BUSINESS & ECONOMICS EDITOR'S PICK FINANCE Understanding SPACS: Bubbles Of Uncertainty SPAC named as Special Purpose Acquisition Companies was developed to avoid the old lengthy and costly way of moving with a traditional IPO process. But now it is getting misused to bring up incompetent companies to go public which do not have the necessary requirements to become public under any circumstances. The goal is to […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Deepti Chopra – Co-founder of Adaface Deepti’s Platform Identifies Top Employee Candidates What’s your story?I grew up in India and did my undergraduate studies at IIT Gandhinagar. I interned at Caltech where I worked on machine learning for earthquake early warning systems, which was my first exposure to the kind of impact tech can have on the world. After graduating, I […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS EDITOR'S PICK ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS TECHNOLOGY The Opportunity for Indian Startups I was at a conference the other day, speaking on a panel with VCs and angels, when we were asked a question: With the softening of valuations and the famous Flipkart markdown, is there still a large internet opportunity in India? My friend and co-panelist from a large VC fund jumped up and trotted out […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP How Mobile Apps Will Change ECommerce 2016 has seen remarkable changes in how people view online shopping as a whole. In 2015, physical stores were full of people swarming to grab the lowest Black Friday deals, but in 2016, we’ve seen tides change as people now turn to online shopping because of its hassle-free benefits. Even though sales were expected to […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP Riding the Asian E-Commerce Wave In October 1999, Goldman Sachs invested $3.3 million in an unknown Chinese Internet startup operating out of its founder’s apartment. Shortly after came the dotcom bust in 2000, but the startup survived and by early 2004 Goldman cashed out for $22 million — nearly seven times ROI. Good deal for Goldman, right? Except for one minor detail — that startup was Alibaba, […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Abhishek Maitreyi, Co-Founder of CaRPM Born and brought up in Delhi, Abhishek Maitreyi went to IIT Guwahati to study Biotechnology. After graduation, Abhishek started his career in the Analytics team at Flipkart, working with the Marketing function. Abhishek recalls his reporting manager then being a superb data scientist and while he couldn’t really pick up the tools and techniques before he left […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP 10 Indian Startup Success Stories That Will Inspire You They had an idea in mind. They left their cushy jobs. They worked hard. They created history. India is witnessing a brand new generation of startups, making their presence felt not just in the domestic sphere, but also globally. They’re inspiring success stories of people who have paved their own roads of innovation and dreams. […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
EDITOR'S PICK ENTREPRENEURSHIP Ecommerce in India – 2016’s Online Shopping Destination Ecommerce in India is looking pretty so far, but 99% of the canvas is still unpainted. The country’s online retail sales currently account for less than 1% of the total revenue generated by retail sales. However, it would be inaccurate to label India’s e-commerce state as ‘infantile’, for the industry has seen growth — fast and […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP STARTUPS Lets build an Enterprising India – Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 Over the course of this year, Entrepreneurship Cell of IIT Kharagpur has already undertaken various activities, including the Entrepreneurship Awareness Drive, a pan-India initiative to spread entrepreneurship in cities across India in 22 cities. Following on the successful culmination of the Entrepreneurship Awareness Drive, which saw close to 30,000 participants in total, personalities such as […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Kunal Shah, Co-Founder of FreeCharge Apart from being the Co-founder and CEO at FreeCharge, Kunal Shah is an avid student of behavioral economics & science and a hardcore poker player. A proud college dropout from the NMIMS MBA program, Kunal believes in the power of things being “FREE.” While working at his previous startup PaisaBack, Kunal was struck by an epiphany […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Chinese Tech Companies Reshaping Global Markets Key Takeaway: China’s emerging tech firms are transforming the global market by prioritizing rapid innovation, cost efficiency, and adaptability. DeepSeek, a Chinese AI firm, has challenged the dominance of US tech giants, demonstrating that China is no longer just the world’s factory but becoming the world’s innovation hub. DJI Innovations, a drone company, has revolutionized […] Written by Empirics Asia March 