Ever since I took over the fancy title, my email volume (both work and personal) has increased by about 260%. I am averaging around 230 work emails and 45 personal emails every day. But here is the ironic part I feel I am getting more signal than noise now. I am a BIG supporter of [...]
The deals business makes you go through a beautiful ride everyday! It’s so close to the customers – every step and action of yours is public. Margin of error is…well..zero! So we had this deal, that I thought was interesting. It runs today in Delhi – doorstep beauty service by VLCC – you know the [...]
“I could end the deficit in 5 minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.” – Warren Buffet The pessimists might ask – who will pass such a law! Yes, Albert einstein! Smart of [...]
I have learnt this the hard way – people who need to tell you about how good the work they are doing is, are most likely not doing a good job! Most likely.
A leader is all about Top People and Top Sales. It’s unfortunate that most ‘leaders’ forget that Top Sales is infact a byproduct. It’s almost automatic. Magic! Build your team. NOW. And only you can build it. Not the HR. Not someone else. You!
Seth Godin is truly a genius. To come up with what he does, on a daily basis, requires enlightenment! And here is another gem from him Perhaps you can burn 500 calories on the treadmill before you give up for the day. With a personal coach, though, you could do 700. The trainer gets you [...]
I hope this isnt true for Indian entrepreneurs! Internet Entrepreneurs Are Like Professional Athletes, They Peak Around 25
So KK came up with this business plan (I feel bad for him, because he consults me on these multiple plans he has and I end up dismissing most of them! He must feel I am so full of myself!)
Lets buy bags from cheap production centers such as China and sell them in India
And how will we market them?
We will build a website!
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The problem is that most people out there (and KK is surely far advanced than most already) feel that creating a website is equivalent to sales and recognition. Its like in BSchool, whenever the prof asked, “Ok, so how will the product sell?” the answer was invariably almost always “we will advertise”
Doesnt work! Well, mostly!
PK comments: “I think you are so risk-loving not because you face it, rather you dont see the risk in the first place” I would agree. I dont see the risk infront of the other options. Infact I cant.
As an entrepreneur, I am hooked to the “What the business model” game! It goes like this. In your day-to-day life you will encounter a lot of businesses. Right from a grocery seller, to a petrol pump to a movie hall to even a college, your own workplace or the parking lot. Try and build [...]
Pretty Interesting…! But then…will only work once…you cant create businesses out of it…! I have realized, that customers are (much) smarter than you think they are…(or you would want them to be!)! And that creates an impact…a big one…on businesses…especially the ones in the repeat business segment (almost everyone). These guys can clearly not do [...]
Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon, authors of I Hate People have come up with one of those unorthodox Interview Tests that could give you insights (non-technical though) into the personality of the individual. “Observe how the candidate crosses the street” And honestly, my experience so far with hiring, is that Attitude is all that matters! [...]
I COULDN’T AGREE MORE! Last month I was invited for a guest lecture at MDI, Gurgaon. The audience was someone I had never dealt with…infact an audience that at some level scares me till date. I was to face a bunch of 40-odd NGO heads! Individuals running highly successful social enterprises who thought that i could be [...]
some 10 billion years ago..when doordarshan was considered the hottest thing on the indian soil..there used to be this 30 seconder ad or whatever you may call it…which went “let us discover the Gandhi in ourselves” now no one really used to take this seriously…unless ofcourse if you were a farmer and were hooked on [...]
