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Underdog Tales

Nishant Mittal

A stream of provocative writings on entrepreneurship, music, films and politics. Also where you'll find my book reviews, music updates & much more.

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Latest Issues

The future of News Media: Entrackr leads the way!

Ever since Entrackr launched in 2018, I’ve been a keen follower. In a lot of ways, Entrackr changed the Indian startup-sphere by bringing a sense of transparency that just didn’t exist before.

What did they do differently? They just opened...

20 days ago
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Zepto vs. D2C Brands: Contentious Ad spends, Non-compliant Debit Notes, Legal threats, and more

Since past few months, I've been getting requests from D2C founders to write about their fights with Zepto. Some of them are even at the verge of going legal. Here's an interesting case.

A founder with a ₹50 Cr revenue brand was urged...

a month ago
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A short history of Zepto's previous claims on incoming profitability (and the eventual truth)

Zepto is claiming that they’d be profitable by FY29. But interestingly, this is not the first time they’re making such a claim. Here’s a short history of the company’s previous claims on incoming profitability (and the eventual truth).

In...

a month ago
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"The Uncool" by Mr. Cameron Crow: A story straight from the heart

Mr. Cameron Crowe is the man who’s written and directed many culture defining Hollywood movies, most notably Jerry Maguire (Mr. Tom Cruise, 1996) and Almost Famous (Ms. Kate Hudson, 2000). “The Uncool” is his autobiography.

I’ve always bel...

3 months ago
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Jane Street, and the 'Swill Merchants' of the 21st Century

Jane Street made over $20 Billion in trading revenue in the last full FY, with $13 Billion in net profit. Just from India, the firm made a profit of ~$4B (₹36,500 Cr) in just 27 months.

Turns out, their “core competence” was just plain old...

3 months ago
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