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Musk Ignored Pleas to Stop Alienating Advertisers, New Book Says

EK: Importance of whistleblowers in organizations

Lyft Launches Feature to Let Women Riders Choose Women Drivers

EK: ESG on Lyft (for both investors and users – a variety of stakeholers) after a series of lawsuits

Netflix, Bollywood and India’s Biggest Companies Take a Stand for LGBTQ Inclusion

DEI on Neflix India (LGBTQ rights) – The Supreme Court considers whether to legalize same-sex marriage (has already decriminalized sex between men)… WOW, India, going that far? Things need to be explicit and concrete.

Though the government has opposed same-sex marriage, arguing that it would weaken families and wasn’t a judicial issue, a recent Pew Research Center poll of 24 countries found that more than half of Indians favor allowing it, a higher proportion than in South Korea and Indonesia, but also Brazil, South Africa and Greece.

Last year, one of Bollywood’s most famous actresses, Madhuri Dixit, played a lesbian who comes out to her children in the film Maja Ma. The movie received mixed reviews from critics, but a positive response from many audience members. Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have also invested heavily in promoting shows like Class and Made in Heaven, which grapple with queer relationships that also cut across religion and caste.

The Mighty American Consumer Is About to Hit a Wall, Investors Say

EK: Is this an end of an era? Where are the next Mighty Consumers? Probably China and India?