If you follow Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s partner and Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, you would know his love for a mental model called “Inversion” or “Thinking Backwards”. Charlie quotes Jacobi (“Invert; Always Invert”) and says that a lot of problems could be solved by inversion – that is, by inverting the problem statement and answering... Continue Reading →
If you were operating at or connected to the senior levels in the technology industry, the news of Sikka's exit from Infosys would neither be shocking nor unexpected. It was a question of when - not whether - Sikka would be out of Infosys. So what went wrong ?The HistoryWhen Sikka took charge, Infosys was... Continue Reading →
Economics by a professor - Brilliant and yet so SimpleSuppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this...The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.The fifth would... Continue Reading →
This resume for Elon Musk proves you never, ever need to use more than one page. Let's say your accomplishments vary and range from creating an electronic payments industry to invigorating the solar energy market to inventing high-performance electric cars to launching a commercial space and rocket industry. You may think that all of that... Continue Reading →
ग.दि.माडगूळकर यांचे गद्य लेखन - मला आवडलेले दोन लेख अरे दिवा लावा कोणी तरी हॆलो, मिस्टर डेथ
I have read O Henry's short stories (lost the book to some "friend" - who collected the book and never showed up. Sadly, this has happened with so many of my books - and friends ). And I always felt that many of his stories could be made into movies. Just got to know that... Continue Reading →
I received the following sarcastic write-up on WhatsApp about the eCommerce start-ups that are burning VC money. Thought of sharing. It summarizes the problem precisely! I've got a BIG eCommerce idea that will dwarf Flipkart and Amazon together. I'm going to sell CASH. At a discount of 15%. Consumers can buy cash at a discount... Continue Reading →
I came across a nice article on Linkedin written by Tomasz Tunguz and thought of reproducing it here (with link to the original article on Linkedin - and of course with due credit to the writer!) During my first few weeks at Google, I read through the internal resumes of my new colleagues, which detailed their work and... Continue Reading →
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