How Venture Capitalists Make Startup Investment Decisions
According to Bain & Company’s India Venture Capital Report 2022, 2021 marked a milestone for India as VC funding touched $38.5 Bn The investment decision is heavily influenced by the business model, core management, future plans, and market opportunity The collaboration between investors and...
Let’s embrace AI now that the digital future has arrived
Falcon Bank had successfully implemented voice analytics in its front office. Its artificial intelligence (AI) driven system from Uniphore had flagged a gradual increase in unemployment insurance inquiries, a policy that pays out its holder’s salary for up to one year in case one is...
Apathy towards investor interests and poor ethical choices must not spoil India’s startup party
For some time now, there has been considerable talk in the media about founders who have displayed unseemly arrogance, shown disrespect for employees or vendors, created toxic company cultures and splurged on investor money to fund a lavish personal lifestyle....
Don’t write off outsourcing industry yet
The epitaph of the Indian outsourcing industry has been written many times over the last two decades. An op-ed on the pages of Mint Views, dated 22 July and titled ‘A captive customer interface beats outsourcing the job’, provided the latest diagnosis of its imminent...