It turns out that startups are Trojan horses. We think of them as revolutionaries when in fact, they’re the farm team for the establishment. Very few make a profit. Or become standalone companies. Or ‘change the world’. Our toolmakers mostly make big business bigger. They’re not changing the balance of power. They’re preserving it. But then, […] More
Bragging about how much money you’ve raised or what your valuation is a form of job thinking. Solve more problems, solve bigger problems, solve problems more widely and you’re an entrepreneur. The work is to solve problems in a way that you’re proud of. More
“Bellum se ipsum alet” is the startup equivalent of Bootstrapping. The Latin phrase bellum se ipsum alet describe the military strategy of feeding and funding armies primarily with the resources of occupied territories. The phrase was coined by Roman statesman Cato the Elder, is associated with the Thirty Years’ War (1618–1648). The strategy Includes : […] More
Alphabet CEO Larry Page receives regular financial information about every Alphabet company but doesn’t allocate resources to individual product areas within Google or within individual Other Bets. Every week he gets reports summarizing revenue and operating profitability for Alphabet, Google as a whole, and combined Other Bets. Every month he gets reports summarizing operating results […] More
If you had asked me in 2010, it was simple. A desi company solving desi problem (or launching global products). This is 2018 and here we are : Almost all well funded Indian startups are owned by either Chinese, Japanese or US funds. A bit confused too e.g. there is not much difference between an […] More
Nothing to worry if a large wave is missed, remember the ocean never sleeps. More
The administrator mindset is about having full commitment of all resources required upfront, while an entrepreneur keeps jugaad-ing. More
A very UnPluggd styled postmortem of a startup’s death. TLDR: when you have lots of early success, it’s easy to think that success will be ongoing. This is a time where you need to be objective. If you can’t consistently close sales, if you can’t reliably predict your close rate – you have a problem. […] More
“I want to be able to give hope to children or parents of children with dyslexia and ADHD that they can be successful” –SELIM BASSOUL Would you believe if I told you that a person diagnosed with dyslexia and Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) would turn a struggling firm with market capital of $15 million […] More
The girl sitting on my right in 8th standard [about 16 yrs ago] spent 10 minutes doing “nothing” during a 20 minutes assignment. The teacher had asked the class to summarise the learnings of a really interesting short story by Mark Twain [The adventures of Tom Sawyer]. More
The new generation CHROs are no longer perceived to be “behind the scene” administrative function people only. There is already a sea shift taking place in how their role is perceived, with increasing number of CHROs working closely with the CEOs and making their way to C-suite and boardroom. The percentage still remains far from […] More
If you are salesman reading this post you can easily relate this to your daily activities in the market. More
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