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Mast & Meh: Spotify, SUGAR, Tata Capital, Byju’s, Vicks, Jar

Tank-ed: SUGAR's founder and Shark Tank judge Vineeta Singh makes a bizarre and seemingly forced appearance in this ad. Shark Tank hangover, perhaps?

Find out who made the cut and who got cut in Storyboard18’s weekly picks of the best and boring ads.

India At 75: BYJU’s Divya Gokulnath on building a new India

Globally, more than 72 million children are not able to gain access to an adequate education. In India, only about 43 percent of the roughly 255 million youth in the 15–25 age group are enrolled in educational institutions, writes Divya Gokulnath. (Representational image via Unsplash)

Divya Gokulnath, co-founder of BYJU’S, writes about building a new India on pillars of technology, education and entrepreneurship

Making of a smear campaign and the dark side of digital marketing

Advertising tactics similar to this incident have been implemented by various Bollywood stars and big brands, often causing consumer backlash and disillusionment. (Representational Image via Unsplash)

Smear campaigns are designed differently than regular campaigns and can run from one or two days to several weeks.

Ad spends dip as startups slash marketing budgets

Unlike established brands and industries, startups cannot afford to stop investing in brand building and sales either. (Representational image via Unsplash)

Winter in the startup category is also freezing advertising expenditure (AdEx) and marketing budgets. This is in sharp contrast to 2021, when startups contributed around 11 percent to the overall AdEx of around Rs74,000 crore as per industry estimates.