ImpactJun 9, 2026
The Hidden Business Behind Costco's Cult Following
Costco's real business isn't selling products. It's selling memberships, a model that allows the retailer to prioritize customer value and build extraordinary loyalty.
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ImpactJun 9, 2026
Why The BBC Is Fighting AI Companies Over Its Entire Archive
The BBC's fight against AI companies is not simply about copyright. It is about whether decades of journalism can be used to train commercial AI systems without undermining the future economics of news itself.
ImpactJun 9, 2026
How Shopify's CEO Is Quietly Turning Every Employee Into An AI Manager
Shopify's new AI-first hiring philosophy requires employees to prove AI cannot handle a task before requesting additional headcount, potentially reshaping how modern companies grow.
ImpactJun 8, 2026
Gynoveda and the Founders Who Chose Impact Over Income — and Built Better Businesses Because of It
In an ecosystem that measures success in valuation milestones and funding rounds, Gynoveda's Rachana Gupta offers a different definition — one measured in lives changed and health restored. Her story reveals something that the startup world often forgets: impact and excellence are not opposites. They are often the same thing.
ImpactJun 8, 2026
Beyond Valuation: How India's 132 Unicorns Are Reshaping the Social Contract, the Tax Base, and the Next Generation's Expectations
India's unicorns are not merely financial instruments generating returns for their investors. They are institutions — shaping employment norms, digital infrastructure, policy conversations, and the expectations of an entire generation about what work, wealth, and possibility can look like.
ImpactJun 8, 2026
One Hundred Startups Changing India at Population Scale: The IndiaAI Impact Compendium and the Stories It Contains
When IndiaAI published its compendium of over 100 startups and nonprofits deploying artificial intelligence for population-scale impact, it was received as a useful directory. What it actually represents is far more remarkable: documented proof that AI is beginning to reach the people for whom it could matter most.
StartupsJun 8, 2026
Shradha Sharma — From a Blogger to India's Largest Startup Media Platform
: In 2008, Shradha Sharma was a journalist at CNBC TV18, tired of covering the same big corporate news. She wanted to tell the stories of small entrepreneurs — the people building India’s future but ignored by mainstream media. So she started a simple blog called YourStory. Today, YourStory reaches over 30 million readers a month, has published 100,000+ startup stories, and has become the voice of Indian entrepreneurship. This article traces Shradha’s journey from a single-woman media startup to a profitable digital platform that has covered unicorns like Flipkart, Ola, and Zomato before they were famous. We analyze her unique “storytelling first” model, her refusal to chase clickbait, and her impact on India’s startup ecosystem.
ImpactJun 7, 2026
RBI Holds Rates But Fires a Bold 5-Point Plan — India's Central Bank Is Fighting to Protect the Rupee
The RBI didn't move rates. But it moved everything else. India's central bank just launched its most aggressive capital attraction strategy in years — and the rupee's future depends on whether it works.
ImpactJun 7, 2026
From Watches to a ₹88,000 Crore Empire: How Titan Became India's Most Remarkable Business Story
It took Titan nearly 40 years to cross ₹50,000 crore in revenue. Then it added the next ₹25,000 crore in just 12 months. That's not growth — that's a transformation.
ImpactJun 7, 2026
The World's Most Populous Nation Is Having Fewer Babies — And Elon Musk Just Called It Out
India just surpassed China to become the world's most populous nation. Now it's having fewer babies than it needs to sustain that population. The irony is striking — and the implications are enormous.