Insights

Fantastic Fumes and Where to Find them: Carbon Clean's attempt at a Net Zero Emissions Future
In 2021, Google Flights launched a feature where you could see the amount of carbon emissions against the flight options. For example, an Air India flight from New Delhi to New York will result in 903kgs of carbon emissions. To offset this, you need to plant roughly 30 trees. Two round trips a year would mean 120 trees per person per year. Now it is obvious that planting trees for every flight you…
Sectors
ClimateTech
Authors
Disha Sharma
Published
Mar 2023
ESOP's Fables: How to build a future-proof stock options framework
Let’s consider this hypothetical situation. You are an early-stage entrepreneur who just pieced together her founding team and are ready to roll. You offered generous ESOPs to get the best people and improve your chances of success. Cut to six months later. You are in the market for a seed funding round. However, a few interested VC funds are miffed with the fact that you didn’t…
Published
Mar 2023
Blume Day 2023: Form is Temporary, Class is Permanent
A straight batted drive by Gavaskar, a hook in vintage Kapil style, and an on-drive-by Tendulkar. In the 80s and 90s, cricket commentators would often remark how these occasions are evidence that “form is temporary; class is permanent.” Some naysayers would call it an excuse to gloss over poor form. But one thing is certain – it is a mark of greatness that transcends the temporary…
Authors
Karthik Reddy
Published
Feb 2023
Topics
#BlumeDay
Budget 2023: Agri tech, Green energy & Manufacturing gather steam
Looking at the last year Union Budget sessions, it is clear that it continues to hold the collective attention of the country, cutting across classes. This budget was about kicking off the Amrit Kaal. The new Budget took a more granular approach towards infrastructure spending by dividing the plan into seven parts, or the Saptarshi as the Finance Minister called it. These areas…
Authors
Ashish Fafadia
Published
Feb 2023

Insights

Fantastic Fumes and Where to Find them: Carbon Clean's attempt at a Net Zero Emissions Future

ESOP's Fables: How to build a future-proof stock options framework

Blume Day 2023: Form is Temporary, Class is Permanent

Budget 2023: Agri tech, Green energy & Manufacturing gather steam

Reports

EdTech Landscape In India: What Changed In The Post Pandemic Years

Understanding The Mental Health Landscape In India

Dev Software Market – A Cambrian Explosion Of Startups

Commentaries

From Escape Velocity to Power of Compounding: Here's the lowdown on the tradition of the Blume Day tee

Why We Invested in Virohan

Fuel for future: which minerals define the growth of electric mobility?

Making your public appearance: a company's guide to becoming IPO-ready

Podcasts

Naveen Tewari on the quest for a purposeful life, the beauty of creating versus competing, and building a culture of compounding trust

Manish Taneja on Purplle’s frugality principle, short-term pains vs long-term gains, and niceness as a superpower

Prashant Pitti on being curious rather than cautious, finding talent in-house, and taking the hard call of postponing a carefully planned public listing

Ashwin Damera on the wisdom of failure, the best form of fundraising, and unlearning through creative destruction