Category: General Thinking

  • Law is being disrupted

    The law does not care about right and wrong. It cares about intention. That is why a murderer can claim temporary insanity and plead not guilty.   The trouble with law is that it is defined with a set of assumptions in mind. Every once in a while there is a change, a disruption, a…

  • My thoughts on Flipkart…

    I should begin by clarifying that I am no expert on E-Commerce. I do not hate Flipkart, although as a once loyal customer, I hate to see what is happening to the company. I do not know any Flipkart employee personally, and these are my thoughts as an external observer. I have worked in the…

  • Context and Perspective

    We all want to do the right thing and refrain from doing the wrong thing. Truth be told, we do not even know what is right and wrong. Most often only a thin line divides the two. This line usually is our ability to justify our actions to society in general. Let us engage in…

  • What would our grand children consider classics?

    It is safe to say that; content is in a state of 911. I find very few sources where I can get content, where a great deal of though and analysis has been put in. Interestingly, I find many more sources where I can get cat videos and snarky two liners. Truth be told, not…

  • Time Management

    I meet entrepreneurs regularly; I often come across a self-development question that I find really hard to answer. They ask me how do you do so many things? How do you manage time better? I have no clue, partly because I myself was unaware of what time management really meant. ‘To Do’ lists are the…

  • 10 Lessons for Startups ~ By Mr. Ganesh Laxminarayanan

    Two weeks back we concluded the Startup Club Demo Day in Bangalore and we had a host of great speakers come in and grace the event. They shared some truly insightful thoughts with our members and the engagement was off the chart.   I am sharing the insights that I was able to glean from…

  • Entropy

    Physics provides the best models to understand the physical world. But sometimes, it also provides the best models to understand the metaphysical. Entropy refers to the rate of change that can be seen in a system. As the entropy in a system increases it becomes increasingly difficult to predict the next few moments. The more…

  • Why are food delivery businesses so troubled?

    Most delivery related startups in the food space have been having trouble over the past year and by the looks of it, we seem to be ushering in the new year with news of more firings. Why is it that all the guys in the food delivery business seem to be experiencing problems?   The…

  • Markets are different; just like people

    Let us say you met a stranger; from Japan and from the United States; would you greet them the same way? It would be very normal to put your hands forward and shake hands in the US but not in Japan. That is the degree of difference involved in inter-personal exchange between two people from…

  • Valuing things that cannot be measured

    Ask anyone; “Who do you think is the most successful person you know?” They will immediately name the richest person that they know. It is as if, their bank balance is a reflection of their success! The purpose of success is to make you happy, and by that measure I would suppose that one would…