I was at a cafe this afternoon and ordered a chai. The sleeve for the coffee cup had an advertisement. I am not complaining about the advertisement – they have to take up every bit of real estate anywhere to communicate to us, right? The content of the advertisement, though, was funny Here is what… Continue reading
Post Category → Think
How to commoditize yourself fast
You want to be an “also ran” in the rat race? If so, no worries – technology will help you do that. Quickly. There are many ways to do it. Really. I have an example of a Business Development email that I received (unsolicited, of course) a while ago. You can read the entire email… Continue reading
Discipline is in the details..
Discipline really shows up in the details. In our last trip to Los Angeles, Paul and I had an interesting experience with Avis. After returning the car, we were waiting for the shuttle car for a looooong time. Not only did the people know the status of the rental car, even the clock that is… Continue reading
The mark of an insanely-unbelievably-extraordinarily successful product
A product is successful when it sells hundreds and thousands of units. A product is insanely successful when it creates an industry around that product. iPod is one such product as there are companies (and there are divisions of large companies) that make products just around iPod. A product is insanely-unbelievably-extraordinarily successful when companies try… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Jacob Bronowski
Thank you for reading this blog, some other blog and thank you reading anything that you think will help. You might be reading a lot and thinking about what you read and discussing it with your friends. This is all good but without action none of this is good. Bronowski captures this brilliantly in this… Continue reading
Startup Validation Trap – Not focusing on all parties
Think of a typical startup and you will see three kinds of people involved: 1. Bedrock: These are people that will make and fulfill the promises of the startup. These are the people at the core of the startup 2. Getters: These are people who will make money when the offers made by the startup… Continue reading
Startup Founder Paradox – Will you have enough time to morph?
Startups are not easy. Statistics prove that. The ones that seem easy on the news are just because they are exceptions and not the rule. First-time entrepreneurs have a bigger challenge because only few people bet on them. Everyone knows that the team behind a startup is the most important aspect of a startup. The… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Lou Holtz
This was the quote that our Vistage chair Sterling Lanier put up for us in today’s meeting. Can’t disagree with it. Of course, I think we can always add to the list and extend it. “Great leaders know that everyone needs four things: 1. something to do 2. someone to love 3. something to hope… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Roger Babson
Dreams don’t have any taxes. So feel free to dream big. If you don’t do anything though, you can only realize your dreams in your dreams “It takes a person wide awake to make his dreams come true” – Roger Babson Investment Banker, Author and Educator Wish you the very best with your dreams. Please… Continue reading
Barriers for Knowledge Transfer – Gabriel Szulanski research findings
“If Only We Knew What We Know” is one of the best books on Knowledge Management that I have read. I am re-visiting that book because the concepts there fits nicely with what we are offering with Rawsugar. One of the chapters talks about the research findings of Gabriel Szulanski (from Wharton) on what are… Continue reading