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It was October 26, 2022 — When the world watched as billionaire Elon Musk did something extraordinary! Elon Musk walks into Twitter headquarters carrying a sink. Not a briefcase. Not an entourage. But a sink! The symbolism was theatrical. But what followed was not theatre. It was a leveraged buyout that placed roughly $13 billion in debt onto Twitter’s balance sheet — with annual interest obligati...

Let's time-travel for this podcast a bit, and this is the summer of 2021, and we can find that a revolution is underway. 10-minute delivery revolution! You are about to cook a delicious dish for your loved ones, and suddenly you realize the salt is not there. Earlier, your only options were either to run to the nearby Kirana store or give up and place an order on Swiggy or Zomato. But not anymore!...

In 2022, it is 165K, 265K in 2023, 150K in 2024, and 81K so far in 2025. If I add them all, it is 661K persons impacted so far in the great tech reset that has been happening over the last three years. These are not mere statistics; rather, behind every statistic is a person—a friend, a colleague—who may have a family to support, children's tuition to pay, and bills to cover. But why do companies...

In 1994, a South Korean presidential advisory report highlighted a striking fact: one Hollywood blockbuster, Jurassic Park, generated as much revenue as selling 1.5 million Hyundai cars. This insight became a turning point for South Korea’s economic vision. Under President Kim Young-Sam’s leadership, the country began to see cultural exports not just as entertainment but as a strategic industry th...

In 2016, Netflix arrived in India with a global library tailored for urban millennials. It worked well until the pandemic flipped the script. Now, local shows are booming, internet speeds are faster, and ad‑supported plans are on the rise. As Netflix stands at the crossroads of its next growth phase in 2025, three questions loom large: 1. How do you win hearts (and eyeballs) beyond our big cities?...