UpFront
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Ten interesting things we read this week
At Ambit, we spend a lot of time reading articles that cover a wide gamut of topics, ranging from zeitgeist to futuristic, and encapsulate them in our weekly 'Ten Interesting Things' product. Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are Business (Motivating effects of learning other's salary), Economics (Collision of 3 geographies is creating a new world order), Politics (Effects of voting machine errors on American democracy), Architecture (Irresistible urge to build cities from scratch), and Society (How Satyagraha still drives change globally), among others.
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Zomato: Betting the farm
How food tech major Zomato is making an audacious bid to transform itself into a farm-to-fork company
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Liquidity matters
Food tech platforms Swiggy and Zomato are fighting a pitched battle for supremacy, backed by top investors Naspers and Alibaba
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Bleeding unicorns: Rising losses at startups
Rise in investor sentiment, however, means money to regain market share
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Right end of the stick
Incense sticks are disrupting the household insecticide segment with their sticky proposition of repelling mosquitoes
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Golden ticket: Most Indians now travel for one-off experiences
Most Indians make travel plans around seasonal and special experiences, not the availability of cheap flights or hotels bookings
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Indians have now taken to fitness, sports: Asics president
Yasuhito Hirota, the president and global COO of sports performance brand Asics, talks about the brand's re-entry into India, and why it's not just about running shoes
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Acquisitions: A Red Hat tip for IBM
Software giant's purchase of firm that powers BSE, Indian Railways and SBI will boost the tech performance of the latter's clients
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Jet Airways: From clear skies to dark clouds
The airline has been in a financial mess for a while now; Founder Naresh Goyal may have to take a tough call soon
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are #MeToo (New shades in India's art world), Robotics (The first-ever humanoid visa), Policy (Digital Services Tax in Britain), Wizardry (Ghost in the cell), Proto Internet! (Before the Internet there was Minitel), and a gem that we couldn't dare classify...is it Humour, Gender Studies, Politics or Culture? You decide (Sarah Cooper's satire of the corporate world). Sports returns to Ten Interesting Things after a long time with a dirge on the heartbreaking decline of the Windies (Heartthrob to heartbreak)