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Data can help companies leapfrog competition: Teradata President & CEO

'The challenge that faced Teradata was to be seen predominantly as modern and relevant as our customers adopted cloud-based technologies', said McMillan

Staying the course: Meet Gurpratap S Boparai, MD, Skoda Auto VW India

As he steers his company through a tricky market and works for road safety, Boparai shares his life's journey with Pavan Lall

'We're not in a hurry to grow by acquiring legacy firms': Zerodha founder

In a Q&A, Nithin Kamath explains why the company doesn't take the risky road of acquiring businesses for proxy licences

Want to break stereotypes of streaming platform content: Lionsgate's Jain

Our biggest competitor is good content. We intend to tell stories that are engaging and interesting, said Jain

We invest for 10-20 years, do not need public listing to exit: Prosus CEO

'Don't get blinded by near term big numbers but think of the decades ahead', said Bob van Dijk

Regardless of Paytm fiasco, investors will view Star Health positively: MDs

India's largest standalone health insurer seeks to raise Rs 7,249 cr from its IPO; In a Q&A, Dr S Prakash and Anand Roy dwell on its performance and business plans, and the health insurance market

McLaren SPAC looking for fintech with path to profitability: Sajan Pillai

Sajan Pillai tells 'Business Standard' what kind of company makes a good acquisition target for a SPAC.

Our IPO signals faith in good old-fashioned profitable cos: LatentView CEO

In a Q&A, Raja Sethuraman talks about the company's journey since 2006, why an IPO now and the growth ahead

Energy prices are starting to hurt: Sunil D'Souza of Tata Consumer

The managing director and CEO of TCPL talks about the FMCG major's e-commerce strategy, inflationary pressures on the business, and expansion of out-of-home brands

Zoom's Iravati Damle on how the platform overcame government scepticism

Iravati Damle of Zoom India, shares how she overcame government's concerns about the videoconferencing platform and emerged as the app of choice among students, professionals and the government

We will be net debt free by July 2022, says JSPL's MD V R Sharma

"Our main interest is not inorganic growth, it is brownfield expansion," said Sharma

All channels except wholesale higher than pre-Covid levels: ITC's B Sumant

In a Q&A, the firm's executive director dwells on the more long-lasting consumer trends, the recovery in distribution channels and emergence of a dual trend in demand

The financial world has to rethink the way it caters to women: salt.com CEO

Shinjini Kumar, the firm's co-founder and CEO spoke to Raghu Mohan

For CoinSwitch Kuber's Ashish Singhal, simplicity is the mantra for success

Singhal, whose company became a unicorn last month, is determined to reach out to sceptics who have FUD - crypto slag for fear, uncertainty and doubt, writes Ritwik Sharma

10Club co-founder Bhavna Suresh on scaling digitally native businesses

What is the business model of 10Club that acquires and grows e-commerce-first businesses? How do brands benefit from its expertise? Co-founder Bhavna Suresh answers these and more in this interview

My fiduciary obligation to ensure Escorts is fully institutionalised: CMD

In a Q&A, Nikhil Nanda dwells at length on the deal with Japanese agri-machinery major Kubota and the value it will create for the stakeholder of his company

Hard to decipher one-day market movements: Paytm Group CFO and President

In a Q&A, Madhur Deora says the company needs to communicate better and shares his key learnings

Meta's counter to hate speech: Ten fact checkers in 11 languages

Meta also has people reviewing potentially problematic content in 20 Indian languages

Trifecta looking to co-lend to tech startups with banks: Rahul Khanna

In a Q&A, the managing partner of the venture debt firm dwells on the returns generated by the company's earlier funds, among other things

Udaan co-founder Sujeet Kumar on ambitions in a post-pandemic world

Co-founder Sujeet Kumar shares the story of how Udaan managed not only to sustain itself but also grow in spite of the pandemic disruption, in an exclusive interview with Business Standard