The NMACC Gala, World Startup Convention Disaster, & an Ode to Indian Paps

Think Fast with Varun and Suchita

This episode has an extended introduction followed by two major stories.

Varun & Suchita deep dive into the history of the paparazzi in India and their journey from negotiating for space in print to building a sought-after social media clout & the World Startup Convention Disaster that looked very promising and gave hope to multiple founders but turned out to be a scam.

Apart from these, they talk about the Good Glamm Group's upcoming JV with Akshay Kumar, Softbank slashing Oyo's valuation before it's IPO, Alibaba breaking up into 6 companies, Substack inviting investments, GoMechanic's acquisition by Lifelong group, First Citizen Bank coming to SVB's rescue, Top techies signing a document asking to pause R&D in AI, PhonePe & ZestMoney's deal getting called off, Spotify & Zee's stuck licensing deal, ByteDance new viral app called Lemon8, Jio Cinema's IPL broadcast, Google pausing their free food policy for employees, Climate Tech seeing a decrease in investments, and a few more stories.

Suchita recommends the latest season of Succession & videos of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.
Varun recommends having and appreciating a foodie friend.

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