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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Editor's note: I. It is the ninth letter of the English alphabet. In financial analyst-turned-serial entrepreneur Sandeep Aggarwal’s universe, it might as well be the first. The founder of Shopclues and Droom has just come out with his autobiography, Fall Again, Rise Again, and going by the title, if one was hoping for answers to questions like what went wrong with ShopClues after its rather spectacular start in 2011, what was the reason for the very public and bitter fight for the company between Aggarwal and his wife in 2017, and what his defence was to the charge of insider trading slapped by the US Securities and Exchange Commission in 2013, one is in for a big disappointment. There is no doubt that crooks live a controversial existence, and often confuse their crookedness with some sort of self-righteous fight against the big, bad world. A book naturally lends itself to an examination of this psyche, and thus has enough draw to hold its reader’s attention. Alas, Fall Again, Rise Again misses this simple storytelling trick. Instead it falls prey to the narrator’s …
Editor's note: I. It is the ninth letter of the English alphabet. In financial analyst-turned-serial entrepreneur Sandeep Aggarwal’s universe, it might as well be the first. The founder of Shopclues and Droom has just come out with his autobiography, Fall Again, Rise Again, and going by the title, if one was hoping for answers to questions like what went wrong with ShopClues after its rather spectacular start in 2011, what was the reason for the very public and bitter fight for the company between Aggarwal and his wife in 2017, and what his defence was to the charge of insider trading slapped by the US Securities and Exchange Commission in 2013, one is in for a big disappointment. There is no doubt that crooks live a controversial existence, and often confuse their crookedness with some sort of self-righteous fight against the big, bad world. A book naturally lends itself to an examination of this psyche, and thus has enough draw to hold its reader’s attention. Alas, Fall Again, Rise Again misses this simple storytelling trick. Instead it falls prey to the narrator’s …
The Indian mother and baby products retailer has been slow to grow in the two largest markets of the Gulf. What gives?
The debate set off by President Trump offers an opportunity to move beyond the letter of disclosure rules and focus on their spirit. At any rate, more information is better than less.
Thanks to millions of Indians with cheap data connections and little to do, Big Tech continues to make giant strides in the country. The narrative of an atmanirbhar Bharat in technology is now dead in the water.
The Indian mother and baby products retailer has been slow to grow in the two largest markets of the Gulf. What gives?
The debate set off by President Trump offers an opportunity to move beyond the letter of disclosure rules and focus on their spirit. At any rate, more information is better than less.
Thanks to millions of Indians with cheap data connections and little to do, Big Tech continues to make giant strides in the country. The narrative of an atmanirbhar Bharat in technology is now dead in the water.
