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Invite Friends   From the Editor's Desk The Idea Maze The pop culture view of startups is that they're all about coming up with a great product idea. After the eureka moment, the outcome is preordained. This neglects the years of toil that entrepreneurs endure, and also the fact that the vast majority of startups change over time, often dramatically. In response to this pop culture misconception, it has become popular in the startup community to say things like "execution is everything" and "ideas don't matter". But the reality is that ideas do matter, just not in the narrow sense in which startup ideas are popularly defined. Good startup ideas are well developed, multi-year plans that contemplate many possible paths according to how the world changes. Balaji Srinivasan calls this the idea maze. Continued here Read TradeBriefs every day, for the top insight! 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The device will be called OnePlus Concept One and promises to provide an alternate future. 11 More Telecom Stories Finance Uday Kotak at IEC: 3 main qualities of banking are prudence, simplicity and authenticity "Middle class values and common sense have brought me to this level. The 3 main qualities of banking are prudence, simplicity and authenticity," says Uday Kotak, MD & CEO, Kotak Mahindra Bank while speaking at Times Network's India Economic Enclave. Finance Nassim Taleb on how India can transform from rent to risk economy India has to build risk economy by encouraging entrepreneurship, says the Black Swan author. 12 More Finance Stories Food/FMCG Unilever cuts sales guidance as growth concerns in India market remain "In the last month and a half, HUL's stock price has corrected from levels of about Rs 2,179 per share to Rs 1,964 now" Food/FMCG FMCG firms top chart of consumer complaints after GST rollout FMCG majors including Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Procter & Gamble India and Nestle were found to have profiteered from the lower tax regime. 50 More Food/FMCG Stories Software The employment green card backlog tops 800,000, most of them Indian. A solution is elusive. Indian nationals can expect to wait up to 50 years to get a green card. Software DeepMind Vs Google: The Inner Feud Between Two Tech Behemoths With the recent switch of DeepMind's co-founder Mustafa Suleyman to its sister concern Google, researchers are raising questions as to whether this unexpected 12 More Software Stories Ecommerce Flipkart, Amazon not eating into offline sales; e-commerce only this much part of all retail sales Of the total retail sales in India, only 1.6% is done via online platforms such as Flipkart and Amazon and others even while e-commerce has boomed in the country in the past several years. Ecommerce Myntra Announces the 11th Edition of the End of Reason Sale With Over 8.5 Lakh Styles From 3000+ Brands 4 More Ecommerce Stories Digital UIDAI revokes tender for social media surveillance The law officer did not provide a reason for this but said UIDAI is withdrawing the tender floated by it in May 2018 for setting up a social media monitoring hub. Digital Reverse Pitch | Today's digital-first economy is creating B2C brands almost overnight Despite being a relatively new entrant to the digital field, India has already emerged as the fastest-growing e-commerce market across the globe 18 More Digital Stories Franchise Burger king India could be a better treat than McDonald's franchisee Burger Kings average capex for each store is ₹2-2.5 cr compared with ₹3.5-4 cr for McDonalds. Franchise How unbranded hotels are hitching a ride on branded ones for growth 2 More Franchise Stories HR 3 must-dos for planning your 2020 employee health wellbeing strategy Leverage on tech, focus on mental health, and don't forget health and safety, these are just some tips Jerene Ang picked up at Employee Healthcare Interactive 2019, Singapore. HR EY India plans a hiring spree in the thousands EY has become the latest of the Big Four accounting and advisory firms to emphasise the importance of India as a market in its global network. 26 More HR Stories Logistics Harjeet Kaur Joshi becomes first woman to helm Shipping Corporation Harjeet Kaur Joshi has been appointed as the full-time Chairperson and Managing Director of privatisation-bound Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), becoming the first woman to helm the country's big Logistics How 737 MAX production freeze affects airlines across the globe Boeing has decided to suspend production of its best-selling 737 MAX model from January, the plane maker's biggest assembly-line halt in more than 20 years, as repercussions from two deadly crashes dr 16 More Logistics Stories Construction Govt's Rs 25,000-crore fund for real estate projects gets 400 applications so far: Report Around 400 applications have already been filed for funds to be granted under alternative investment fund and the first round of disbursements may take place as early as this month itself. Read on to know more... Construction Mumbai Coastal Road Project: SC stays Bombay HC order quashing CRZ clearance The bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde was hearing the appeal filed by Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.The expressway is projected to be used by nearly 130,000 vehicles every day and reduce the 120-minute ride between South Mumbai and western suburbs to 40 minutes 11 More Construction Stories Marketing IndustryWired Magazine Names 'The Most Valuable Brands of the Year 2019' IndustryWired Magazine announces "The Most Valuable Brands of the Year" helping clients shape their business strategies and drive growth. Marketing India emerges as one of the top markets for content marketing jobs Startups and e-commerce ventures led in leveraging the power of content, preferring social media channels like Facebook and Twitter 18 More Marketing Stories Politics Manipur Cabinet Extends ''Disturbed Area'' Status For Six More Months The ''disturbed area'' status in Manipur has been extended for another six months from Tuesday, said Th Radheshyam Singh, the state's Education Minister, at a press conference in Imphal. Politics Police Didn't Fire Bullets At Jamia Protesters: Home Ministry Sources Delhi Police did not open fire during the violent clashes on Sunday that involved members of the public and Jamia Millia Islamia students, sources within the Home Ministry said this morning 10 More Politics Stories Sports AB de Villiers might play in T20 World Cup, confirms Faf du Plessis AB de Villiers had retired from all forms of cricket in May 2018 citing exhaustion from the workload as the reason, but talks have been held to incorporate him back into the T20 format. Sports Present for 10 World Cups, Kolkata's Pannalal Chatterjee passes away Pannalal Chatterjee and his wife first attended a World Cup in 1982 in Spain. They went on to attend nine more World Cups, including the 2018 World Cup in Russia. 23 More Sports Stories Entertainment Is The Voice Season 17 the Most Talented Season Yet? The Voice's Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, John Legend, and the final four contestants weigh in on finale pressures, what they've learned this season, and who might win Entertainment Taapsee Pannu, Vikrant Massey to star in murder mystery Haseen Dillruba Taapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey are teaming up for murder mystery Haseen Dillruba. The film will be directed by Vinil Mathew and written by Kanika Dhillon. 11 More Entertainment Stories Work How an economist helped thousands get a new kidney Kidney exchange has helped thousands get a new kidney, and led to the Nobel Prize for Alvin Roth. Work How charity apps may be making us more generous There are more ways than ever to give to charity - so are these innovations spurring our generosity? 4 More Work Stories Life How China's Alibaba and Tencent are divvying up India's unicorns For many Chinese investors, India reminds them of China during the 2000s when the country experienced the emergence of its first generation tech champions. Life Five crucial things Urban Ladder's founder did in the year before launch Lessons from an alumnus of IIT Bombay and IIM Bangalore. 5 More Life Stories Retail Decathlon's 'contact-details' demand sparks row French retailer Decathlons refusal to do business with customers who refuse to share their contact details has sparked a wave of protests on social media. Retail Amazon is trying to combat sellers who find products in the trash, clean and shrink-wrap them, and sell them to oblivious shoppers REUTERS/Shannon StapletonSome products for same on Amazon may have come from a dumpster.Amazon sellers have been offering items sourced from the trash, according 17 More Retail Stories TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. 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