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Unicorns are passe. Cockroach is the buzzword as funding winter chills startup sector

Ongoing funding winter sparked by a host of factors, including Russia-Ukraine war, fear of a global recession, and dismal performance of the IPOs of some Indian companies.

Highs & lows of PayTM: How the original e-wallet provider reached first-ever operating profit

This journey to operational profitability has been a long one, and hasn’t been particularly easy for the company, says CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma.

Google-backed ShareChat lays off 20% workforce to cut costs

Bengaluru-based ShareChat is valued at $5 billion, has more than 2,200 employees and is now retrenching due to pressure from investors to cut costs.

RBI unlikely to extend 30 September deadline for credit card security, say bankers, merchants

According to RBI's data, card & internet transactions made up 34.6% of the total fraud cases in FY21.

‘Made in USA—Ulhasnagar Sindhi Association’: How Sindhis created businesses after Partition

Ulhasnagar is part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The town has a population of over half a million, of which around 400,000 are Sindhis—it...

Crochet, clothes, cakes – Gen Z Indians are now small business owners on Instagram

Gen Z entrepreneurs are monetising what they love instead of chasing paychecks. Instagram, Etsy and even Facebook have levelled the playing field.

SubscriberWrites: Incentives, whether long or short term, can be lucrative for Indian business to grow

The appropriateness of the incentive amount should be left to those in charge of those managing and governing the business, writes Jyoti Lahiri.

How GNOX’s price is affected by its supply and what CRO can learn from it

GNOX burns tokens or reduces their supply to increase their price. Early investors are rewarded by this practice.

Metaverse will change the way we function — but here’s what it means for businesses

BMW, Disney, Gucci and Warner Bros are some of the companies already operating in the metaverse. Take a look at a summary of upcoming trends.

Why Elon Musk is wrong about Twitter being better off if it goes private

Whether Twitter will become a better platform for free speech as a private company is debatable. But it would make it perform worse as a business.

On Camera

Maratha Mandir is a time machine. Young SRK is a tequila shot

The only reason most of us like Raj is because he comes in a SRK-wrapped package. There simply is no other reason. Imagine any other actor playing Raj and you will get the ick.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.