the founder of India’s biggest entertainment public relations agency Spice PR for his contribution in building Indian paparazzi on social media. Prabhat is perhaps the most sought-after media strategist in Indian entertainment, and top celebrities of Bollywood and Tollywood are his clients. Here is the edited excerpt from his interview with Outlook Business
Outlook Business - December 05, 2023
Young Altruists
The philanthropic activities and goals of Nithin and Nikhil Kamath, brothers and co-founders of online brokerage firm Zerodha, placed them among the top 10 individual givers in the country last year. This year, Nikhil topped up his commitment by pledging to give away half of his wealth
Vinita Bhatia - December 01, 2023
Roshini Sanah Jaiswal
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Justhuman
December 02, 2023
Rising From The Ashes
Determined to revive the legacy of her late husband and founder of Café Coffee Day, V.G. Siddhartha, Malavika Hegde has been working strategically to reduce the company’s debt and make it profitable
Parth Singh - December 01, 2023
The Unicorn Out For Delivery
Within two years of launch, Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra’s quick commerce platform Zepto became the first unicorn of 2023. Its 20-something founders also debuted in the 2022 IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List
Vinita Bhatia - December 01, 2023