Rory Sutherland is one of the interesting people I discovered in 2025. I guess he might be the only person this year. I have posted some of his videos on this blog before. His insights are amazing. His style is very casual, engaging and ffiendly. And most importantly he is British! I love his accent... Continue Reading →
Latest Podcast of Kunal Shah
Kunal Shah is a controversial personality. I can say so based on my personal experience. Once I criticized him on Twitter and then he sent me DMs on Twitter and started arguing with me and psycho-analyzing me. I realized at that time that he is deeply insecure and vulnerable inside. Or he considers others as... Continue Reading →
Rory Sutherland on How Human Behavior Defies Logic & Data | The Power of Outthinking the Machine
I had shared Rory Sutherland's talk/interview before on this blog. I really liked him for his insights; and the British accent was a cherry on the cake! Here is one more recent interview of his which is worth watching. Unfortunately the video quality is poor. But sound is good. Do check out! Rory Sutherland on... Continue Reading →
Choice Overload aka Problem of Plenty
Source: My friend's Linkedin post Choice Overload is an interesting phenomenon that's been known and researched for decades. Here's an interesting encounter I had with it in a completely different scenario The term was first coined by entrepreneur Alvin Toffler in the 1970s, though Princeton academician George Miller had already alluded to the idea as... Continue Reading →
Thinking out of the box
An old man who sells watermelons had his pricelist read: 1 for $3, and 3 for $10 A young man stopped by and bought 3 watermelons one by one paying $3 for each As the young man was walking away, he turned around and said: "Hey Oldman, do you realize that I just bought 3... Continue Reading →
44th Chess Olympiad and Clever Marketing
44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India)
Youtubers’ Contribution to GDP And Creator Economy
The recently published article in Mint made me write this post which I had been planning to write for a while. The report says that Youtubers added Rs. 6,800 Crore to Indian GDP in 2020. The report also adds that this section added 689,900 "full-time equivalent" jobs in India as per a report by a... Continue Reading →
Happy B’day Steve Jobs
Today is birthday of Steve Jobs - one of the few people that influenced me and whom I follow closely. Steve Jobs was just amazing in marketing and impressive presentations. His two iconic product launch presentations must be watched and studied by every MBA student - one when he launched iPod and the other when... Continue Reading →
The Struggle of the Original iPhone – The Untold Story
One of the few people I admire includes Steve Jobs. He was eccentric and probably not a nice man to work with or live with. But he was equally amazing in thinking big, innovation, execution and relentless pursuit of excellence. His ability to see future and to sell ideas/dreams was pure genius! I still watch... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries and Jack Trout
Rajiv Bajaj is one of my favourite Indian business leaders and I have blogged about him many times. It was through Rajiv's talk that I got to know about Al Ries and Jack Trout. I had heard their names, but not followed them as keenly. Rajiv spoke highly of the two, especially Jack Trout who... Continue Reading →
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