This post first appeared in the CIOReview magazine in Nov 2015… On Monday, 24 Aug 2015, 1 in 7 people on Earth used Facebook to
ECommerce is booming. And India is where the action is. When stories of “unicorns” (startups with a valuation of more than 1 Bn) are all
Ever so often, we ask from a relationship, before we give to it. Sometimes, it may be from a family member of friend. At other
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel discussion on the ‘Human Side of Innovation’ at NHRD Mumbai. It was a spirited discussion, thanks
Yes, India’s startup scene is currently witnessing what can only be called “rush hour”. Yes, everyone and his cousin seems to have a startup idea,
We live in exciting times. Always On. Interconnected… The old way of doing business was linear, centralized in its decision making, and involved large investments in
Inc. featured an excellent write-up on the design secrets of Jeff Bezos and Steve Jobs entitled ‘Simple is Hard‘, and we couldn’t agree more. In
The headline on UX Magazine’s writeup wanted to explain: Why Web Design is Dead. Naturally, we were intrigued… Web design is (finally!) dying of irrelevance. Web pages themselves
“Financial Independence” means different things to different people. There may not be a universal definition for it, but it helps to understand the subject a little.
Rahul Varshenya makes a cogent argument in the Huffington Post on Why You Shouldn’t Emulate Silicon Valley for Startup Success: Don’t make the mistake of
One of India’s largest online retailers had announced weeks in advance that mid-May onwards, it would shut down its (very successful) website and offer its
In the era of The Long Tail, new business enterprises need to make some key choices to succeed. A post from Seth Godin highlights the
LinkedIn is the social network of choice, when it comes to professional networking. More than 90% of recruiters use LinkedIn in some form or
A trail of links from LinkedIn led me to an excellent essay on FastCompany entitled ‘8 Rules For Creating a Passionate Work Culture’. In it, the
As a business, we may get tempted with the possibility of buying out a large (cheap) database of email ids and sending them promotional emails in the