Never forget that you need an idea and technology cannot save you: Piyush Pandey

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Bharat Puri and Piyush Pandey spoke about what the idea of ‘being Indian’ meant to them when they started out and the brand playbook for success in India and Bharat. (Representational image: Dibakar Roy via Unsplash)

Pidilite’s Bharat Puri and Ogilvy’s Piyush Pandey take a trip down memory lane and talk about Brand India.

Bookstrapping: Influence Empire – The story of Tencent and China’s tech ambition

A master of creating products so convenient and intuitive that billions of users want to join his network, Pony Ma is a private entrepreneur in a state dominant economy with a gift for survival.

Lulu Chen’s book is a window into the brainchild of Pony Ma, Tencent’s ‘influence empire’. Bookstrapping Rating: 4 stars

The Great Skill Reset: Audience scientists, integrated thinkers, people with high HQ in demand

According to industry estimates, media agencies in India are increasing their workforce strength by about 12-15 percent this year. (Representational Image via Unsplash)

What are media investment agencies looking for in people as they hire at a time when talent is swimming away from the agency pool?

Get to the bottom of the pyramid with green products: Sudhir Sitapati

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd MD & CEO Sudhir Sitapati

Sudhir Sitapati joined Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) as managing director and CEO last year, when the world began to open up in a post-pandemic era. In a candid interview with Storyboard18’s Delshad Irani, Sitapati tells us how he articulated his vision for GCPL back then and his approach towards marketing and brand building. He also shares how Godrej is democratizing categories and the secret to building enduring brands. Here’s what he said. “Companies that last a long time almost always have very strong value systems ingrained in them. Second, you have to have a manic focus on cash…”

Bookstrapping: India’s Most Fearless – true stories of extraordinary courage

These ‘as-yet-untold stories’ are edge of the seat phenomenon. (Representational image: Mitul Gajera via Unsplash)

‘India’s most fearless’ – now a trilogy of books honouring our men in uniform. The third book features ten true stories, providing glimpses of the incredible heroism of Indian soldiers. Bookstrapping Rating: 3.5 stars.