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Samiksha Goel
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Startup reporter @livemint. Formerly @MorningContext @NewIndianXpress @Deccanherald || Send tips to [email protected] or DM.
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    Jun 11, 2024
    Blackstone backed edtech firm Simplilearn ran a job guarantee programme between late 2021 and mid 2023. It guaranteed job placements after learners completed certain courses. Over months, it enrolled 900. What happened next? Here’s the inside story. livemint.com/companies/hard…
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    Jul 30, 2025
    🐔 They’re supposedly antibiotic-free, cage-free and healthier. But at ₹25 apiece, you’ll spend more on one of these eggs than on a kg of onions. And yet, investors are backing branded eggs. Mint cracked a few to get the inside story. ✍️
    How the humble egg is raising millions | Company Business News
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    Jan 9, 2025
    "It's like a call centre now," one astrologer told Mint. In the last few months, Astrotalk has been pushing astrologers to engage with users for longer, linking their income to their ability to have extended chats. Details on its growth push here:
    A sales job: What Astrotalk’s 41,000 astrologers didn’t see in their future | Company Business News
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    Aug 9, 2024
    Fifteen years after Byrraju Ramalinga Raju confessed to a $1.5 bn accounting fraud at Satyam Computer Services, a family business he discreetly “mentored" into existence is in trouble over unpaid salaries, mass layoffs, and delayed tax dues. @livemint ✍️
    Satyam hangover: The chaos inside a tech firm with family link to Ramalinga Raju | Company Business...
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    Aug 1, 2024
    It’s not a chicken and egg situation—online meat retailer Licious simply wants to get to the other side and play offline. But why would it want to go where Fipola died, Swiggy quit, and tangle with the likes of Godrej, Venky’s and thousands of small vendors? Story - @livemint ✍️
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