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VCs on startup boards: what do they even do?
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.
24 Nov 2024
Trell is fighting a losing battle
Pivoting away from social commerce and fraud allegations against founders have jeopardized the short-video app. Its latest financials bear testimony to the grim state of affairs.
07 Mar 2024
The deceit of India’s TikTok clones
A lot of money was spent on building a home-grown social media success story. The only thing that got built was fundraising pitch decks.
16 Oct 2023
Lessons from GoMechanic
The recent goings-on at the car repair startup are a reminder that much remains to be done when it comes to corporate governance in the Indian startup ecosystem.
10 Feb 2023
Edtech job losses pile up + gig workers in focus
The great startup party is over and why the Indian government’s session on gig workers’ problems is too little too late.
03 Jun 2022
How Sequoia’s Shailendra Singh pushed out Zilingo’s Ankiti Bose
As Zilingo’s fortunes dwindled with the pandemic, Singh started looking for options to change things up. But the co-founder wasn’t cooperating.
18 Apr 2022
