Got a chance to hear a podcast called Masters of Scale by Reid Hoffman, who was one of the founders of LinkedIn. Reid interviews founders who have managed to scale their business in an amazing way. I heard a few of the podcasts and am quite impressed with the wealth of information that these founders …
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In the past I used to always compare the business model used by the technology companies of yesteryears ie. before 1990 (IBM, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Oracle etc) with those of the new entrants ie. after 1990 (Google, Amazon, Apple, Ebay, Yahoo etc) and notice these key differences: Asset lite: The investments made were purely in …
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I got a chance to watch Dr.Shashi Tharoor speak for the first time at the Gartner IT Expo in Goa today. Was mesmerised by the speech. While I have heard a lot about his oratorical skills, experiencing it first hand was amazing. The topic of his speech was ‘Pursuing a Culture of Innovation and Quality’. Shashi …
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Apple has now come up with a new approach to push iPad as the standard technology device that replaces the computer. By doing so, they are directly competing with the mobile devices who have been pitted to replace computers for a long time. There have been many reasons used against the mobile devices such as: …
Pradeep John is a weather blogger, who has become quite popular in the past two to three years. Pradeep was always fascinated by weather and has been predicting weather by tracking facts and data that is publicly available. Time and again, I have seen BBC and others predicts one way and Pradeep predict the other …
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Seth Godin is considered to be a marketing guru but I look at him as a remarkable human being who sends out good messages to human beings via his daily blog. I have been reading Seth Godin’s daily posts for over fifteen years now. He writes one blog post a day and each blog post …
Within six months of launching the Goods and Services Tax (GST) programme in India, the Government has reviewed the rates of many of the items. The biggest impact is the fact that the tax slab in the top bracket (28%) now has only 50 items. Earlier, it has 200+ items. This means that it is …
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Amazon Fire TV Stick is one of the IOT (Internet of Things) enabled devices that have become quite popular in the recent times. I consider it a classic example of disruption using technology. Got a chance to order an Amazon Fire TV Stick on Amazon and was pleasantly surprised to receive it ahead of time. …
Amazon has been experimenting a new concept called Amazon Locker, where you could choose an Amazon Locker near you as the delivery address, and go and pick up the items from there. This attempt clearly shows how Amazon is trying to focus on improving the experience at each touch point involved in the eCommerce …
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Clean India Campaign should be to clean ourselves from the inside, not just the outside. Lets start from within. Please see if you can promise the following: Promise I will never give or take bribe Promise I will always respect to women and will never be a party to rape, eve-teasing or abuse of women …