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In 1973, the British economist Ernst Schumacher wrote his manifesto “Small is Beautiful”, and changed the world. Schumacher’s prescription — to use technologies that were less resource-intensive, capable of generating …
Continue reading “The future of ‘civic’ technologies after COVID-19”
There are no atheists in foxholes, and there appear to be no capitalists in a global pandemic either. The head of Honeywell’s billion-dollar GoDirect Trade platform, which uses a permission-based …
An inspiring effort in response to COVID-19 Last Tuesday, for the first time in recorded history, India pulled the emergency brakes on all of the complex interactions that make up …
One lens I use to evaluate startup opportunities – and have written about in the past – is, are you offering an Aspirin or a Vitamin? My basic premise is …
Continue reading “#BlackSwan: Has Corona turned your Vitamin into an Aspirin?”
When constellation research published the best award for enterprise software to Zoho, I was thinking its yet another Silicon Valley startup that is kind of making some mark. But I …
Continue reading “R&D Revolution from Rural India – Rendezvous with Vembu”
The Account Aggregator (AA) construct defined in this RBI circular, this technical specification, and this article is imminently coming to life. Individuals and businesses in India will be able to …
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“Words can inspire but only action creates real change.” Presenting the second Union Budget, the Finance Minister asserted that entrepreneurship has always been the strength of India and proposed a …
Continue reading “Union Budget 2020: A Good Start That Needs Swift and Decisive Action”
India is among the top startup ecosystems in the world with home to 50,000+ startups and 3,500+ funded startups growing at a rapid pace at 30 per cent. While the …
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As we enter 2020 and a new decade, I wanted to touch upon an essential ingredient for startup entrepreneurs and product managers – Focus. In India, we all know about …
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Why Healthcare? Interacting even briefly with the healthcare system reveals the issues that plague the sector in India: a severe shortage of high-quality doctors, nurses, or medical supplies (and a …
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA), Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), and the Indian Software Product Industry Roundtable (iSPIRT) have shared common views that (i) our society will be transformed into …
In 2011, just over 3 out of 10 Indians had bank accounts. This number was, according to the Bank of International Settlements’ analysis, in line with that of other countries …
India is one of the first nations in the world to kick off Open APIs for consented financial data sharing. And nobody’s heard about it! Dear Kickass Financial Product Managers …
Continue reading “A Great Leap Forward to Transform Fintech: Data Empowerment”
In the first week of October, around Dussehra, a bunch of Indians gathered in the Bay Area. The setting had nothing to do with Dussehra, it had more to do …
Earlier this year, National Policy on Software Products was rolled out to create a robust, participatory framework to bring together industry, government and academia on a common platform to make …
Continue reading “Indian Software Product Registry – All That Product Companies Need to Know”