Notes to Myself
I spend a lot of time on Youtube, much more than I do on WhatsApp and slightly more than Twitter. I primarily watch interesting talks (very few TED talks though), speeches, documentaries and few music concerts, or singing performances. I also watch few training/education contents. Every time I find a new interesting person, I try... Continue Reading →
A few days ago I blogged about my visit to Ramana Sir, the book I gifted him and a couple of questions I posed and requested him to respond. You can read that post here. I just noticed that he read the book in 10 days flat and posted review of the book and also... Continue Reading →
I have written multiple blog posts on Henry Ford which you can check here. I feel that his book/biography "My Life and Work" must be included as essential reading for any Management course. Couple of his other books are also excellent (including the one on his relationship with Thomas Edison, titled "Edison As I Knew... Continue Reading →
Apple recently touched market capitalization of $1 trillion! Here are some interesting facts: Apple IPO valuation (Dec 12, 1980): $1.2 billion Apple valuation on 2nd Aug 2018: $1 trillion Stock return since IPO: 50,000% Apple va Nokia rivalry: Valuations today: Apple: $1 trillion Nokia: $30 billion Valuations when iPhone was released in 2007: Nokia: $110... Continue Reading →
Few months ago I wrote a blog (in Marathi) on "Strategy Diamond and Arena". The core idea of Arena is that the field you compete in should be large enough to justify the efforts and reap handsome rewards. You do not want to be a "big fish in a small pond". I came across this... Continue Reading →
Few years ago I wrote a blog titled "TLAs: Which is your favourite?". TLAs or Three Letter Acronyms are typical management jargon which you cannot escape in your corporate life. Technically there can be only 17,576 TLAs (26^3 i.e. number of ways of choosing 3 letters out of 26 letters, with repetition allowed). TLAs are... Continue Reading →
An important lesson in marketing! Successful sales are always a bit strange & unique... #Sales #Marketing Source: Twitter
I like cooking. In fact the very first prize in my life which I received in kindergarten was for cooking (पाकशास्त्र). I had made, actually helped my teacher make, दडपे पोहे (Dadpe Pohe). And the prize I had received in the Annual Day function was a hanger . Yes, my school was famous for giving such totally... Continue Reading →
Read this news about Infosys and thought of sharing Quick Thoughts (Mini-Read). Here is the Infosys news in today's Times of India. So Vishal Sikka wanted to position Infy as a Product company and the rest of the management/owners didn’t. Interesting...this is a huge strategic shift and will define in couple of decades who was... Continue Reading →
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