Computing pioneer Bob Frankston says algorithms are the new bureaucracy
We discussed everything from the future of computer programming to how algorithms and their masters such as Facebook, Google and Amazon are beginning to take control of our lives.
Dr Anil Gupta on what entrepreneurs must learn from grassroots innovators
I first heard of Dr Anil Gupta some ten years ago. Finally, I met him earlier this month to talk about grassroots innovation.
Wingify’s Paras Chopra on bootstrapping his startup from zero to $18m revenue
There’s something fascinating about the entrepreneurs who stay away from the VC funding frenzy and quietly build their startups one baby step at a time. Doing a startup overall is a crazy, bold thing to do, in the first place. The odds are stacked against you. On top of that, if the entrepreneur decides to […]
Ashish Sinha on Indian startups’ underbelly and going back to his product roots
In this episode of Outliers, I met a new Ashish with his bearded looks.
ThreadSol founders on what it means to not be “an Uber of anything”
“It’s a game of belief,” Manasij Ganguli tells me about getting customers, investors and employees around you. We are sitting in his living room at Noida home, east of capital New Delhi, with his wife Mausmi Ambastha. This becomes “a game of thrones” if the startup idea you’re pitching doesn’t have a global equivalent. For […]
Ashish Hemrajani of BookMyShow says he’s a cockroach, and not a unicorn
Who wants to be a Unicorn? It’s almost every entrepreneur’s dream to build a company that crosses the $1 billion dollar valuation mark. For investors too, the starting question is whether a pitching startup can become the next Unicorn. For Ashish Hemrajani, the co-founder of BookMyShow, who started his company in 1999, the journey is […]
Zainab Bawa on lessons in building the HasGeek community
What’s the best way to build communities that last?
Makemytrip founder Deep Kalra shares ‘the founder’s mentality’
In this episode of Outliers, Kalra talks about lessons in building Makemytrip, and his views on letting go and finding a successor.
A masterclass from Sridhar Vembu in building a successful company without VC money
In this week’s Outliers, Sridhar Vembu tells Pankaj Mishra why he shunned VC money, and why he respects speed limits in growing his company.
Lessons in bootstrapping, failing and rebooting from Pallav Nadhani
In this week’s Outliers podcast, Pallav Nadhani, founder of bootstrapped startup FusionCharts, shares his entrepreneurship journey with Pankaj Mishra.