Tencent ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Terry, Marcus ref1, ref2
Texas Instruments ref1
360-degree feedback ref1
3i ref1
Thiel, Peter ref1
third-party sellers ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, see also distributors under book; vendors
Tiger Global ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15
‘The Wizard of Wall Street’ ref1
Tradus ref1
Trilogy Software ref1, ref2
Tsai, Joseph ref1
Uber ref1, ref2
Udaan ref1
uGenie (comparison-shopping website) ref1, ref2
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) ref1
uniform corporate culture ref1, ref2
UnPluggd ref1
valuation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15; of Flipkart ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Van den Berghe, Dirk ref1, ref2
Varadarajan, Mohan ref1
vendors ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, see also book distributors
venture: capital ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9; capitalists ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13; funds ref1, ref2; lords ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
video games ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Vijay, Bharat ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Visvesvaraya, M. ref1
volatility ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Voonik ref1
Vora, Ravi ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Vulcan Capital Management ref1
Wadiyar IV, Krishna Raja ref1
Walmart ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8; increasing investments in US ref1
Walton, Carrie ref1
Walton, Sam ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
war with Amazon ref1, ref2, ref3, see also rivals
warehouses ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8; renting ref1
warehousing systems ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; of Letsbuy ref1
website of Flipkart ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Welch, Jack ref1
WeRead ref1
Wipro ref1, ref2
Wood, John ref1
work culture ref1, ref2, ref3
working capital ref1, ref2, see also capital
World Is Flat, The ref1, ref2
Wozniak, Steve ref1
WS Retail Services ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Xiaomi partnership ref1, ref2
Xiaomi phones ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Yadav, Ajay Veer ref1
Yahoo India ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Yang, Jerry ref1
Zero to One ref1
Zuckerberg, Mark ref1, ref2
About the Author
Mihir Dalal is a journalist with Mint, from where he has covered Flipkart and other internet businesses for more than five years.
He previously worked at Reuters and CNBC TV18. Mihir was born and brought up in Bombay and currently lives in Bangalore, where he has spent most of his professional life. Big Billion Startup is his first book.
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