Pallavi Chakravorty | Author at https://outlookindia.com
In a highly unorganised stationary segment, there’s one homegrown brand that’s emerged and stood out in the past decade. But how has it been able to pip the older giants from their long-held positions, and also give famous global brands tough competition? Santosh Raveshia, managing director, DOMS narrates
The pandemic spurred the demand of SaaS products and the expansion in the number of offerings—both horizontal and vertical—in the space is a good reflection of that
The B2B ecommerce startup has cited role redundancy as the reason behind the flab-cutting
With online gaming setting new records in India, companies jostle to hire the right talent in the face of a persistent paucity
Running a profitable Zoho Corp since the day he founded it, CEO Sridhar Vembu always takes a close hard look at opportunities, opting for those he understands well. That, interestingly, explains why he has no plans to enter the metaverse universe
Experts say that the intensity of action in the segment in terms of hiring, investments and new enrolments may come down as more offline classes begin to resume.
The world’s richest man has won Twitter in a $44 billion deal. But the question is can he really win over twitter? Can he really make the platform decentralized?
The world’s richest man Elon Musk has acquired the microblogging site with hostility and now wants to make changes to its governance and the world of start-ups and fund managers watches with bated breath
As per a Razorpay report, Indians showed most love for food, stock trading and paying bills while transacting online
Hammered markets, increased interest rates by the Fed, unabated war – reasons enough to develop cracks in the funding ecosystem for startups
Emerging geopolitical equations and the strength of the start-up ecosystem in the country have made venture funds bullish on India. Their optimism may not be unfounded
Taxation will have a positive impact, because a large portion of the market which is not yet into crypto has been trying to gauge the legal aspect of it. People are much more confident now, because they can declare it openly, said Nischal Shetty
Ashneer Grover’s resignation has brought the focus back on the arm-twisting that founders often are subjected to
India is the largest market for Meta’s three top products—Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. Its India MD Ajit Mohan argues that India still has a lot of growth to offer. What happens to his prediction in India could decide how Meta performs globally in days to come
From extension of tax incentives for start-ups for a year to capping tax surcharge, Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of startup-friendly initiatives in the finance bill
As start-ups spread across India and new hubs emerge, the world’s third-largest ecosystem now has more than 61,400 recognised start-ups and 83 unicorns with a total valuation of $277.77 billion.
Dr Krishna Ella is recently conferred with the Padma Bhushan award by the government of India. Covaxin’s success proves that Bharat Biotech and Dr Krishna Ella’s efforts were on the right path and it is time to wear the ‘Made in India’ badge more confidently.
We have more than 434 million users on Facebook in India. And, as per the numbers disclosed over the last few years, we are growing equally in Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, Ajit Mohan said.
Jupiter and ShareChat entering into exclusivity clauses with Tiger Global raises the big question once again—is it time for founders to safeguard themselves against big funds’ dominance?
2021 turned out to be the most spectacular year for the Indian startup ecosystem, helping it attract billions of investments and churning out a record 42 unicorns in the process. Experts say this is just the beginning.
We bring you the story of how Bharat Biotech braved all odds and criticism to give India its first homegrown vaccine just on time. These and more are part of Outlook Business’ Anniversary issue about 21 change-makers who helped shape 2021. Read on:
When most other OTA players were cutting costs and firing people, ixigo hired a team of 50 customer-care executives to attend to its customers during the first phase of the lockdown. Result: the portal’s sales volumes surpassed pre-Covid levels in Q3 of 2020 due to immense word-of-mouth publicity. Group CEO & Co-founder Aloke Bajpai talks about what has kept ixigo going.
Vegetarians will not consume plant protein because they have enough food choices in India. They will never appreciate the taste of meat (even if it's plant protein).
India has the world’s largest tea drinking population but one of the lowest penetrations of bottled teas in the world. While China, Japan and most of Europe now spend more on cold teas, for 99.5% of Indians, tea still means hot.