13, 2025March 13, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Business Of War Key Takeaway: Multinational corporations are increasingly taking sides in times of geopolitical conflict, often aligning their actions with their home countries or responding to public pressure. This trend, known as “partisan behavior,” comes with significant risks, both financially and reputationally. Companies that take a stand risk alienating customers and investors, while those that remain neutral […] Written by Empirics Asia March 12, 2025March 13, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Hidden Dimensions Of Reality Key Takeaway: The universe may be far more complex than we initially think, with the possibility of a higher-dimensional structure that twists and folds in ways unseen. Mathematicians study all possible shapes and dimensions in geometric topology, revealing a universe that may be far from the simple, empty expanse we assume. Modern physics, particularly string […] Written by Empirics Asia March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Unravelling The Secrets Of Dinosaurs Key Takeaway: Scientists are decoding the mysteries of dinosaurs by examining their lives, movements, and interactions. Advances in technology are revealing new insights into their colors, patterns, and social structures. Electron microscopes have allowed scientists to reconstruct the coloration of certain feathered dinosaurs, revealing details about their appearance and behavior. CT scans are being used […] Written by Empirics Asia February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Collision Course: The Doomsday Asteroid Flying Towards Earth Key Takeaway: A new asteroid, 2024 YR4, was detected in Chile at the end of 2024, with a small yet notable chance of colliding with Earth in 2032. Initially, estimates suggested a 3.1% probability of impact, but as of February 2024, calculations by the European Space Agency’s Near Earth Object Centre have revised this down […] Written by Empirics Asia February 25, 2025February 25, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Hidden Cost Of Cheap Furniture Key Takeaway: Fast furniture, which is mass-produced items designed for short-term use, is a growing environmental crisis. Millions of discarded pieces end up in landfills each year, contributing to a waste problem mirroring the fast fashion industry. To avoid fast furniture, consumers should identify it by noticing its price, materials, assembly methods, limited or unclear […] Written by Empirics Asia February 24, 2025February 24, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Is Democracy Really The Best System? Key Takeaway: Plato’s critique of democracy, particularly in his work “The Republic,” suggests that it is fundamentally flawed. Socrates, Plato’s mentor and teacher, argues that ruling a state is a skill, similar to piloting a ship or performing surgery. However, critics argue that this is not the case. Politics involves moral judgments, compromises, and social […] Written by Empirics Asia February 21, 2025February 21, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Rethinking Education Key Takeaways: The Industrial model of education that fueled the modern era and its dizzying reach did its job incredibly well. In his writing, Flynn illustrates study after study, spanning nations and decades, in which modern educational gift of abstraction — a transcendent sign of intelligence, as we saw in Raven’s Matrices — has been […] Written by Anthony Fieldman March 2, 2022October 19, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How China Is Transforming Its Economy Through Learning I highly recommend reading the McKinsey Global Institute’s new report, “Reskilling China: Transforming The World’s Largest Workforce Into Lifelong Learners”, which focuses on the country’s biggest employment challenge, re-training its workforce and the adoption of practices such as lifelong learning to address the growing digital transformation of its productive fabric. How to transform the country […] Written by Enrique Dans February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why You’re Not Seeing Success With Influencer Marketing With the new year around the corner, now is a good time to re-evaluate your past marketing strategies and gear up for the year ahead. For some businesses, influencer marketing has simply not seemed to live up to its lofty promises of genuine engagement, credibility, and transparency. Some have claimed that it has been failing […] Written by Michael Tan January 14, 2021January 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A New Philosophy of Business I’m about to ask you to take a mental leap. For the next 8 minutes, suspend your notions of what a business is, and I’ll propose a new lens for you to look through. There are a lot of questions asked around what “community” means for business. “Where should community fit in my organization?” and […] Written by Empirics Asia September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked