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Business News > Mint Authors > Mihir Dalal

Mihir Dalal

ARTICLES BY MIHIR DALAL

A delivery worker moves Amazon packages in New York. Photo via Bloomberg

When the world’s largest retailers go head to head

4 min read . 26 Jun 2024

Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma posing with a bronze replica of a bull after the company's IPO listing ceremony at the Bombay Stock Exchange in November 2021. (Reuters)

Can Vijay Shekhar Sharma reinvent Paytm once again?

3 min read . 20 May 2024

In just three months so far this year, Indian startups have raised about $4 billion compared with $9.5 billion in all of 2020.

Behind the funding surge in Internet companies

3 min read . 06 Apr 2021

Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal wants to export millions of electric scooters from India, but the company still lacks a viable, market-ready product. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Dissecting Ola’s audacious electric dreams

10 min read . 10 Mar 2021

The pandemic-induced boom in online education may lead to profitability, rare in the startup space. (Photo: iStock)

Life lessons from Covidian era startups

9 min read . 17 Feb 2021

Kunal Shah estimates that Indians now spend about $100 billion annually on credit cards, up from $25 billion five years ago.

Forgive us for asking, but what’s Cred’s business model?

9 min read . 05 Feb 2021

Why 2021 could birth many IPOs by local startups

2 min read . 05 Jan 2021

In August, WhiteHat Jr was bought by Byju’s, India’s most valuable education firm, for $300 million in an all-cash deal. (Photo: iStock)

Inside the rumble in India’s coding jungle

10 min read . 21 Dec 2020

UPI processed more than 2 billion monthly transactions in October and November. When it was launched in 2016, few expected such explosive expansion. (Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

India’s quest to fix its payments puzzle

10 min read . 02 Dec 2020

Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal says there has never been a discussion (among shareholders) about getting a professional CEO and the company has been very focused on building the business and getting through the pandemic (Photo: Getty Images)

Battered Oyo’s plan for life after covid

10 min read . 21 Nov 2020

Bangalore : Big Basket.com an online grocery shop Delivery boy delivering the order as per customer's requested time in Bangalore. Photo by Hemant Mishra/ Mint

How e-groceries have finally come of age

9 min read . 27 Oct 2020

(From left) Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder of Paytm; Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google; and Murugavel Janakiraman, founder, Matrimony

Why vocal for local won’t bother Google

9 min read . 14 Oct 2020

(From left to right) Doug McMillon, CEO of Walmart, which owns Flipkart; Mukesh Ambani, chairman and MD of RIL; Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon

The reality behind Reliance’s retail rush

9 min read . 28 Sept 2020

Niche consumer firms grab investor eyeballs

9 min read . 11 Sept 2020

Online or offline, certain basic principles remain central in healthcare, including data privacy, doctor-patient relationship, negligence and liability. (Photo: Mint)

Why telemedicine needs an urgent fix

10 min read . 27 Aug 2020

The platform, called seed-to-scale, will offer a startup playbook comprising insights, learning programmes, commentary, and networking to entrepreneurs.

Accel launches learning platform for entrepreneurs

1 min read . 25 Aug 2020

From left: G.V. Ravishankar, managing director, Sequoia Capital India; Harsha Kumar, partner, Lightspeed India; and Subrata Mitra, partner, Accel Partners.

Return of the rumble in the VC jungle

9 min read . 10 Aug 2020

The dependence of distributors’ warehouse operations on local regulations and the huge credit crunch in the network have driven retailers and brands towards e-B2B platforms. ( Photo: Mint)

B2B players sense a window of chance

9 min read . 27 Jul 2020

Demand for food delivery has slumped, hurting both Swiggy and Zomato. In June, the food delivery sector was at just 40% of its regular size, according to RedSeer. (Photo: Raj K. Raj/Hindustan Times)

India on the cusp of the age of super apps

8 min read . 12 Jul 2020

While Paytm has close ties with Jack Ma’s (left) Alibaba Group, funding from ‘Pony’ Ma Huateng’s (right) Tencent would be hard to replace for Indian startups. (Photo: Getty Images)

Startups wake up to a post-China world

9 min read . 07 Jul 2020