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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.
Indian startup boards have been repeatedly caught sleeping on the job in the face of irregularities, weak processes and unethical practices. A number of factors—ranging from emotion to self-interest—are to blame.
What exactly is the role of the board of directors in a private, venture capital-funded company? And, why is it that every time there is a screw-up in the Indian startup ecosystem—as with Paytm, Zilingo, GoMechanic, Byju’s, BharatPe, Trell, Housing.com, Dunzo, Mojocare or even Flipkart—the board comes across like a deer caught in the headlights, a question mark hanging over its accountability?
Should it have acted sooner? When it did, was it enough? And, when it didn’t, was it because it’s just not possible for venture capital investors to be up-to-date with the workings of each of their portfolio companies? …
The Walmart-owned e-commerce company has entered microdramas and food delivery. Is it thinking long-term or just chasing a trend?
The Rs 900 crore capital fight with BharatPe over the small finance bank could leave Centrum’s investors holding the loss.
A churn in venture capital collides with the fear of missing the AI wave, while the Ajay Singh-led airline’s recurring crises raise deeper questions.
