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StartupTalky presents Recap'25, a series of exclusive interviews where we connect with founders and industry leaders to reflect on their journey in 2025 and discuss their vision for the future. The digital marketing landscape in India is undergoing one of its most transformative phases yet. With consumers demanding
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StartupTalky presents Recap'25, a series of exclusive interviews where we connect with founders and industry leaders to reflect on their journey in 2025 and discuss their vision for the future. India’s early-stage investment landscape is entering a new era of discipline, sharper unit economics, and value-driven scaling.
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StartupTalky presents Recap'25, a series of exclusive interviews where we connect with founders and industry leaders to reflect on their journey in 2025 and discuss their vision for the future. India’s startup investment landscape is undergoing a reset as founders shift toward disciplined growth, sharper unit economics,
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If you’ve followed India’s retail and tech space even casually, you’ve probably heard one name making waves lately: Jeyandran Venugopal. And for good reason. Reliance Retail, a company that’s already reshaping how India shops, has handed its top job to a man who has quietly engineered
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This article has been contributed by Muzammil Patel Co-founder and CEO Acies Consulting In the world of solutions, what matters is outcomes. Concepts, ideas, and frameworks are only as relevant as their actual implementation and benefits derived therefrom. For a very long time, advice and methodologies were conceived by people
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Imagine juggling dozens of apps just to track one customer. Right now, most businesses do exactly that. In fact, only 24% of companies have fully integrated customer data across their tools. The result is chaos: teams waste hours on duplicate data entry and manual work, and customers get inconsistent service.
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Think about your own habits: how often do you email a company versus just sending a quick WhatsApp or Instagram message? Today, the answer is clear. Consumers overwhelmingly favor instant messaging over traditional email or phone calls. In one survey, about 67% of people said they prefer to contact companies
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StartupTalky presents Recap'25, a series of exclusive interviews where we connect with founders and industry leaders to reflect on their journey in 2025 and discuss their vision for the future. India’s drone ecosystem has rapidly evolved from hobby-grade experimentation to mission-critical national infrastructure, with adoption rising across
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StartupTalky presents Recap'25, a series of exclusive interviews where we connect with founders and industry leaders to reflect on their journey in 2025 and discuss their vision for the future. As businesses across sectors faced rising competitiveness, pricing volatility, and increasingly informed customers in 2025, AI-driven pricing moved
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StartupTalky presents Recap'25, a series of exclusive interviews where we connect with founders and industry leaders to reflect on their journey in 2025 and discuss their vision for the future. India’s EV and last-mile mobility sector is entering a new phase as demand grows for reliable, well-engineered
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As India’s gifting culture evolves and emotional expression takes new formats in a digital-first world, legacy brands are reimagining themselves for the next generation. In this interaction with StartupTalky, Hanisha Gandhi, Executive Director of Archies, talks about leading the iconic 46-year-old brand as its first woman and first non-family
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Neal Mohan is an American businessman who has been the CEO of the online video-sharing platform YouTube since 2023. He succeeded Susan Wojcicki and managed several of its segments, such as YouTube TV, YouTube Music, and YouTube Premium. He was one of the driving forces behind the introduction of a
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This article has been contributed by Ms. Upasana Sharma, Executive Director, TiE Delhi-NCR If you spent enough time around founder events in 2025, especially the casual ones in coworking spaces where people talked more freely, you would have sensed something shifting. It wasn’t loud, and it wasn’t packaged
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This article has been contributed by Mukul Pasricha (Founder & CEO , Spring House Workspaces) As 2025 comes to a close, the commercial real estate and workspace market in India is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades. The old office equation - long leases, fixed desks, centralized headquarters is giving
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This article has been contributed by Mr Veerendra Jamdade, Founder & CEO of Vritti Solutions Ltd One of the most ongoing problems facing organisations today is Workplace Stress. Companies typically spend time and effort developing culture, policies, and leadership styles to mitigate stress in their workplace; however, workplace stress often
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Smart AI tools empower small businesses to easily find and attract new customers. They leverage online behavior for activity tracking, scoring prospective leads, and sending targeted messages to grab attention. Based on certain parametric data, they find out which prospects are ready to buy and which ones are to be
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This article has been contributed by Praveen Singh, Co-Founder and CEO of Tubelight Communications Customer engagement has quietly moved from being an operational need to a strategic advantage. In earlier years, businesses could grow through aggressive customer acquisition alone. Today, the companies that scale are the ones that learn how
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The world of sports in India has seen a surge in commercial endorsements. In recent years, athlete sponsorships have exploded, rising to ₹1,224 crore in 2024, a 32% jump year-over-year. Non-cricket stars have led this boom, with Olympic heroes like Neeraj Chopra and PV Sindhu driving a large share.
The Indian startup ecosystem witnessed a strong flow of funding on 3rd December 2025, with significant investments across AI learning, fintech, cybersecurity, apparel, and clean-tech mobility. From Yoodli’s major Series B round strengthening AI-driven communication training to Mannjal’s seed funding supporting credit-distribution infrastructure, early and growth-stage startups continued
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There are now AI tools creating easy Christmas shopping by matching gifts to a person's style and mood. These ever-intelligent systems use personality data, chat inputs, and prior choices in suggesting gifts that feel personal. They can read into innocence, humor, or adventure, fitting the type of item.
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This article has been contributed by Mr. Ritya Arora, Founder of Kura Experiences For years, marketing worked on a predictable playbook: louder ads, faster campaigns, bigger budgets and constant pressure to stay visible. But 2025 looks very different. Audience behaviour has changed faster than the industry itself, and many of
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This article has been contributed by Anish Singh, Founder of All Things People In startups, we talk endlessly about strategy, funding rounds, product roadmaps and growth curves. But if you have ever built a team from scratch, you know that none of that matters if the people working with you
The Indian startup ecosystem remained dynamic on 2nd December 2025, with a mix of fresh venture funding, major expansion plans, and notable corporate acquisitions. Early-stage and growth-stage companies continued to attract strong investor attention, underscoring confidence across proptech, fintech, logistics, and digital transformation sectors. Modulus Housing and StockGro led the
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Vikram Bajaj was never meant to be the centre of global tech attention. He built his reputation quietly inside labs and research institutes. Now he stands beside Jeff Bezos as co-CEO of Project Prometheus. The sudden rise has triggered intense curiosity across the tech world. Why did Bezos choose a