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Founding Fuel
Founding Fuel aims to create the new playbook of entrepreneurship. Think of us as a hub for entrepreneurs- the go-to place for ideas, insights, practices and wisdom essential to build the enterprise of tomorrow. It is co-founded by veteran journalists Indrajit Gupta and Charles Assisi, along with CS Swaminathan, the former president of Pearson's online learning venture.
My contributions
964 articles written
The power of a good story
Three learnings from the general elections: strong messaging, an ear to the ground, and involving the cadre pay off
The tough questions investors ask
Uber got away because it was funded by private equity. But what about Tata Steel and ITC? What cloak do they wear to get away from scrutiny?
Detailed planning is passé. A do-learn-do approach works better
You can meet audacious goals through a willingness to constantly learn, being open to feedback, and flexibility to adapt to changes
Chunk and compound to learn more, and learn fast
Re-discovering two mental models that humans have used to learn
How do you keep track of your changing customer needs?
The digitisation wave and Andy Grove’s strategic inflection points, Clayton Christensen on understanding the customer’s jobs to be done, disruptive technologies, optimising board composition in the digital era, and understanding “phygital”
Behind Naresh Goyal’s wilful blindness
Naresh Goyal’s miscalculations, how technology amplifies human bias and what makes entrepreneurs entrepreneurial
The science of photos & the art of capturing impressions of a changing world
This Week: How photos are changing business trends, India’s wages crisis, the black hole photo, lessons from Peter Thiel, the future of work, and what is safe to forget
Are you a jackal or a giraffe?
This Week: Marshall Rosenberg on nonviolent communication, Barack Obama on the lessons from his presidency, deep listening, Andreessen Horowitz, why private business corporations need reform, and more
The fight to stay relevant
This Week: Rajat Gupta interview, disruption, Tesla Model 3, humans vs robots