Learning by Proxy with Vivek Srinivasan

This is the learning by proxy podcast for Edition 49 If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes. 

This time in the podcast - 

The Bond markets are about to undo equity markets

Social Media regulation India style!

All US administrations are cut of the same cloth

What Corporate Greenwashing looks like

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This is the learning by proxy podcast for Edition 48 If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes. 

This time in the podcast - 

Facebook showed the government its place

Uber and their English problems

Insecure Amazon

Perseverance

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This is the learning by proxy podcast for Edition 47 If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes. 

This time in the podcast - 

Obamas turning into media moguls

Myanmar in crisis

Is creating a toolkit, sedition?

Climate Vs Republicans!

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This is the learning by proxy podcast for Edition 46 If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes. 

This time in the podcast - 

Environment, Social and Governance - Three words that are changing business

Petrostates and their troubles

Indian space startups go full-stack!

The wrong kind of attention can kill you - Koo 

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This is the learning by proxy podcast for Edition 45. If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes. 

This time in the podcast - 

A world sinking in debt, is there a way out?

Tax collection seems to be soaring in India!

Could airships be making a comeback?

Britain and its walk of shame

Jeff Bezos quit. But why?

Disinformation trickles down.

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The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner

Bell Labs was one of a kind organisation that launched the information age. Developed as an organisation that helped solve problems that AT&T faced such as; How do we keep telephone poles from rotting? What kind of insulation would ensure that the telephone wires don’t need a constant replacement? They focused on science rather than just engineering. The focus on basics divorced from the need to think about commercial viability ultimately delivered. Radar, Transistor, Unix, C, Laser, fibre optics and many more innovations came out of the labs. This book chronicles the rise and fall of the organisation.

This book was recommended to me by Dr Balachandran A. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book.

Dr Balachandran A is the General Manager of the Vellore Institute of Technology - Technology Business Incubator (VIT-TBI). He has been running the incubator for the past 20 years. VIT-TBI was one of the first incubators under the TBI program of the Department of Science and Technology. He has had a front-row seat to watch the startup and innovation ecosystem evolve in India.

I spoke to him about the things I read in the book and sought his perspectives around innovation development from an Indian context.

Since he runs an incubator, he is constantly thinking about ways of improving the emergence of innovation and nurturing them. He has been active in Industry, Academia and Government initiatives and brings a unique perspective. I hoped to capture the same in this podcast.

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This is the learning by proxy podcast for Edition 44. If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes. 

This time in the podcast - 

Russia is on the boil, will it just blow off, or will it burn things down

Bill Gates - The farm real estate tycoon!

Oil companies are hoarding renewables

COVID has a problem with the sun

When retail investors decide they have had enough of the hedge fund dictators!

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This is the learning by proxy podcast for Edition 43. If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in about 10 minutes. 

This time in the podcast - 

Digital Currency and the changing landscape

Loan Apps are fleecing individuals

If the president isn’t lying misinformation comes down by 73%

Moderna is thinking AIDS vaccine!

China is also facing a K shaped recovery

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This is the learning by proxy podcast for Edition 42. If you do not enjoy reading long-form, get the gist of it in less than 10 minutes. 

This time in the podcast - 

Tech companies posturing about taking action after playing the role of key enablers in the Washington Riots.

WhatsApp told the truth and it did not bode well for it.

China seems to be looking to nationalise Alibaba.

There is a chip shortage, Nissan is not able to make cars!

Brexit is a gift that keeps giving.

Which countries have the strongest vaccine roll-out?

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What we think, we become ~ Buddha

The Learning by Proxy blog is long-form and many do not enjoy reading that many words. This is the first time I am recording the main topic that I am covering in the blog.

I tried. Still 10 minutes long!

There is no editing, no music, it is just raw! If people enjoy listening to it, I might put in the effort in the subsequent editions.

Give it a listen and leave your feedback. If you like it or not, or perhaps might want something to change. Would love to know…

You can also read the long-form edition of the blog at this link.