10,000 hours!

Just realized that this month I will be completing 10,000 hours as a full-time entrepreneur. Ofcourse, I don’t have an excel that records the number of hours clocked per day, split into the nature of time spent, covering all days that I have worked and...

Let me manage you through your style!

Managing people has got to the toughest thing in the world. As you grow professionally, the demand to work well with your colleagues grows exponentially. At some point, I believe that people are paid to manage people rather their technical skills. But it still amazes...

Culture is built floor by floor

Situation 1 A new (non-Delhi/Bangalore) joinee was part of the recently concluded Management Meet. On the 3rd day of the meet, I was in the conference room with my colleagues at 8am, working on a deal that was going live. He comes in and comments “Do you guys...

Indian ecommerce is over-invested

It was so heartening to read about Avnish Bajaj talk about how the Indian ecommerce is over-invested (in the short term). I have maintained that a large part of the reason why ecommerce is nothing but a subsidized sales industry right now, is the investing world. A...

The power of 1!

It doesnt matter how many people buy the deal. One bad review kills it all It doesnt matter how many people buy the deal. One compliment makes all the difference It doesnt matter how many people, anymore. YOU are powerful.