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Continue reading →: Tin: Tiny Input, Big MSME Cash-Flow RiskMSME Briefing Bureau Tin may stay elevated in 2026—MSMEs must prepare for price volatility. Tin may account for only grams in an electronic product, but its price can affect solder costs, inventory, working capital and margins. LME tin closed at ₹52.26 lakh per tonne (US$54,550/tonne) on 25 September 2026, with…
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Continue reading →: When Nadella Changed the Microsoft GameMSME Briefing Bureau Sunday Musing Why he listened first—and changed the system driving behaviour Before asking people to perform better, examine what your system makes them compete for. What happens when talented people spend more energy defeating colleagues than defeating competitors? Microsoft provides an unusually revealing answer. Before Satya Nadella…
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Continue reading →: India’s Chip Supply Chain Is Opening Up!By Haresh B. Jhala: ₹1.64 lakh crore is building fabs; the real opportunity is beyond fabs India’s semiconductor story has moved from policy ambition to physical factories. Twelve projects, more than ₹1.64 lakh crore committed and commercial production already underway mark a significant shift. But factories are only the visible…
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Continue reading →: Have We Created a Genie or an Angel?By Haresh B. Jhala: The AI debate is moving from who builds the future to who gets to control it. History Has a Memory History does not repeat itself mechanically. But it does leave behind recurring questions about power: who creates it, who enables it, who benefits from it —…
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Continue reading →: New Zealand FTA Opens MSME Export MarketMSME Briefing Bureau Zero-duty access opens new markets across nine sectors for Indian SMEs A $264-billion economy is opening its doors For Indian MSMEs, the India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement is more than a tariff-cutting exercise. From 20 October 2026, Indian goods will receive 100% duty-free access to New Zealand.…
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Continue reading →: FROM ISRO TO INDIA’S BATTERY FUTUREBy Haresh B. Jhala: AaTral Powering Nation Subratha Rajendran’s entrepreneurial journey did not begin with a business plan. It began in the Congo. During her deployment there as an ISRO scientist amid the COVID period, she encountered the human and environmental realities behind the minerals powering the global battery industry.…
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Continue reading →: PP Jewellers: When Family Ties Fracture!MSME Briefing Bureau How a family settlement dispute can weaken a valuable business brand A Family Business Built on Trust The story of P.P. Jewellers illustrates how a family business can build a valuable brand over decades — and how unresolved differences can subsequently turn that strength into a source…
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Continue reading →: 100% Tariffs: India Will Bleed, America TooBy Haresh B. Jhala: A tariff to punish Moscow can raise costs for America, too, through trade. A 100% tariff on Indian goods would not be painless for India. It could squeeze exporters, disrupt orders, pressure margins and put thousands of MSMEs serving the American market under severe strain. But…
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Continue reading →: The Leader Who Turned Rest Into ResultsMSME Briefing Bureau What Mark Bertolini taught leaders about sleep, stress and performance Sunday Musing | Leadership Series What if sleep was part of the performance strategy? What if one of the most radical things a founder could do for performance was to ask employees to sleep? It sounds absurd…
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Continue reading →: When the Dream Refused to DieBy Haresh B. Jhala Mani Vajipey’s Banyan journey reveals what founders discover before the market catches up The story began with plastic — but not with a business plan On September 18, 2026, in Gandhinagar, Mani Vajipey took the audience back to a time when Banyan Nation was not a…
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