Ritu Jha- Bhavish Aggarwal, IIT Bombay alumnus and co-founder and CEO of India-based ride-sharing giant Ola Cabs, told the more than 400 IITians in his keynote speech at the IIT Bay Area Leadership Conference last month about how coming from a middle-class family to running a taxi business with a billion-dollar valuation and the challenges […]
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Aging Is Not A Disease
Vinita Gupta- I turn 70 next year. I’ve already noticed a significant hearing loss. With a couple of treatable chronic illnesses, that will not go away but are non-life impacting, I now carry pills. Also, it is harder to put on a sock while standing on one foot. However, my mind is still ready to tackle […]
Mad Hatter’s Bacchanalia
Partha Chakraborty- Uber and Lyft should be a wake-up call for easy money and the irresponsible investor. Buried in their regulatory filings are facts that highlight the possibility that access to capital may have already been drying for Uber and Lyft. Uber and Lyft changed our perception of “personal mobility”. For me […]