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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

More storms to emerge from the Brexit tornado?

Indian businesses may not be spared Brexit-linked jolts—such as weakened investor confidence—in the coming months

You need to respect the specificities of the Indian market to succeed: Legrand Group CEO

India is the most attractive emerging market and the Legrand Group can benefit from the country's digital evolution, says chairman and CEO Gilles Schnepp

Getting hitched? Tell your guests what gifts you want with Wedding Wishlist

Chennai-based startup Wedding Wishlist allows couples to create lists of preferred presents and share them with family and friends

Track your lunch with HyperTrack

HyperTrack lets ecommerce enterprises, and their customers, know the location of each delivery

The seersucker suit: A preppy classic

Prep for summer with a brief history of a preppy classic

Securing the Internet of Things

Thoughts on search

Wildcraft: The backpackers with sales worth Rs 300 crore

From a Bengaluru garage 23 years ago, outdoor gearmaker Wildcraft now logs sales worth Rs 300 crore. And the journey has only begun

Bajaao: Seeking the right notes

CEO Suman Singh is transforming Bajaao from a musical gear and instruments e-tailer to a 360-degree music company

Hold on, my wallet's in my phone: Fintech firms are a blessing for small entrepreneurs

Powered by technologies that harness big data, fintech companies are positioning themselves as viable lenders and payment solutions providers with mobile wallets and insta-loans. Not surprisingly, this is compelling traditional banks to evolve too

Everyone in IBM understands their part in a cognitive future: Harriet Green

Harriet Green, vice president and general manager (Internet of Things, commerce and education), at the American technology giant talks about how it is transforming, yet again, to adapt to growth areas

HYT's hydromechanical watches: The new liquid asset

Three years ago, HYT introduced innovative hydromechanical watches that were prized by collectors and disrupted the industry. Then a $23 million investment came flooding in

Peter Thiel vs Gawker: A billionaire's blueprint for killing an enemy

Peter Thiel's war on the gossip website Gawker goes back longer than previously realised. Here's the untold story of his siege

Skype meets cash with TransferWise

The latest salvo in the war for the future of money: Person-to-person currency transfers. Silicon Valley's heavyweights are betting that a $1 billion startup called TransferWise can pull off the trick right now

Ex-lovers in a war of words over translation firm

Liz Elting founded one of America's leading translation companies with her boyfriend from business school. But nearly 20 years after calling off their engagement, the ex-lovers are waging an ugly battle for control that's landed them in corporate divorce court and may cost them what could be a billion-dollar baby

Satyajit Das: What will history make of Brexit?

The prospects of meaningful reform within the EU seem remote, but it will take time to see whether there are major casualties and to assess the economic and political effects of the referendum

Sundar Pichai's big bet

India-born Google CEO sees Artificial Intelligence as a means of staying ahead of the curve

Flashback: Evolution and the cult status of the Ford Mustang

How Ford Mustang came to stand for everything American

Ford Mustang: The making of an icon

With the Ford Mustang finally coming to India, a look back at the evolution of this car and its cult status

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: The city's new masterpiece

Thanks to a handshake deal between billionaire Charles Schwab and Gap founder Donald Fisher, SFMOMA is the envy of the art world

I would rather be remembered as an author, social worker: Sudha Murty

In the first of a series of excerpts from Gunjan Jain's book 'She Walks, She Leads', the author speaks to Sudha Murty, chairperson of the Infosys Foundation

Traditional Indian companies yet to warm up to platform models of business

Sangeet Paul Choudary, founder and CEO of Platform Thinking Labs, says the platform model is an opportunity the networked world has presented. But traditional Indian companies are yet to warm up to it

Will the real food tech please stand up?

A handful of Silicon Valley startups are reshaping the way we define food tech, with innovations ranging from plant-based meat burgers to soil-free urban farming

Deepinder Goyal and Zomato: Serving the market

Deepinder Goyal knows what's on order for a profitable Zomato: Online delivery, downscaled global operations and continued big-picture thinking

Sundar Pichai to reinvent Google with a heavy dose of Artificial Intelligence

New CEO Sundar Pichai is a brainy product guy who aims to reinvent the world's second-most-valuable company—and pretty much every digital experience—with a heavy dose of Artificial Intelligence

Suzlon: Riding the wind after first annual net profit in seven years

A gradual process of recovery is unfolding at Suzlon, or so improved growth, profitability and debt numbers—and Tulsi Tanti's confidence—seem to indicate