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Context is everything.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
We are all going to be tested. Some a lot more than others.
Editor's note: We don’t have a paywall for most of our stories on Coronavirus and its impact. Support us and subscribe here. In normal circumstances, I’d say, you only reap what you sow. Except nothing about right now is normal. We are living in unprecedented times. The coronavirus pandemic is nothing like the modern world has seen, let alone be prepared for. Its widespread impact on human life and economies around the world is bigger than the 2008 financial crisis, 9/11, the dotcom bust of the 2000s—and that’s just going back 20 years. A partner at a venture capital fund with more than $200 million in capital is scared. “Living by the hour,” he says on the phone. “Business, startups, economy, we are in real deep shit.” A conservative outlook is that the crisis isn’t going anywhere for the next three to six months. Another partner at a Mumbai-based VC firm, with more than $100 million in investment capital, said that it could take longer. “These are times where business models will be really tested,” he wrote in an email. “The recovery …
The online storytelling company is betting that content will be the most sought-after commodity as scores of platforms jump on the microdrama bandwagon. But success will hinge on whether it has a good enough story to draw the audience.
SEBI has lowered the bar for loss-making startups to list. In that context, a company like Zepto redefines the meaning of risk in public market investing.
The 15-year-old company has bought one brand after another in the hope of growing fast. That plan has fallen flat on its face, but there’s no stopping Wingreens.
