Business Models and Business Valuation (or Valuation, in general) is one of my most favourite topics. I have followed several legends (likes of Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, Ben Graham, Prof. Aswath Damodaran et al), books and blogs on their philosophy of how to value a business. Customer-Based Corporate Valuation (CBCV) is an interesting approach, especially... Continue Reading →
Avoid “Great” And “Very”
My recent post on Review of Anthony Horowitz Books got many views and like. That was a pleasant surprise to me! I didn't know that Horowitz is so popular and widely searched. But this has motivated me to write book reviews more often! However, today I want to write about another topic which I had... Continue Reading →
Steve Jobs’ “Bicycle of The Mind” Analogy And “Hand and Brain” Chess
Steve Jobs is one of my favourite personalities not only because of his business acumen and marketing genius, but also for his ability to articulate thoughts extremely effectively, to use stories, analogies, metaphors to convey his ideas. One such analogy he used to describe Personal Computer in early 80's was "Bicycle of The Mind". Here... Continue Reading →
Decoding Wordle
I wrote a blog post about Wordle a few days ago. I have been playing it since a few days and liked it as a daily exercise for the grey cells. But more than the puzzle I am also finding it interesting to read/listen to various perspectives on the puzzle. Why has it become so... Continue Reading →
Article by Manu Joseph: Why ‘mindfulness’ and ‘zen masters’ make little sense
The latest column by Manu Joseph in Mint is interesting and I thought of reproducing it here. A file photo of Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, who helped pioneer the concept of mindfulness in the West A few days ago, when the second most famous monk in the world, Thích Nhat Hanh, died, many... Continue Reading →
My Career Tips
Recently I was asked by my Corporate Communications and Branding team to write a post on Career Tips. The post was part of the weekly Leadership Connect series on LinkedIn and followed a specific template. It was published on LinkedIn on last Friday and I just got the analytics for the same for the first... Continue Reading →
The Amazing Nadal And Overhype Of AI/ML
Yesterday was a very fulfilling Sunday after a long long time! I spent good 3-4 hours in the morning at the chess club. There a friend also shared a photo from early 90's which reminded us of our chess times. You can barely see me because I was too engrossed! In the afternoon I watched... Continue Reading →
Wordle And Structured Curiosity
If you are on any social media, in particular Twitter, you would have a lot of messages about the new craze/fad called Wordle. It's a word game created by a software engineer for his partner. Interestingly, the name of the person is John Wardle - so Wordle is (also) a wordplay on his name. I... Continue Reading →
“Do Nothing” Strategy Explained By कौआ
When we think of strategic responses/options for any situation/scenario/problem, we often think of multiple ways to respond. However, many a times we forget that "Do Nothing" is also a strategic option. In fact it is Option #1 which is always available. And yet we do not give enough importance, thought to that option. We do... Continue Reading →
Zero Based Thinking in 2022
As part of my MBA I studied Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB) in Cost and Management Accounting course. I liked the concept a lot! In simple words the ZBB idea is as follows: Our budgeting exercise is usually incremental in nature. We take this year's budget as a baseline and think about incremental budget required for... Continue Reading →
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