National Startup Day Intent and Outcome

NANDINI VAIDYANATHAN shares her thoughts on the hits and misses of India’s startup story The years between 2010 and 2015 were abuzz with the glamour and excitement of entrepreneurship.... Read more »

Trends in 2023 that affected the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India

NANDINI VAIDYANATHAN elaborates on the changes seen this year in the business arena It is not possible to speak of trends in 2023 that have impacted and transformed elements... Read more »

How Bangalore became a technology hub

Nandini Vaidyanathan shares her take on how Bangalore earned the tag of ‘Silicon Valley of India’ The first time I left Bangalore was in the early ‘80s. I went... Read more »

Dog adoption – make the language inclusive, not polarised!

Nandini Vaidyanathan elaborates on the cumbersome process of adopting a dog We moved back to Bangalore three months ago. We figured pretty early that not too many places here... Read more »

French streets with no street food!

NANDINI VAIDYANATHAN elaborates as to why there is no street food in France France is synonymous with gastronomy, which is defined by the dictionary as the art of good... Read more »

What you see is what you should get!

NANDINI VAIDYANATHAN compares her experiences of using Airbnb in Europe vis-à-vis India We are big fans of Airbnb. All our holidays in all parts of the world are planned around... Read more »

France lives in a time-bubble

NANDINI VAIDYANATHAN gives us an account of her experiences in France and why she feels the country is not moving forward Recently, we went on a month-long road trip in... Read more »

For whom the bell tolls!

NANDINI VAIDYANATHAN explains why most unicorns and startups shut down as fast as they open up In the last decade or so, two things have captured the imagination of... Read more »

Business without ethics

The writer laments the poor work ethics that are predominant in tourist towns We live in the mountains. When we moved here from a large city, our expectation was... Read more »

In search for meaning in business!

The writer explains the concept of escaping life as people have known to the one they want, from the point of view of business In the olden days, if... Read more »

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