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Breaking down how businesses work, make money, acquire customers, and build competitive advantages.
Sep 19, 2026
Siddhanth Vengali thinks India's sock category has a branding problem. His startup, Angry Toast, is betting that consumers can be convinced to care about what they wear below the ankle.
Aug 15, 2026
Most people looking at mobile recharge in 2010 saw a payments problem. Kunal Shah looked at the same market and saw something else: a behaviour nobody had bothered to understand.
Aug 9, 2026
The audience became the product team before the product existed.
Aug 8, 2026
Jul 28, 2026
How ERRA is turning one of India's biggest e-commerce problems into a software business.
Jul 14, 2026
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Six founders. Years of research. One idea: stop measuring sleep and start regulating it. That thesis has now helped DUSQ cross $1 million on Kickstarter.
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Jun 20, 2026
Inside how two ex-Cult.fit founders are trying to make protein feel less like discipline and more like a habit, in one of India's most crowded D2C categories.By The TEP Desk
May 30, 2026
Most investment products in India are built for either retail investors or the ultra-wealthy. Anandita Jain believes there is a large group sitting in between.
May 24, 2026
Ex-Coinbase CTO. a16z partner. Author. And now the man running a functioning startup society inside a real island precinct near Singapore. This is not a thought experiment anymore.