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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups
A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India
2022 D2C Brands
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D2C brands—Bending it like Beckham
A bunch of new-age D2C brands have gone around the traditional bend to grow at a furious clip during the pandemic. For the Davids, the challenge now is to ensure they keep up the pace and retain their nimble DNA
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Bootstrapped success making 'Noise' in a deeply-funded world. Will it get louder?
In a market dominated by deeply-funded players like boAt, smartphone biggies such as Samsung, Xiaomi and Vivo, and a clutch of aggressive homegrown players like Fire-Boltt, remaining bootstrapped might be a baggage as the biggest wearables brand gets ready to undertake the 1 to 10 journey
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Heads Up for Tails: For the love of dogs
Heads Up for Tails was born out of the need to provide a healthy and honourable lifestyle for pets. Today it is an omnichannel business set to grow even more given that Indians are ready to give their pets the love they deserve
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How Purplle is solving beauty for women in tier 2 cities and beyond
One of the early movers in the beauty ecommerce space, Purplle is getting ready to take on the biggest in the business on its path to profitability and scale
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How 'bed-in-a-box' made Sleepyhead India's second-largest online mattress brand
Catering to the needs of digial-native Millennials and Gen Z, Mathew Joseph's D2C brand has brought excitement back to the segment while taking care of the bottom line
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How the Sampath sisters' Yogabar brought healthy snacking to India
From a retailer attitude of 'only tasty, not healthy, sells in India', to building a successful healthy snacks brand, the Sampath sisters have consistently grown Yogabar across various categories. Now, it is looking to expand into children and infant foods
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Rs 100 crore in 18 months: Can Super Cute's take on the big daddies now?
Baby diaper brand Super Cute's has grown furiously to cross the Rs 100-crore mark in 18 months by addressing a dire need of new mothers—making diapers that double up as attire
Leadership Awards 2022
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Why Rana Daggubati believes making films is harder than investing in startups
The actor-producer on the growing popularity of South cinema, and how he is building a culture with his investments
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Founders' Corner: What old and young entrepreneurs can learn from each other
Traditional entrepreneur Harsh Mariwala, Marico chairman and ace investor, and new-age entrepreneur Tarun Sharma, co-founder and CEO of D2C startup mCaffeine, discuss finding business opportunities, leveraging strengths, hiring talent, and the key learnings and challenges they face in this FILA 2022 session which shows how business, entrepreneurship have evolved in the last few decades
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Routine without risk will stagnate: Viswanathan Anand
Five-time world champion and India's first grandmaster Viswanathan Anand shares his strategies and tactics to stay ahead of the curve
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Is India's capex plan enough to kickstart private investments, economic growth?
Takeaways from an Oxford-style debate featuring Saurabh Mukherjea, founder and CIO, Marcellus Investment Managers, arguing for the motion, and Madan Sabnavis, chief economist, Bank of Baroda, arguing against the motion
Cross Border
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How Cummins, a century old maker of dirty diesels, is now leading the hydrogen charge
A Tesla is fine for the morning commute, but to power the huge trains, trucks and ships that move the global economy, hydrogen is the ticket
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Last two years were horrific for the movie theatre business—unless you're Mitch Roberts
While most movie theatres remained shut during the pandemic, the 27-year-old entrepreneur doubled down on his vision: transforming a mundane trip to the movies into a memorable event with bowling, arcade games, laser tag, food and booze
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Can D2C brands maintain their growth momentum?
As the pandemic gripped the world, nascent direct-to-consumer (D2C), or digital-first brands, hit the fast lane. The business case was made pre-pandemic for such labels that bypass traditional marketing and rely instead on online influencers to build a customer connect. It has worked, now can they sustain the growth momentum?
