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From having a rather sober existence in e-commerce, category managers are in the thick of the action in quick commerce. Read the full story at the link in the comments. ---------- Reporting: Aakriti Bhalla, Nuha Bubere; Edit: Abhijith S Warrier, Illustration: Kavipriya O G, Aishwarya N. #TheKen #TheKen #CategoryManager #QuickCommerce #Blinkit #Zepto #Instamart

Changing your actions to better achieve your goals is a single-loop learning process. But changing your goals and your own self each year to better achieve happiness is a double-loop growth process that you can apply year after year, writes Rohin Dharmakumar in First Principles. Read this week's edition here: https://lnkd.in/gdTdYgMk ------- #TheKen #FirstPrinciples #MentalModels

How did those six predictions pan out? (Also, tell us your predictions for 2025) Read this week's edition of The Nutgraf by Praveen Gopal Krishnan at the link in the comments. ------- #TheKen #2024Review #2024Predictions

A recent Bloomberg story highlighted the "money, opportunity, and exploitation in the booming fertility industry". Infertility, a public-health emergency, affects one in every six people. With increasing attention on fertility treatments, private-equity firms have backed several Indian IVF chains. But one of them—Indira IVF—stood out from the rest. How did an Indian IVF chain become a global giant? Arundhati Ramanathan and Seema Singh reported in this story from October 2023. Read it for free by signing up for The Ken's 30-day free trial. Click the link in the comments. -------- #TheKen #IVF #Infertility #Health

This asset manager from the house of India’s largest non-bank has raced ahead in the assets-under-management (AUM) league tables, leaving behind new and many old players. Find out how at the link in the comments. -------- Reporting: Anand Kalyanaraman, Edit: Raveena Singh, Illustration: Kavipriya O G, Aishwarya N. #TheKen #BajajFinserv #MutualFund

Bajaj Finserv Mutual Fund has scooped up a Rs 19,000-crore asset haul in just 18 months - without a track record. I write at The Ken how it carpet-bombed its way to become 27th largest among India's 45 fund houses. Its pedigree precedes it. It won't be enough though. Edits: Raveena S. Gfx: Aishwarya N. Lede: Kavipriya O G https://lnkd.in/gvYDdHUw

🔓 India’s ‘other Warren Buffett’ won’t stop selling while everyone’s still buying Pulak Prasad-run Nalanda Capital considers itself a “permanent owner” of its portfolio companies. And so, the marquee investor’s numerous recent exits may be a canary in the mine. Read this story from our archives for free by signing up for The Ken's 30-day free trial. Click the link in the comments. --------- #TheKen

D2C was practiced very differently decades ago. Think of Amway or Tupperware, whose multi-level marketers knocked on doors, gave sales pitches, and tried to lock in orders. Now, D2C is a phenomenon specific to e-commerce. Few brands, however, are actually “direct-to-consumer”. They derive a huge portion of their sales through marketplaces like Amazon and Flipkart, retailers, and quick-commerce platforms, writes Hari Krishna in this abridged, narrative version of the latest episode of Two by Two. Click the link in the comments. ------------ #TheKen #D2C #Brands #Startup #StartupNews

Daybreak Special | The Ken's reporters Pranathi D V L S and Shristi Achar speak with hosts Rahel Philipose and Snigdha Sharma about their favourite stories from 2024: • 'He steered Puma’s rise. Now, he’s on the anti-Puma path for his sportswear startup' • 'Bengaluru’s EV battery-making hopes are draining fast—without ever being fully charged' Listen to part 2 of 'Daybreak 2024 Wrap: Writers' picks' at the link in the comments. -------- #TheKen

How Bajaj Finserv carpet-bombed its way to $2.2B in mutual funds 👇 The asset manager from the house of India’s largest non-bank has turbocharged to become the 27th largest among India's 45 mutual-fund houses in just a year and a half. Its pedigree precedes it. Anand Kalyanaraman reports. Click the link in the comments. --------- #TheKen #NBFC #NonBank #BajajFinserv #MutualFund