Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Should Startups Worry or Should Reliance?
Reliance has raised more capital in the 2 months than all of the startup eco-system did in 2019. Indian startups raised a “record-breaking” USD 14.5 Billion in 2019! Many investors and founders across many industries are worried about what might be possible with that kind of capital in their war chest. I think it is…
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Learning by Proxy | Visa – Jio – COVID after effects
Every Saturday, I publish this series called Learning by Proxy. It is a capsule of some of the stuff that I found interesting over the week along with some context to it. I hope you enjoy it. Follow Up Visa Ban The USA has been busy disallowing Visa to several categories of people. Last week…
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Rich get richer
While the poor get poorer. Some countries and regions are currently under lockdown. Others are perhaps open to business. In both cases, travel and visits outside have been limited severely due to fear. Many businesses, such as retail and restaurants have been hit and have no hope of recovering anytime soon. This has immediate implications…
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Learning by Proxy | Energy – Space – Xenophobia
Every Saturday, I publish this series called Learning by Proxy. It is a capsule of some of the stuff that I found interesting over the week along with some context to it. I hope you enjoy it. I have changed the format this time to try and follow a thread across many stories. I hope…
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Learning by Proxy | Business of Politics and Politics of Business
Every Saturday, I publish this series called “Learning by Proxy”. It is a capsule of some of the stuff that I found interesting over the week along with some context to it. I hope you enjoy it. Follow Up It turns out the Indian and Chinese forces have been brawling at the border since September…
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H1B – Language – E-Commerce | Learning by Proxy
Every Saturday, I publish this series called ‘Learning by Proxy’. It is a capsule of some of the stuff that I found interesting over the week along with some context to it. I hope you enjoy it. Follow Up Actions speak louder than words The Indian government as well as the Chinese government as talking…
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Ignorance and Absence
Ignorance is often the starting point for all of us I have the good fortune of meeting and speaking to hundreds, sometimes thousands of entrepreneurs each month. In all of these conversations as a mentor to be able to help them, I ask them what they are doing. Every so often I come across an…
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Efficient businesses will perish
Some of the most efficient businesses are the ones that are being forced to swallow the largest losses today. Nasim Taleb in his book ‘Anti-fragile’ talks about systems that can withstand a black swan event. A once in a lifetime shock that can be hard to predict and overcome. Capitalism promotes profiting at all costs.…
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COVID – What the numbers reveal
COVID is a virus that has affected 0.1% of the world population. It is highly contagious and has been able to circumnavigate the globe. On the surface – the above graphs make two things obvious : More people are being affected by COVID than before Fewer people are dying due to COVID than before The…
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