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Pune is no longer the cool pensioners paradise. Yesterday, mercury hit 40 deg and its 2 deg hotter than Bikaner (38 degree) in Western Rajasthan . So how does it affect me ? A startup guy in non air conditioned … Continue reading
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There always is a slugfest between the emerging and the established. Why ? The emergent kids are young and restless. They need to cry and scream louder to get their milk. They desperately need to scratch the formidable. Why ? … Continue reading
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Last year I had done one critique on an incubator which prescribed that Entrepreneurs should not sleep well : Progressively, people are agreeing that sleep is one investment which gives highest RoI on productivity. For sleeping well, besides sound isolation, … Continue reading
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“Thats a steep mountain each entrepreneur has to climb ” chuckled Karthik, president of styloot.com . He was discussing the challenges in user acquisition startups face. I recollected a statement by one of our investors. He says , “We love … Continue reading
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We are stupid hero worshipers. Indians in particular are so starved of heroes that even when someone has done some small, stupid fancy act, she is glorified as a God. There was Ramar Pillai who was a god, who converted water to … Continue reading
” I do not invest in ideas, they are dime a dozen. I do not invest in business models, they change ”- An investor in WiC . This statement tells about how wise investors look at startups. The key attribute … Continue reading
“If it were upto us, all our ancestors would have been alive “ – Al Ries We humans are a strange bundle of emotions and logic. Sometimes the emotions guide us in such directions that it conflicts with the nature. … Continue reading
“Your joy can fill you only as deeply as your sorrow has carved you.”― Kahlil Gibran Mould and the joy I was sitting next to a Principal medical officer at Central Medical Establishment of Air Force. This Air Commodore asked … Continue reading
Arvind Kejriwal – A model Startup? Last week I wrote a post in reaction to a ‘personality’ calling Arvind Kejriwal a moron. This post found resonance with 1000s on Quora. Many promoted it across various media. Yesterday, I was at a … Continue reading
Recently , I was watching news while having lunch . Suddenly, ’ Breaking News’ appeared and on TV started appearing conversations with 6 ICC umpires. Loose morals apart, what I found most interesting in the sting operation was the way … Continue reading
Stock markets are not what they were in 2005 to 2007. Almost every discussion then used to revolve around stocks , IPOs and the money people were making in them. Come 2012, its far far away from peaks of 21,000+ … Continue reading
प्रकृति का पतन कितना कल्याण कारी होता है , झरने को देख कर मैंने सोचा .. फिर महसूस किया की पतन कहीं भी हो, उसका परिणाम हमेशा कल्याणकारी होता है . Downfall of Taggle.com , an ecommerce site had every … Continue reading
We always derive a lot of our value systems from Gods and sometimes correlating with what gods had done or would do in such situations help us take faster decisions. Here are the top 6, we can learn from Hindu … Continue reading
Price is important but its not every thing. To quote experience of a shopper, last month, he ordered a book Beyond Buzz 2.0 from Homeshop 18 with COD because the book was Rs 200 cheaper on it than FK. This … Continue reading
Online reputation experts recommend to put no update about your career moves and promotions on social media. The best way to show that you are climbing the success ladder is to put a picture with your new car Recently, … Continue reading
Statutory Warning : This is a profane piece of imagination about acts in jungle. Its similarity with men,rascals and beasts is purely coincidental and unintentional. RaGu was a prodigy cub. He had a big dream. He didnt want to rule … Continue reading
This post is written by Akash Daniel Boaz , MBA ( Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology). He was earlier working as a network security expert at Infosys for 3 years. Here he discusses how he quickly donned many hats while … Continue reading
I have worked in 3 startups since my career started, and I know how painful it is to hire people in startups, especially female candidates. It has always been a tough job to maintain healthy sex ratio among employees in … Continue reading
We all are blessed with power of imagination. Our capacity to do so, allows us to visualize great products/services or businesses. Some of us are bold (foolish or confident) enough to connect the dots moving forward to make a prototype. … Continue reading
While glancing through the Economic times newspaper, I was astonished and amazed to find the occupancy rates of jails in India 2010. The central jails are operating at 118% occupancy and district jails are operating at 130 % efficiency (Please … Continue reading
Reproducing one of the most popular answer on Quora ( For the interest of those people who ask – “What is Quora ? ” ) Is flipkart making profit ? There are some interesting perspectives before we answer this question … Continue reading
While we always believe that other person’s company pays better, neighbour’s wife is more beautiful and so on, there are some moments in life when we discover that what we have got is the best. Nitesh Sahu, an MBA interning … Continue reading
