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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups

A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India

South India and the spirit of enterprise

South India has contributed in throwing up some of India's foremost business leaders

Paul Johnson: More horrors to come

Removing Putin would be the single-most effective contribution towards stemming the fl ow of refugees. But who is to do that?

Satyajit Das: Sino-stock contagion

The new 'Chinese dream' may turn into a nightmare for China, its investors and especially its political leaders

You can't build a business by looking at quarter on quarter: Amit Jatia

Amit Jatia, vice-chairman of Westlife Development, the master franchise for McDonald's in South and West India, believes it might take another three quarters for consumer sentiment to improve in the country

Whopper of a takeover

YouTube millionaires

Thoughts on walls

Tata Advanced Systems and Boeing to form aerostructure JV in India

Both companies say they plan to grow the JV in the future and collaborate on integrated development opportunities in the country

Make in India is a realistic ambition in the area of defence: Lockheed Martin

Defence equipment maker Lockheed Martin has been in India for 25 years. Phil Shaw, chief executive, Lockheed Martin India Pvt Ltd, is optimistic about the sector. Excerpts:

There are areas where bubbles exist today: Aniruddha Dange

The chief strategy officer of IIFL says some ecommerce firms may be overvalued, but the situation is not like the 2000 dotcom bubble

Mark Fields: Ford's fresh face

The new CEO of America's most successful car company must navigate a hypercompetitive future with threats from reinvigorated traditional rivals—and Apple, Google and Uber

The unicorn boom has just begun in US

Bubble? Hardly. Yes, many $1 billion startups are overvalued. But when viewed together and weighed against the first dotcom boom, they still represent a blockbuster investing moment

Food tech startups are changing the way America's cooking

Blue Apron is selling dinner kits at a rate of $40 million a month and is valued at $2 billion. HelloFresh is at almost $3 billion, while Plated also has unicorn potential. Is this the future of food—or Webvan vs Kozmo redux?

Ian Read: Innovation's accountant

The price of Viagra—and other older drugs—is going up. Pfizer's Ian Read insists the problem is health insurance, not pharma

One97's Paytm banks on the future of mobile wallets

'Tis the season for ecommerce in India, and one challenger, One97's Paytm, is banking on the future of mobile wallets. Shades of Alibaba?

If we can send a rocket to Mars, we can make anything: Manohar Parrikar

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is responsible for restoring India's credibility as a procurer of defence equipment and spearheading the 'Make in India' push. He says decision-making has to be faster. Excerpts:

The painting's on the Wall for Thierry Noir

Twenty-six years after the Berlin Wall came down, Thierry Noir—the first artist to paint on it—talks about his life and times in a city divided

Farmers first for Tafe

Mallika Srinivasan, by betting on farm mechanisation, is linking tractor maker Tafe's future to farmer prosperity and India's food security

Cafe Coffee Day: An empire grown on beans

VG Siddhartha built Café Coffee Day into one of India's largest chains and took it public in October 2015. Its lukewarm stock market debut has done little to deter the coffee baron or his investors

Maiyas Beverages and Foods: One bite at a time

After selling MTR Foods in 2007, ready-to-eat food pioneer Sadananda Maiya is now looking to scale up his Maiyas Beverages and Foods with concepts like bhel bars and an ecommerce foray

Kalanithi Maran: Defying the odds

Despite sinking and losing crores in the aviation sector and fighting corruption cases, Sun Group's Kalanithi Maran has managed to increase his wealth. But can this last?

For GM Rao, family legacy matters

GM Rao built his eponymous infrastructure conglomerate from scratch and has put in mechanisms to ensure that his family doesn't squander his legacy. Will it stand the test of time?

A strangulation approach to regulation is in play, says Shriram Group founder R Thyagarajan

Shriram Group founder R Thyagarajan says the RBI's directives have led to the death of most NBFCs in the country and that a new authority must take responsibility for development of credit for the excluded

India's youth: Demographic dividend or disaster?

Given the country's demographic trend, experts believe the government should facilitate a dialogue with all stakeholders to devise solutions to employment-related problems

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