Discipline

I have been in the Internet some for 8 years now. By virtue of that I have accumulated a lot of tacit knowledge. If rumors were to be believed there is even a name for this now. Experience!  It’s an immensely gratifying experience when I can add value...

Humans suck at….

Right after a heavy dinner, the worst question to be asked is “what will you have for breakfast”  You feel shitty right now. Why did I eat so much. You don’t want to have anything for breakfast.  Come breakfast, you are hungry. And you...

Kids! 

Am reading a book on the science of happiness.  It describes an academic experiment where a 4 year old is sitting in a room with 2 adults.  One of the adult moves out of the room. The other adult places a jar of cookies, which until now was on the table, in...

Overnight success?

  Yourstory covered the journey from Groupon to nearbuy.    It chronicles our journey in the past 9 months, from 12 cities to 33 cities 3 categories to 18 categories 100% groupon tech to 100% nearbuy tech a zero member tech team to a 75 member tech team selling a...

Weekend at ISB Mohali

Was at the gorgeous Mohali campus this weekend. I love it there. On some levels better than Hyderabad. More so because I see a sense of belonging and ownership within the batch. Hyderabad, always my first love, acts transactional at times. And I am unable to relate to...

Local Maxima

Ruchi asked me last night – “what was the highlight of the day”.  It got me thinking. For far longer than I expected. I finally gave her an answer.  But the answer wasn’t the answer I wanted to give.  Of course there was a...