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.

The irony of email – signal and noise!

Ever since I took over the fancy title, my email volume (both work and personal) has increased by about 260%. I am averaging around 230 work emails and 45 personal emails every day. But here is the ironic part I feel I am getting more signal than noise now. I am a BIG...