Your first reaction 

How you feel and how you react to this feeling is often different, and misunderstood to be the same  You feel hurt but your reaction is that it anger You feel scared but your reaction is that of control  You feel happy but your reaction is that of tears Only...

What’s difficult about being a CEO? 

At the AllHands call last Friday, I got asked this question A few confessions to make, while I answer this.  By personality, I am a paranoid person.  I bite my nails. All the time.   I hate losing.  I get scared imagining that someone out there...

Money shouts 

Over the weekend, a conversation digressed over to discussing the super wealthy. A close friend heads the strategy function of one such billionaire and has seen their life up close.  Despite being worth billions of dollars, they lead an unpretentious life. Their...

Do what they want? 

Over the weekend we sent a special email to the early adopters of the nearbuy mobile app  It entitled them to Rs 300 of credit once they upgraded to the new version of the app. Because they have given us the best feedback so far.  It was a thank you gesture....

The feeling you get up with

Every morning we wake up with a feeling. A certain emotion.  Somehow the emotion controls our day. The rest of the day becomes captive to that thought you started it with.  Hence, the world tells you – wake up with the right feeling. Go to bed feeling...

How much will you multiply yourself?

The Power Law of Investing as a concept is quite simple.  And quite powerful.  It states that in investing, your best returning investment will almost always give you supernormal returns, exceeding the combined returns from the rest of your portfolio. ...