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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You’re reading this now from Entrepreneur India, the international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. Zepto: Founded in 2021 by Aadit Paricha and Kaivalya Vora, the Mumbai-based e-grocery startup delivers products like fresh fruits and vegetables, daily cooking essentials, dairy products, health and hygiene products to Indian households within 10 minutes. Apart from groceries, the company has also introduced a café service where customers can order coffee, chai and other café items along with their groceries.Funding amount: US$665 millionInvestor: Avenir, Lightspeed, Avra, Gladebrook, Nexus, Stepstone, Goodwater, Rachigroom Rocket Lane: Founded in 2020 by Srikrishnan…

The role of the media is hugely influential in shaping public opinion and political stances. From an Israeli perspective, the UK is one of the most important and influential countries in the world, yet there are many media outlets that take an anti-Israel, and even outright anti-Semitic, stance. The Guardian is an example of a newspaper whose treatment of Israel has been grossly distorted despite being owned by the Scott Trust, a limited company established in 1936, whose purpose was “to ensure the Guardian’s financial and editorial independence in perpetuity and to protect its journalistic freedom and liberal values…

When conservative legal figures were told that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s only appointee to the Supreme Court, would join Republican appointees in ruling against the Biden Justice Department’s sweeping and novel interpretation of obstruction of justice law, most thought that was unlikely.The Department of Justice ended up twisting the law Donald Trump supportersWith the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol building central to Democrats’ anti-Trump political strategy and the rioters being the most hated and unpopular group in the liberal political imagination, it is unlikely, at least for many conservatives, that Jackson would condemn the administration on…

The sporting goods maker’s shares fell as much as 18% on Friday after the company said it expects a mid-single-digit decline in sales for the current fiscal year that began this month, instead of the more modest 2% growth Wall Street had expected. The drop wiped $24 billion from the company’s market capitalization. The paltry numbers, even worse than last quarter, will put pressure on Nike CEO John Donahoe as he seeks to revive the company’s culture of innovation — an ethos the company needs as nimbler rivals such as Deckers’ Hoka, On Running, Alo, Vuori and New Balance chip…

Stock TraderDrew Ungerer/Getty ImagesUS stock indexes ended lower despite market excitement over the latest PCE data.Both the composite and core indexes of personal consumption expenditures increased 2.6% from the previous year.The stock market finished the first half of 2024 on a strong note, with the S&P 500 up nearly 15%.U.S. stock indexes fell on Friday after briefly hitting record highs as investors cheered the latest inflation report.The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, the Federal Reserve’s go-to inflation gauge, fell to its lowest level in three years. Both the core and headline PCE rates fell to 2.6% year-over-year in May, slightly…

On a windy June morning, with British Trade Union flags flying behind him, Liam Kehoe and colleagues struck outside the Royal Liverpool University Hospital to demand higher wages for porters, cleaners and caterers, whose wages have not kept up with the rising cost of living, leaving many of them with money running out before payday.Kehoe, 26, works as a food distributor in a hospital and says he plans to vote for the centre-left Labour party in Britain’s general election on Thursday, citing the state of the economy and the collapse of the National Health Service.Recalling the life his parents built…

Get your free copy of Editor’s DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Emerging markets offer great promise, but they also have a tendency to disappoint: Their net return over the past year was 12.4%, half that of the broader market as measured by the MSCI All Country World Index. Ten years ago, their annualized return was 2.7%, one-third that of the MSCI ACWI.Globally, bad years tend to be particularly bad in developing countries, and the good years of the past decade or so have been even worse in developing countries. These markets are inherently volatile…

For the past few decades, Oliver O’Donovan Born or made? Until now, they have been hard to find and expensive to purchase, but that has changed thanks to the foresight of the Davenant Institute, an organization dedicated to renewing contemporary Protestant intellectual life. This new 21st century edition, published some 38 years after the original, is now readily available and affordable on Kindle and in paperback in the U.S. and Canada, and includes a new preface by Matthew Leigh Anderson that clearly highlights the work’s importance, as well as a new afterword by O’Donovan himself. Reproduction Lectures Born or made?…

Entrepreneurship BootcampThe New College Institute has announced that it will host an entrepreneurship bootcamp for high school students this summer.The two-and-a-half-day event, taking place Monday through Wednesday, is part of Patrick & Henry Community College’s Summer Discovery Institute.Mentoring the young entrepreneurs will be Jennifer Reis, professor of arts entrepreneurship and business management at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Natalie Hodge, owner of Rudy’s Girl Media. Both mentors share their creative entrepreneurial experience and passion for revitalizing Martinsville. “We are excited to mentor these talented young people,” said Hodge. “This boot camp is not just about teaching business…

In a major contribution to the growth of startup culture in India, several IITs and IIMs have incorporated entrepreneurship into their curriculum. This includes specialised courses in entrepreneurship, innovation management and business strategy. These courses are nurturing a new generation of entrepreneurs to scale new ventures by providing practical skills, business knowledge, mentorship, networking opportunities and financial support. The rise in student-led start-ups is bringing new hopes for diversity and creation of new roles in business. In addition to the regular curriculum, several technical universities, including the Indian Institutes of Technology and National Institutes of Technology, have introduced entrepreneurship courses…