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Company Outsider: The Gensol-BluSmart issue is a reminder of the perils of dilettante diworsification

New Delhi, March 26 -- In his book One Up on Wall Street, legendary fund manager Peter Lynch uses the term 'diworsification' to describe unbridled and often unrelated diversification by companies or i... Read More


The merchant who built Bombay: How David Sassoon shaped a global city

New Delhi, March 22 -- Sassoon Docks, tucked away in the bustling heart of South Mumbai's Colaba, is a living testament to the city's maritime soul. Just a stone's throw from the Gateway of India, it ... Read More


Company Outsider: Sajjan Jindal's doubts about Tesla's entry miss the potential catfish effect for Indian auto

New Delhi, March 19 -- The "catfish effect", named after the practice of adding catfish to tanks of cod to keep them active during transportation, describes how a strong competitor can energize a stag... Read More


Purshottamdas Thakurdas: The cotton trader whose economic vision India ignored

New Delhi, March 15 -- Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. But the truly unfortunate are those who have greatness snatched away. Take Purshottamda... Read More


Temasek's pricey bite of Haldiram is a risky bet on India's consumer market

New Delhi, March 14 -- At its best, Haldiram Snack Food Pvt. Ltd is a great example of a successful Indian family business. At its worst, it is a purveyor of products that have become an unhealthy add... Read More


Conviction over calculators: How Qimat Rai Gupta turned Havells into household name

New Delhi, March 8 -- Qimat Rai Gupta's journey from the small town of Malerkotla in Punjab, where he sold kerosene on a bicycle, to building Havells, a global electrical equipment powerhouse, is a te... Read More


Company Outsider: Why LTIMindtree's old-school tests may not work in an AI-driven world

New Delhi, March 5 -- Two contrasting pictures emerged out of India's favourite industry last week. At the 28-year-old LTIMindtree, majority-owned by the giant conglomerate L&T, senior managers have t... Read More


How Manu Manek aka Black Cobra went from college trader to market marauder

New Delhi, March 1 -- Black cobras are highly feared in India, even in parts where the snake is a fairly common sight. While their potent neurotoxic venom, which can cause paralysis and respiratory fa... Read More


Company Outsider: ITC's pivot to FMCG giant has been a strategic tour de force

New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- Company Outsider is a weekly newsletter by Sundeep Khanna. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your email inbox. For a student of Indian business, ITC Ltd is... Read More


Vikram Sarabhai, the cosmic capitalist whose vision encompassed Indian industry

New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- Vikram Sarabhai, the renaissance man in the starlit Indian business pantheon, stands apart as the most enigmatic and avant garde figure of the 20th century. While his contemporar... Read More