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Stories of Workplace Conflict That Changed Career PathsConflict often serves as a catalyst for significant career shifts, as seen with Steve Jobs' departure from Apple, leading to NeXT and Pixar...
Uber's festering sexual assault problemPublicly, the ride-sharing service proclaimed it was one of the safest options for travel, with aggressive media campaigns and polished rep...
Winning the subscription battle; and other top tech, startup stories this weekE-commerce industry executives say that the key to making a subscription programme work is always a large bouquet of offerings. The pricing...
New generation needs leaders who can lead in crisis, says leadership guru Bill George"The new generation needs to step up to become leaders who can lead in crisis. Leaders are used to dealing with one crisis at a time, but C...
Indian startup king Ashneer Grover loses luster after embezzlement accusationsWithin BharatPe, one of the country’s fastest-growing financial technology companies, a ferocious split has divided the startup’s board fro...
The cult of the silicon valley founder is fadingOnce celebrated, charismatic founders are hurting the brands they built. What can Indian founders learn from the meteoric rise and fall of ...
WeWork IPO plan in doubt as CEO Neumann exits under pressureTwo senior WeWork executives, Sebastian Gunningham and Artie Minson, were appointed as co-CEOs.
Goldman Sachs, Gojek bet on India's Behrouz BiryaniRebel Foods says its 235 kitchens in 20 cities produce 2 million orders a month. Most are located in industrial complexes, first floor walk...
Uber, Travis Kalanick in business again. This time, as rivalsKalanick, who was ousted after a series of scandals, has largely tried to keep his second act under wraps.
Facebook investors boasting $3 billion in shares want to topple 'robber baron' Mark ZuckerbergFacebook played down the idea that this was a response to external demands. But stockholders took comfort in the fact that it was a sign th...
Business schools' courses focus on Uber, Nirav Modi cases for lessons on ethicsIIMs & XLRI are redesigning their courses and including scams involving Mallya to Nirav Modi, to educate students on ethics & corporate gov...
Corporate Governance: Will new rules increase accountability of company boards?Many boards have not been able to play their roles well of late, but Indian boards are evolving in a way, and this is a learning curve.
ICICI Bank's limitless love for Chanda Kochhar may test the limits of shareholders' patienceInquiry into the CEO's spouse is still preliminary, and may not result in charges. But the scandal could drag on, and that’s not exactly fa...
Uber settles Waymo driverless car suit, said to pay $245 millionDara Khosrowshahi, Uber’s CEO, said in a letter his job is to set the course for the future of the company expressed regret for actions tha...
We are the Bekshire Hathaway of Tech and we're global: Rajeev Misra of SoftBankMisra was emphatic that SoftBank will continue to bet on hungry founders, but acknowledged that founders' egos often come in the way.
New Uber CEO hints at 2019 IPO as he takes over troubled startupRewriting the company's ethical code will be a symbolic way for the newly appointed CEO to put his stamp on a company scarred by months of ...
Uber's core business now falls on a trio of inexperienced 30-year-oldsThanks to a corporate structure set up by Kalanick in 2013, they will be in charge of Uber’s main operations. Their work accounts for nearl...
Uber-like bad behavior thrives in absence of human resourcesUber Technologies now joins a growing list of Silicon Valley companies that seem unable – or unwilling – to address bad behavior in the wor...
Silicon Valley finds its voice as immigration ban fuels outrageAmong startups, 51% of those valued at more than $1 billion had an immigrant as co-founder, according to a paper by the National Foundation...
This is what kept our celebrities awake in 2016From the suicide of Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad to the disappearance of Najeeb Ahmed at JNU, the young are a worried lot.