The Gig Economy
From the ingenious and the enterprising to the borderline weird, people are clambering on to platforms like Fiverr to live a life of their choosing
Articles
Discover the latest insights and expert analysis on entrepreneurship, innovation, and business strategy.
6 life lessons I learnt from the racing track
On track or in organizations, competition is the essential friction that brings forth progress and performance
Why you need to have a chief innovation officer
How Tata group's R. Gopalakrishnan, Cognizant's Sukumar Rajagopal, Titan's LR Natarajan and BMC Software's Suhas Kelkar built an ecosystem for innovation
What you can learn about high-tech innovation from Polaroid
The ability to frame a problem, a relentless striving for a better solution, and careful patenting are some of the lessons
Doctoral dissertations from a tea stall
Cheap labour and algorithms make everything you want done possible. But it's not going to take you any place significant. Unless you’ve got chutzpah like KV Kamath or Arun Maira
Are you too old to be an entrepreneur?
Some of the most admired entrepreneurs started late in life. Dr G. Venkataswamy started Aravind Eye Hospitals after he retired; Steve Jobs was 52 when the iPhone was launched
Either you share or you lose
People are finding ways to share everything. Technology is enabling a new method of consumption that gives people access without ownership. Sooner or later your business will be a target
How to buy friends and influence people
Ever wondered how some influential (and not-so-influential) people and companies get popular on social media for no apparent reason? In a discreet operation, we investigate how.
Why it makes sense to outsource your life
There is only so much you can accomplish on any given day. So why not outsource the more mundane tasks? It's cheap, efficient and frees you up to do everything else
Three lessons from the controversy leading to Rahul Yadav's resignation
It's easy to blame the speed and reach of online technology for the problems leading up to Housing.com's CEO's resignation. But technology only quickens and amplifies people's actions
