Oct 26, 2015 | Entrepreneurship
When things are not going as per plan the easiest thing to do is to gain control. To review everything. To approve everything. To become the system through which everything has to flow. If this process worked in the new world, things would never go wrong. How about...Oct 23, 2015 | Entrepreneurship
Peter Thiel mentions his favorite interview question in “Zero to One” What is that one belief you have that very few people agree with you on? Here is my response, Peter The best way to become great at something, is to do multiple things at the same...Oct 16, 2015 | Entrepreneurship
At nearbuy, as we grow super fast (we have gone from 260 folks 3 months back to 540 people today), the need for communicating and ensuring consistency of our value system and beliefs hasn’t be higher before. I can spend time speaking and engaging folks, and I...Oct 15, 2015 | Entrepreneurship
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...Oct 13, 2015 | Entrepreneurship
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...Oct 12, 2015 | Entrepreneurship
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...