Category: General Thinking

  • Teams and Productivity

    At the time that a project is conceived, there are certain expectations on how it is to be executed. This is most often the case with most startups; startups begin as mere projects.  Based on the execution envisaged, people are assigned and teams are created. I have often noticed that as the pace of things…

  • The Big G – Growth

    I work with startups and businesses which are trying to scale up, hence, soon or later, the question of ‘Growth’ arrives.  When do we begin to scale up? How do we grow? What is the best way to grow? How much growth in manageable? How to manage during growth? But every now and then, the…

  • Starting a Start-Up?

    As a part of my work, I come across a lot of entrepreneurs who are looking to start a new venture. Most entrepreneurs that I come across are individuals who are looking to quit their jobs and take up the challenge of starting a business. This makes them look at a start-up as an income…

  • Why Android has lower Internet usage

    There is a lot written on how android users are less data savvy that their Apple counterparts. The actual reason for the disparity is due to the profile of the phones that carry Android. Apple sells one model of its phone and generates the huge numbers that it does. By contrast android and its partners…

  • Apple Maps – Australian Fiasco

    So now the police have set about putting up warning about various mapping product. At least the Australian police seem to have cartographic experts who are qualified to put out warnings about cartographic products! So a few weeks back I was driving from a place called Raichur (North Karnataka) to Bangalore. Yes its a place…

  • Conservation

    So, there is a lot of talk about how we are leading lives which are unsustainable in the long run. Societies have needs that are unsustainable, population growth is unsustainable, consumption growth is unsustainable and on and on… But think about it, is the entire capitalist economy not about growth? And if this economy has…

  • Leave Mark Alone…

    At the time that the Facebook IPO was put up and the company was put up for sale, everybody knew that Mark Zuckerberg was going to lead the company and that he was going to retain the majority voting rights. He had unequivocally announced that nothing was going to change at Facebook. Then why the…

  • Apple – Samsung Trial

    All the mobile manufacturers are not going to remain knotted-up in arbitrations and trials forever. They will eventually reach a settlement. This fact was known even before the verdict that came out last week. This was the precise reason for which Judge Koh had mocked the lawyers of both the firms for wasting the courts…

  • Olympic Graveyards

    I often wonder why countries/cities decide to host the olympics… More importantly why do cities that are extremely well know decide to host the olympics? The rationale happens to be that the hosting of the Olympics will provide economic stimulus and spur growth for the region where it is being hosted. Well, that may be…

  • Frenemies

    I wonder how frenemies live? I am an entrepreneur and I have several business relationships. With the people that I work with, I either get along or I do not get along. There has never ever been a case of getting along while not getting along. What baffles me is when I see companies like…