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At 42, Ashish Hemrajani of BookMyShow has been a survivor since he founded the company in 1999. He’s lived through the e-commerce boom and stayed under the radar, far away from splashy headlines.

As we get closer to the season two finale of Outliers Podcast, it’s amazing how the first episode with the …

Over years, Ashish has found a way into some of India’s biggest and most valued startups as an angel investor. From MakeMyTrip to Flipkart and MuSigma, Gupta has been an early seed stage backer. It’s almost like getting a front row seat in a blockbuster movie, and also being able to help produce it.

India’s booming startup ecosystem has been mostly about the founders and the investors writing cheques to fund their ideas. But …

So who is the quintessential Indian entrepreneur? This is the question we keep asking while analysing success and failure of …

Sonam Wangchuk is a technology outlier in the true sense of the descriptor. An engineer by training, he turned his …

This week’s Outliers Podcast is with Sandhya Menon who triggered a revolution on Twitter and elsewhere by sharing her own story of workplace harassment.

“What can I do that I haven’t done in the past, or trained for?” At 44, Indushekhar Khaitan has been …

“If I wasn’t running a startup, I wouldn’t be the person I am today.” If there’s one thing most of …

Amid India’s smartphone boom and the rise of large consumer internet companies such as Flipkart, Myntra and several others, profitability …

“Always remember the poor who gave their bodies for you to learn medicine. You owe it to them.” Every time …

Anu Acharya, the founder of bioinformatics startup Mapmygenome, comes from a traditional “Marwari” family but not a business household. She …

How can you be a fanboy and a reviewer of the product at the same time? How can you expect …

In June this year, we broke away from the mould to bring you companies, not just people, that are outliers …

When he was 19 years old, Kailash Katkar started fixing calculators and even drew screen paintings for living. Then, one …

The first time I heard about Gourav Jaswal was some time in 2003-2004 when I was early in my career …

Manav Garg is clearly an outlier in the Indian startup ecosystem. Coming from Moga, a town in Punjab, Garg conquered …

Deepak Shenoy was one of the early professionals to start algorithmic trading in India, way back in 2009. It required …

In the mad, mad world of tech, discovering the next big thing is a holy grail for everyone – from …