Articles categorized as "Editors Note"
With the benefit of hindsight
Mar 07, 2017
At The Smart CEO, we’ve interviewed senior leaders from Snapdeal several times since their founding. The first time we interviewed Kunal Bahl, the brand ‘Snapdeal’ wasn’t even born. He used…
This Suffix Called ‘Tech’
Jan 19, 2017
Recently, I had a very interesting conversation with a veteran banker and former CEO of a bank, on India’s startup ecosystem. The topic of conversation was the ‘tech’ suffix – foodtech, mediatech…
Is Entrepreneurship Hard?
Oct 25, 2016
I am writing this note one day after the 2nd edition of The Smart CEO-Startup50 Conference & Awards, which turned out to be a wonderful event with over 200 founders of…
This Idea Called Impact
Sep 13, 2016
I first got a glimpse of Roopa Kudva’s professional journey when we did a cover story with N. Vaghul, the former chairman of ICICI Bank, in early 2012. The bank was…
Our vision for ‘Brand Startup50'
Jul 25, 2016
When we initially conceptualized The Smart CEO-Startup50 Awards in January 2015, we designed it carefully, keeping in mind our need to differentiate ourselves from the numerous award properties run by other…
Literature On Scaling Up
Apr 04, 2016
The Internet is filled with all kinds of content. I read TechCrunch for Silicon Valley news, Harvard Business Review for ideas on managing companies, The Economist for commentary on global economics and politics, Medium.com to follow first-hand experiences
The next two frontiers for Indian entrepreneurship
Feb 05, 2016
While India’s Silicon Valley-inspired startup ecosystem is just brewing, there is no doubt about the fact that our country already bears a rich history in entrepreneurship; Remember how Marwari and…
The unknown force
Dec 12, 2015
List 1: Anil Kumble. Roger Federer. Vinod Khosla. Deepak Parikh List 2: Rajinder Goel. Monica Seles. Ved Prakash Arya. Ashok Kapur These are two lists of names, carefully pruned, for a factor…
Announcing The Smart CEO-Startup50 List 2015
Sep 01, 2015
I write this note, one day after the completion of The Smart CEO-Startup50 Conference & Awards, held at Taj West End in Bengaluru, on Aug 28th, 2015. We launched the event…
Launching The Startup50 Awards
Jul 01, 2015
Imagine a world where our fellow countrymen in rural India have access to high-quality kindergarten education for their children? What if there was a startup that could prevent blindness through affordable eye screening solutions for all
