Why Immigrant Founders Are Building the World’s Most Resilient and Job-Creating Companies
Before the data, there are the companies. Tesla reshaped the global auto industry. Google reorganised how the world accesses information. NVIDIA became the backbone of the AI revolution. Stripe reengineered digital payments. Zoom turned into critical infrastructure overnight during a global pandemic. What do they share beyond scale and influence? Each was founded or co-founded…
Economic Survival in 2026: Strategies for Growth, Resilience, and Stability in Uncertain TimesÂ
A rethink of growth, resilience and decision-making is needed in today’s world of instability by those who are in charge.There are many uncertainties in today’s world, including continued inflation, rising protectionism, and currency pressures. These uncertainties make it difficult to make margins, affect planning, and affect the whole financial planning process. The new leaders are…
Leadership Lesson: VByju Raveendran, CEO, Byju’s
The story of Byju Raveendran is the business parable of modern India: a teacher-entrepreneur who built a category-defining edtech brand, only to encounter the strict realities of leverage, governance, and trust. At its peak, Byju personified its ambitious aims: international acquisitions, celebrity endorsements, and a bold promise to make learning addictive. At its lowest point,…
India Talks to Boost Fertiliser Imports with RussiaÂ
India, a leading importer of fertiliser, is planning to increase fertiliser imports from Russia, Belarus and Morocco due to Middle East conflicts, and China may also reduce supply before the summer farming season. As farming is very important in India, farmers need fertilisers like urea, DAP, and potash. India also imports liquefied natural gas, which…
Why India Is Poised to Become the World’s Next Factory Floor
There is a major shift happening in the global economy, which is a rare occurrence that happens only once a generation. The manufacturing landscape worldwide is being reshaped as Western economies reconsider their dependence on China, reshuffling supply chains and revising investment policies. The prolonged, sluggish slowdown in China, rising labour costs, geopolitical tensions with…
India to Re-Prioritise Natural Gas for FertilisersÂ
India is currently prioritising natural gas to maintain fertiliser production, which is essential for the agriculture sector. Domestic stocks of natural gas, with arrangements being made to procure the LNG from Australia and Canada. The government will re-prioritise the allocation of fertilisers and city gas distribution to ensure uninterrupted supplies. The shutdown of LPG production…
India to Invest in Sovereign AI for Strategic Needs
India on Tuesday announced plans to develop a sovereign model for strategic needs, aiming to establish localised tech solutions and IPs to navigate the power of large language models (LLMs), which are primarily from the USA and China. As American large language models, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and those from Anthropic and Perplexity, gained…
The Invisible Empire: Why Intangibles Reign Supreme
In 1975, physical assets such as factories and machinery made up 83% of the S&P 500’s market value, according to Ocean Tomo data. By 2020, this trend reversed, with intangibles rising to 90%. Currently, they account for approximately 80% of global enterprise value, as reported by Brand Finance’s 2024 Global Intangible Finance Tracker. This change…