65 episodes
Think Fast with Varun and Suchita IVM Podcasts
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4.7 • 7 Ratings
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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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Bye Bye Legacy Twitter Blue Ticks, BluSmart Cabs & Macro Indian Startup POV
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' business model and how it fares compared to Uber & Ola, & take a look at Twitter's blue ticks shenanigans.
Suchita Recommends two shows: Succession S4 (HBO) & Ted Lasso (Apple)
Varun Recommends going away from the city and exploring the smaller towns.
Varun & Suchita also answer a few listener questions on the show. Do share yours on the below-mentioned handles.
You can follow Varun Duggirala on Twitter & Instagram You can follow Suchita Salwan on Twitter & Instagram
Check out video episodes on the Think Fast YouTube Channel.
Find the show across audio streaming apps:Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | JioSaavn | Gaana | Amazon Music
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Ryan Reynold's Mint Mobile Sold for 11KCR$, Meta's Year of Efficiency, & The Resilience of FMCG Giants
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 Walmart's investment, and the upcoming documentary about Honey Singh.
They talk about how FMCG giants have been expanding their online presence and benefitting retailers and well as consumers, Ryan Reynolds selling off his share along with the company-Mint Mobile to T Mobile, and Mark Zuckerberg's letter to employees titled Meta's year of Efficiency and the upcoming vision of the company.
Suchita recommends a newsletter edition: What Taylor Swift can Teach us about BusinessVarun recommends a Podcast episode: The Last of Us Podcast
Varun & Suchita also answer a few listener questions on the show. Do share yours on the below-mentioned handles.
You can follow Varun Duggirala on Twitter & Instagram You can follow Suchita Salwan on Twitter & Instagram
Check out video episodes on the Think Fast YouTube Channel.
Find the show across audio streaming apps:Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | JioSaavn | Gaana | Amazon Music
Do follow IVM Podcasts on social media.We are @ivmpodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram.
You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcasts App on Android or iOS.
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The Tiktokification of Spotify, HBO + IPL Exit Hotstar, & The Fall of SVB ft. Vidur Singhal
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 feature. In deep dives, they talk about Disney's strategy of wiping out HBO & IPL from Hotstar, the Tiktokification of Spotify, and finally an in depth analysis into Silicon Valley Bank's downfall with our BlackSwan reporter Vidur Singhal.
Suchita recommends her post on Medium about turning 33.
Varun recommends Pebble Building Blocks (link is just for reference)
Find Vidur on LinkedIn | Muncher Media
Varun & Suchita also answer a few listener questions on the show. Do share yours on the below-mentioned handles.
You can follow Varun Duggirala on Twitter & Instagram You can follow Suchita Salwan on Twitter & Instagram
Check out video episodes on the Think Fast YouTube Channel.
Find the show across audio streaming apps:Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | JioSaavn | Gaana | Amazon Music
Do follow IVM Podcasts on social media.We are @ivmpodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram.
You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcasts App on Android or iOS.
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Blume's Indus Valley Report, Curated Marketplaces, & YouTube's 2023 Agenda
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 Marketplaces.
The articles referred were as follows: Blume Ventures' Indus Valley reportYouTube's 2023 Agenda
Suchita Recommends an Article written by her on Medium.
Varun Recommends a food item: Delight Food's Gongura Pickle
Varun & Suchita also answer a few listener questions on the show. Do share yours on the below-mentioned handles.
You can follow Varun Duggirala on Twitter & Instagram You can follow Suchita Salwan on Twitter & Instagram
Check out video episodes on the Think Fast YouTube Channel.
Find the show across audio streaming apps:Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | JioSaavn | Gaana | Amazon Music
Do follow IVM Podcasts on social media.We are @ivmpodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram.
You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcasts App on Android or iOS.
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It's a Match (group) X Shaadi, Rise of the Tastefluencer, & Taking Algorithms to Court
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 returning Home, YouTube testing Podcast management options, Airtel looking to acquire a stake in PayTM, and Cred rolling a BNPL service. The stories in the spotlight included the Google VS Gonzalez case which took Algorithms to court, InfoEdge considering moving on from Rahul Yadav- the former co-founder of Housing.com, Match group looking to invest in Shaadi.com, and the rise of tastefluencers and curated content.
Shephali Bhatt & Vamgmayi Parakala's article from Mint about 'Tastefluencers'.
Varun recommends a show: Farzi (Amazon Prime Video)
Suchita recommends a book: The Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Varun & Suchita also answer a few listener questions on the show. Do share yours on the below-mentioned handles.
You can follow Varun Duggirala on Twitter & Instagram You can follow Suchita Salwan on Twitter & Instagram
Check out video episodes on the Think Fast YouTube Channel.
Find the show across audio streaming apps:Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | JioSaavn | Gaana | Amazon Music
Do follow IVM Podcasts on social media.We are @ivmpodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram.
You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcasts App on Android or iOS.
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Reliance's Tira Beauty, Airbnb Turns Profitable, & Blue Ticks ft. Twitter & Meta
Varun & Suchita are back after a weekend in Maldives & at a wedding respectively; they discuss how there exists a 'Raita' playlist on music platforms, the Women's IPL auction, Air India's latest historic purchase of Boeing planes, the closure of Travis Kalanick's CloudKitchens in India, all the Elon Musk shenanigans, YouTube's new leadership, B2B investments in India and how they've raised record-breaking capital last year, Unilever exiting atta & salt business, Pathaan's 1000Cr earnings worldwide, and how Swifties lowered egg prices because she said so. They deep dove into the Indian Beauty Market highlighting Reliance's Tira Beauty & Nykaa, AirBnB's FY23 Q4 being profitable and a look at how that happened, and Meta & Twitter's Blue Tick Subscriptions.
Varun Recommends the Netflix India show Cla$$Suchita Recommends a book: Textiles: The Art Of Mankind
Varun & Suchita also answer a few listener questions on the show. Do share yours on the below-mentioned handles.
You can follow Varun Duggirala on Twitter & Instagram You can follow Suchita Salwan on Twitter & Instagram
Check out video episodes on the Think Fast YouTube Channel.
Find the show across audio streaming apps:Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | JioSaavn | Gaana | Amazon Music
Do follow IVM Podcasts on social media.We are @ivmpodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram.
You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcasts App on Android or iOS.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Customer Reviews
Enriching & Informative
Its been my new go to show when I’m doing light desk research. Kudos to the duo!
Varun is great, Suchita is just annoying
Good content but too verbose, repetitive at times. Varun does well in bringing good insights to recent developments. Good listening skills and great crisp comments. Good humour too :)
Suchita (OMG ! ) is like that dancing monkey toy (with a weird accent) who you have just wound and left on the floor. Solid nerd who just throws facts she read the previous week. Her exposure is limited to just fashion, personal care and hence hardly any insights or learnings on the world beyond these cats and she can just goes on and on.
Varun does so well in general on podcasts and I sometimes wish he had a better co host.