Fintech Future: The COVID Impact

Fintech Future: The COVID Impact

The growth of digital financial products and services cannot be attributed to COVID. It also cannot be attributed to the fintech platforms and their technologies. With COVID shaking up traditional interactions, who is actually driving the fintech revolution? And what is it going to look like in a post-COVID world?

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Forging Customer Loyalty

Forging Customer Loyalty

Customer loyalty has forever been an area of focus. Retaining customers cost less than acquiring new ones. Loyal customers are a brand’s biggest marketing machine, at a fraction of the cost. Reward points, freebies, elite status, preferential treatment – all facets of the loyalty driving apparatus. In the era of free trials, how do loyalty programs enable customer retention?

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Formula One and Innovation

Formula One and Innovation

Companies and teams can often struggle with the implementation of innovation, particularly from a human capital perspective. In a space with blurred concepts but defined successes, how can innovators learn from Formula 1 teams, keeping everything streamlined at over 300kmph?  Read on.

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Start-ups: Accelerator Selection

Start-ups: Accelerator Selection

The emergence of numerous start-up accelerators across the world has left start-up founders spoilt for choice when it comes to utilizing a program to accelerate company growth. However, all accelerators are not the same. It’s critical to consider the characteristics of each program before participating, to ensure that the time and resources spent will translate into valuable returns.

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Start-ups: Money Matters

Start-ups: Money Matters

All founders eventually face the dilemma of choosing how to get their start-up off the ground – raise external funds or bootstrapping their venture. Each option has its own unique advantages and disadvantages, aspects that can have long-lasting effects on the vision a founder has for his company. How do you decide what is right?

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Indian Start-up Ecosystem: The EdTech Story

Indian Start-up Ecosystem: The EdTech Story

A Google-KPMG study in 2017 projects India’s edtech industry is going to be worth $2B by 2021. Paid users are estimated to grow six-fold from 1.6M to 9.6M. There has been a 4X increase in educational content consumption on YouTube with 44% of online educational searches coming from beyond the top 6 Indian metros.

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The B2C to B2B Shift of Indian Start-ups

The B2C to B2B Shift of Indian Start-ups

40% of India’s start-ups operate in the B2B space, securing more than 30% of overall tech funding in 2017. 43% of new start-ups incorporated in 2018 were focused on B2B. With 3 Indian unicorns operating in the B2B space, 7 more are likely to reach unicorn status soon. Why aren’t Indian start-up founders focusing on the next 500M internet users in the country?

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The Indian AgriTech Story

The Indian  AgriTech Story

Agriculture employs ~50% of the Indian population. 70% of Indian farmers relying on rainwater for their crop. Supply chain inefficiencies result in the loss of an estimated $14B worth of produce annually. Farmers only take home 30% of the market price for their crops. How will Indian agri-tech change this?

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The Indian FinTech Story

The Indian FinTech Story

India has an unbanked population of 190M while it’s fintech community raised close to US$ 2B in 2018. The Indian populace has the second highest fintech adoption rate in the world at 52%. With over 2,000 fintech start-ups, what is the Indian fintech story?

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