Post a robust 2021 that saw $36 billion being invested into start-ups at exorbitant valuations, 2022 was a more calibrated year. The first half witnessed strong deal flow, but activity in the second half remained muted. As interest rates began to rise across the globe, valuations across public markets corrected…

The past few months have been quite chaotic for the global banking ecosystem. Alongside nearly 20-year high US interest rates, the slew of bank failures has reduced public confidence, leading to rampant bank runs. To understand the recurrent causes more granularly, let’s look at a case study — ‘First Republic…

Do you have a gap in your CV? Read this. Aamir Khan released Lagaan in 2001. His next ‘hit’ was RDB in 2006. Both went to the Oscars. Sachin Tendulkar scored his 35th test Century in 2005. His 36th came 2 years later in 2007. And Sachin had one…

Work-life balance for a fresher would be different than what it is for a parent of two. Work-life balance for someone at the peak of their emotional and mental peace would be different than that for someone going through a difficult time. Work-life balance doesn’t mean giving ‘equal’ attention to…

An underwear ad usually shows a male protagonist able to protect the girl simply because of the confidence and comfort endowed by the chosen brand. Confidence has been appropriated more or less by the entire beauty industry, sanitary wear, and this category. How does what you wear inside, invisible to…

Meet America’s first hot sauce billionaire: a Vietnamese refugee who built a $150M per year empire with no marketing or sales team. How did he do it? Here’s his spicy story. David Tran fled Vietnam in 1979 after the communist takeover. He arrived in LA with nothing but a passion…

It’s a tricky question. Startups are very illiquid investments. Unlike listed equity, you can’t sell startup equity (shares) at a moment’s notice. Although many companies are trying to solve this problem by building online platforms to trade startup shares, they are still in their infancy. Shares of 99% of startups…

A colleague recently narrated a story about how his brand-new car was intentionally scratched by a man walking down the road. Quite a vengeful thing to do to an absolute stranger. However, evolution would indicate that we are collaborative in nature at least within our tribe. And with Social media…

It’s actually NOT the pictured chart. Open-AI CEO Sam Altman called it “complete bullshit.” Training on more parameters doesn’t necessarily make LLMs better. That’s a form of data ‘maximalism’ only 14% of AI experts believe. But there is one huge reason to be excited. Microsoft’s Germany CTO Andreas Braun spilled…