Think Fast with Varun and Suchita

May 09 2023
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Hosted by Varun Duggirala and Suchita Salwan, Think Fast is a podcast about the latest trends and conversations happening in the world of business, media, content, marketing and beyond. Suchita and Varun sift through the clutter and unpack the biggest stories to give their hot takes and also dig into the broader picture of where things are going.It’s a fast talking, no holds barred take on everything and anything around the world of business!

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Announcement

May 09 2023 1 mins  
Dear listeners, We would like to inform you that the hosts of your favorite show, Think Fast, Varun and Suchita, will be taking a short break from recording for the next few weeks. They have some busy weeks ahead of them, but will return soon with the latest news, interesting views, hilarious jokes, and insights on all things business and technology! In the meantime, we encourage y

Reliance X Warner Bros, Vice Media Layoffs & What is Apple up to?

May 02 2023 50 mins  
In this episode of Think Fast, Varun and Suchita cover a variety of topics including the recent layoffs at Clubhouse, Aryan Khan's new start-up D Yavol, Travis Barker's collaboration with Liquid Death Water to release a limited-edition enema collectible, the bankruptcy of Bed Bath & Beyond, Reliance's new partnership with Warner Bros Discovery Inc for JioCinema, the emergence of a

Apple in India, Short Video Creators' New Reality & The Fall of Indian Unicorns

Apr 25 2023 50 mins  
In this episode of Think Fast, Varun and Suchita delve into a wide range of topics including Indian Matchmaking, Twitter’s legacy blue tick, Tupperware’s financial crisis, BuzzFeed layoff, Instagram’s new feature, Jio Cinema’s debut in original content, Viacom18’s new investor Bodhi Tree, H&M Beauty’s flagship store in Oslo. Additionally, they take a closer look at Appl

L'Oréal X Aesop, Founder Salaries, & Exploring the GenZ Culture ft. Pranav Manie

Apr 11 2023 49 mins  
In this episode, Varun & Suchita talk about the upcoming Apple store in Mumbai's BKC, how Bangalore rents have hit the roof, EdTech company founders' exuberant salaries, and L'Oreal's acquisition of Aesop + what D2C brands could learn from it. GenZ Pranav Manie who works at Bain & Co. by the day and writes a substack newsletter named 'Hot Chips' by night joins us to discus

The NMACC Gala, World Startup Convention Disaster, & an Ode to Indian Paps

Apr 04 2023 53 mins  
This episode has an extended introduction followed by two major stories. Varun & Suchita deep dive into the history of the paparazzi in India and their journey from negotiating for space in print to building a sought-after social media clout & the World Startup Convention Disaster that looked very promising and gave hope to multiple founders but turned out to be a scam. A

Bye Bye Legacy Twitter Blue Ticks, BluSmart Cabs & Macro Indian Startup POV

Mar 28 2023 49 mins  
Varun & Suchita start by discuss the new Finance Bill, Starbucks getting an Indian Origin CEO, Amazon looking to acquire MX Player from the Times Group, Khan Academy introducing AI into the classroom, Ashneer Grover's CricPe, Byjus X Aakash X Unacademy news and more. They deep dive into the interesting strategies and pivots of some Indian Startups, analyse BluSmart cabs' busine

Ryan Reynold's Mint Mobile Sold for 11KCR$, Meta's Year of Efficiency, & The Resilience of FMCG Giants

Mar 21 2023 52 mins  
In this episode, Varun & Suchita begin with talking about Google introducing AI across all it's apps, Lenskart raising funds from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, PornHub's parent company MindGeek getting acquired by Ethical Capital Partners, LinkedIn building a Podcast academy, Samsung and Xiaomi's smartphone market competition, SVB filing bankruptcy papers, PhonePe attracting

The Tiktokification of Spotify, HBO + IPL Exit Hotstar, & The Fall of SVB ft. Vidur Singhal

Mar 14 2023 57 mins  
It's a Naatu Naatu episode! On Think Fast, Varun & Suchita obviously talk about the Oscars and how it was the year of South Asians. Further, they talk about Grammarly employing AI and an update to it's services, Meta's Twitter counterpart, Apple looking at India as a lucrative market, Vinyls selling more as compared to CDs, Slack integrating ChatGPT and how the latter is now a

Blume's Indus Valley Report, Curated Marketplaces, & YouTube's 2023 Agenda

Mar 08 2023 55 mins  
In this episode, Varun & Suchita start by talking about the ongoing Women's IPL, F1 streaming which was on Hotstar but this season, it will be on the independent app; What is an overpaid CEO, Razorpay's profits, Ashneer Grover's CricPe, Blinkit's new venture, and more. They deep dive into the Indus Valley Report by Blume Ventures, YouTube's agenda for 2023, and Curated Marketpl

It's a Match (group) X Shaadi, Rise of the Tastefluencer, & Taking Algorithms to Court

Feb 28 2023 49 mins  
Varun & Suchita begin with the menstrual leave law that was recently passed in Spain, WazirX shutting its NFT Marketplace, IPL to be streamed for free on Jio, Bill Gates' minority stake in Heineken, Byju's denying rumors of shutting White Hat Jr, Spotify changing its design to appeal to GenZ, US nominating former Mastercard CEO for World Bank, Zomato's new service, Akshay Kumar