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. 

Apart from these, they talk about the Good Glamm Group's upcoming JV with Akshay Kumar, Softbank slashing Oyo's valuation before it's IPO, Alibaba breaking up into 6 companies, Substack inviting investments, GoMechanic's acquisition by Lifelong group, First Citizen Bank coming to SVB's rescue, Top techies signing a document asking to pause R&D in AI, PhonePe & ZestMoney's deal getting called off, Spotify & Zee's stuck licensing deal, ByteDance new viral app called Lemon8, Jio Cinema's IPL broadcast, Google pausing their free food policy for employees, Climate Tech seeing a decrease in investments, and a few more stories. 

Suchita recommends the latest season of Succession & videos of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. 
Varun recommends having and appreciating a foodie friend. 

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

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This episode has an extended introduction followed by two major stories. 
Varun &amp; 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 &amp; the World Startup Convention Disaster that looked very promising and gave hope to multiple founders but turned out to be a scam. 
Apart from these, they talk about the Good Glamm Group's upcoming JV with Akshay Kumar, Softbank slashing Oyo's valuation before it's IPO, Alibaba breaking up into 6 companies, Substack inviting investments, GoMechanic's acquisition by Lifelong group, First Citizen Bank coming to SVB's rescue, Top techies signing a document asking to pause R&amp;D in AI, PhonePe &amp; ZestMoney's deal getting called off, Spotify &amp; Zee's stuck licensing deal, ByteDance new viral app called Lemon8, Jio Cinema's IPL broadcast, Google pausing their free food policy for employees, Climate Tech seeing a decrease in investments, and a few more stories. 
Suchita recommends the latest season of Succession &amp; videos of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.  Varun recommends having and appreciating a foodie friend. 
Varun &amp; Suchita also answer a few listener questions on the show. Do share yours on the below-mentioned handles.
You can follow Varun Duggirala on <a href="https://twitter.com/varunduggi">Twitter</a> &amp; <a href="https://instagram.com/varunduggi">Instagram</a>  You can follow Suchita Salwan on <a href="https://twitter.com/suchitasalwan">Twitter</a> &amp; <a href="https://instagram.com/suchitasalwan">Instagram</a> 
Check out video episodes on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@thinkfastpod">Think Fast YouTube Channel.</a>
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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!

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!

It’s a fast talking, no holds barred take on everything and anything around the world of business!

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