Tech Founders

How this Retail-tech company became Reliance-backed

In this episode of Manager’s Mantra, Co-founder of Fynd, Sreeraman Mohan Girija shares insights on innovation, leadership, and what it takes to scale in the age of AI >

Spotify founder Daniel Ek steps down as CEO, becomes executive chairman

Spotify said Tuesday that founder Daniel Ek is stepping down as CEO to become the executive chairman, in an announcement that sent its shares sliding in premarket trading. The Stockholm-based streaming giant said Ek will be replaced by two lieutenants who will become co-CEOs: Chief Product and Technology Officer Gustav Soderstrom and Chief Business Officer Alex Norstrom. The pair, who are also currently copresidents, will transition into their new jobs on January 1 and will report to Ek. Spotify said in a press release that the move "formalises" how Spotify has been operating since 2023, with Soderstrom and Norstrom largely leading strategic development and operational execution. Ek said that he had already "turned over a large part of the day-to-day management and strategic direction" to the pair. "This change simply matches titles to how we already operate," he said. Since Ek founded Spotify about two decades ago, the platform's rise has helped transformed the music business and

Tech talk: Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder of Info Edge on startups, AI & the new rules of business

On this episode of Tech Talk with Pranjal, the founder of Info Edge Sanjeev Bikhchandani shares insights on India’s startup ecosystem, the transformative power of AI, and the new rules redefining

Nearly 75% of women-led startups still unfunded, says Tracxn report

There are currently 117,254 startups in the country, according to data from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

TMS Ep569: Retail loan apps, Sam Altman, FPIs return, D2M technology

Will RBI retail lending caution give a fillip to loan apps? Ctrl+Altman: Do Indian founders need a reboot? How long before FPIs return to India? What is direct-to-mobile broadcasting?

TMS Ep569: Retail loan apps, Sam Altman, FPIs return, D2M technology

Will RBI retail lending caution give a fillip to loan apps? Ctrl+Altman: Do Indian founders need a reboot? How long before FPIs return to India? What is direct-to-mobile broadcasting?

The founder, the spouse, and their start-up

Investors in start-ups are waking up to the risk posed by marital discord

BharatPe founder Bhavik Koladiya quits, months after Ashneer Grover's exit

According to a media report, Koladiya's departure is due to a disagreement between him and BharatPe as well as the company's Chief Executive Officer Suhail Sameer.

No performance riders on ESOP grants to founders of India's new-age firms

Experts question why such endowments in India's new-age companies are not comprehensively linked with performance targets

BharatPe accuses Ashneer Grover family of siphoning off company funds

Ashneer Grover's family and their relatives engaged in extensive misappropriation of company funds, including creating fake vendors through which they siphoned money, says company in statement

Investor-founder relation in India is one of master-slave: Ashneer Grover

'I am the rebel slave who must be hung by the tree so none of the other slaves can dare to be like me ever again,' says co-founder of fintech unicorn BharatPe, Asheer Grover in resignation letter

BharatPe saga: Allegations fly thick and fast as firm fires Madhuri Jain

Founder & MD Ashneer Grover has filed an emergency plea in SIAC to stop a probe into alleged financial mismanagement in the company.

Tech founders giving up control over their firms

For years, control was a way to protect themselves from pesky investors