PhonePe brought the “Sadak se utha ke tujhe star bana dunga” meme to life with its merchant photo QRs. This is an absolutely interesting insight / experiment that gets me really excited. What about you? Here’s what I like: Taps Vanity to grab prime real…
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Summary Grocery reordering is a chore. A cloud connected smart camera from Google with a robust e-commerce backend from BigBasket, Amazon or Flipkart would be the perfect solution to OWN the non-produce grocery shopping market. You simply make sure you start your preparations in the…
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Two weeks, I discovered the OYOization of long distance bus travel! The realization hit me as I tailed two buses that were fast yet well behaved shiny new buses full of MBA jargon – startups are ensuring quality bus travel! That’s how i discovered zingbus…
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As always, this is a part of my #idleubermusings on LinkedIn and was posted there first. My wife said: “We’re ALL wrong about WhiteHatJuniorall this while! Its not parents, but kids who are real buyers!” WHJ has achieved unprecedented traction by adding two deadly sins…
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Apple & Google app stores are de-facto duopolies, much like airports So should they function on a cost to serve model? Why should digital “goods” consumers subsidize your favorite shopping or social media or email or enterprise app?
Note: As always, this content was posted first on LinkedIn and Twitter. Feel free to join the conversation there. Spotify may win podcasts defeating Google, Facebook, Apple like how Jio won Indian telecom- Taking big bets in public view while competition do little. How do…
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