Business Model of HDFC
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Business Model of HDFC

HDFC and HDFC bank have recently been in the headlines for a variety of reasons. HDFC, on the other hand, is far more than the two entities we've been hearing about. It is a collection of several enterprises that are part of the HDFC group and have built a name for themselves in the Indian market. What started as a mortgage company has now a combined valuation of more than 14 lakh crore Rupees. What made HDFC stand out from the crowd? Today, we'll learn more about this company and the various facets of its operations, as well as examine it from a business standpoint.

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Neobanks: Are they a Scam?
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Neobanks: Are they a Scam?

During the end of this pandemic, something nice that happened was my finally landing a job. Yes, the end of a global pandemic was a great positive too, but by the end of year one, the whole thing had become too regular for its end to register as significantly.

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Infosys vs TCS: Fundamental Analysis
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Infosys vs TCS: Fundamental Analysis

Today, let me take you back to the 90’s era of the dot-com bubble, where practically any company with the suffix ‘dot.com’ was an instant hit. This overflowing love for technology and internet companies caused a bubble in the stock market that had excessive speculation about internet-related companies. 

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Louis Vuitton: The origin and the takeover story!
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Louis Vuitton: The origin and the takeover story!

It’s Loo-ee Vuh-tawn. Not Lou-iss Vuii-tton. The number one luxury brand in the world, under the mega-conglomerate LVMH, is valued at 329 billion US dollars as of 2021. The owner of this brand is the third richest person standing on the face of the Earth today, with a net worth of 188.6 billion US dollars.

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Hospitality Industry: An Informational Insight
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Hospitality Industry: An Informational Insight

Hello. Would you like something hot or cold to go with your read today? Perhaps, I could interest you in some unknown facts? A little lesson on ‘why the 5-star hotels are losing money’ on the side, maybe?    Let’s talk about the hospitality industry today. A general confusion that persists is that the hotel and the hospitality industry are one and the same, and so must be the travel and the hospitality... But they are not.  Let us look at it this way- if the hospitality industry is a universal set, then the hotel and the travel industry are subsets of it, with many others comprised in it. And if you, my friend, yes YOU, are mathematically challenged just like I am, you’ll have to read further to find out. 

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How NOT Diversifying saved Symphony from Bankruptcy
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How NOT Diversifying saved Symphony from Bankruptcy

“We didn’t know if we would survive... Closing down the company and moving on to something else—leaving behind a trail of debt—would have been the easiest thing to do. But we didn’t want that.”

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When a 95 year old defeated America
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When a 95 year old defeated America's Biggest Furniture Brand

Do you know who "Rosie the Riveter" is? She is a character from the American Industrial Movement meant to inspire women to join the workforce. The bandana-clad Rosie was an inspiration. She led the femme-Americana to join the very male-led industries as aviation, arms & ammunition, and the forces.

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Is Micromax secretly a Chinese Company?
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Is Micromax secretly a Chinese Company?

An Indian smartphone brand, which once was a market leader with more than 50% market share, has a market share of 0.5% today.

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How Carpenters created Fevicol
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How Carpenters created Fevicol

“Pehle Law ki padhai Ki...Uske baad Bharat Chhodo Andolan kiya...Uske baad Law khatam karke wood trading aur import business karne laga. Agar import business karna tha toh law kyu kiya?”

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Himalaya: The company that bottled Ayurveda
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Himalaya: The company that bottled Ayurveda

Our story today started 90 years ago. Deep in the thick forests of Burma, a few elephants were going frantic. A man was out on his nature walk when he saw the elephants so restless. He stood at a distance and observed them. There came another man who fed them some leaves, as it looked from the distance. He kept observing the elephants, and in a while, they were calmed down and as quiet as a cool breeze. 

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Ranbaxy : Family Feud, Scams and More
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Ranbaxy : Family Feud, Scams and More

Everyone has a role in their family, mine is Dawai ka Ramu Kaka(I am responsible for fetching medicines in my household, sometimes mine too).

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The Coconut Oil Mafia, HUL
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The Coconut Oil Mafia, HUL

Take a deep breath and think about your childhood, the memories of the first day of school, or the summer holidays, those silly fights with the siblings, and that bachpan ka ghar. There is no end to these memories and one among such is, Mummy ke hath ki oil-champi especially on those chilly winters!  

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MRF: From selling Balloons on the streets to becoming a Tyre Giant
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MRF: From selling Balloons on the streets to becoming a Tyre Giant

The year is 1946, and a young man named K.M Mammen Mappillai is wandering around the streets of Madras selling balloons. Born to a Christian family in Kerala with nine other siblings, Mammen had no idea that those balloons were building blocks to his success. 

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Club Mahindra: Trip or a Trap?
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Club Mahindra: Trip or a Trap?

As a little girl, I loved the ice cream wale bhaiya who would come to sell ice-creams to us on our doorsteps. I would buy a ₹10 ice cream almost every day and felt personally connected to him. But one day, he said, “You give me ₹1000 today, and I’ll give you free ice creams for the next ten years;” the supporting argument being, “today what costs you ₹10 might be ₹25 in the next ten years because prices rise every year.”  

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The Murder Mystery of T-Series
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The Murder Mystery of T-Series

Today’s story is quite filmy. There’s a struggle, theft, murder, conspiracy, and so much more! But before diving into the story, we need to meet the protagonists.

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How Colgate made you an Addict
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How Colgate made you an Addict

I remember the simpler times back in 1st standard, when I would be easily excited by something as plain as a small tube of toothpaste, a toothbrush, and some stickers handed out to me by young men and women in white lab coats.

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How I became the CEO of Twitter - CV of Parag Agrawal
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How I became the CEO of Twitter - CV of Parag Agrawal

Khamma Ghani. I am Parag Agrawal. And this is the story of my life. 

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ZOMATO: The Journey from Zero to One
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ZOMATO: The Journey from Zero to One

“There is always a good problem to solve” Deepinder Goyal.

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