Every Diwali, India doesn’t just light lamps – it lights up shopping carts. Flipkart’s Big Billion Sale, Amazon’s Great Indian…
In life, the day you stop learning is the day you start declining. Growth isn’t powered by age, titles, or…
Everyone loves the visionary founder. The dreamer with a billion-dollar idea scribbled on a napkin. The storyteller who can mesmerize…
It’s that time of the year again. Companies are busy filing IT returns, finalising audits, and sitting with their CAs…
Turning 50 is not just a birthday – it’s a plot twist. One morning you wake up, and your mirror…
In India’s startup bazaar, VCs play the drummers – loud, fast, chasing exits. But behind the noise, Family Offices hum…
Growth doesn’t always die because of competition. More often, it’s murdered in the boardroom — death by comfort. Promoters and…
When we see someone we love struggling, our first instinct is to rush in with advice, solutions, and support. We…
Startups love drama. Not the kind where code crashes or customers churn, but the glamorous, spotlight kind — pitch contests,…
The global love affair with diamonds wasn’t an accident. It was advertising wizardry. Cut to today. Diamonds are no longer…
When was the last time you pressed pause? No, not on Netflix. On life. We live like caffeinated hamsters –…
Let’s call out the elephant in the boardroom: women have everything it takes to be great founders – grit, empathy,…
Every time I hear someone say, “This company is worth 15X EBITDA,” a little part of me dies. Really? You’re…
We modern creatures have turned “busyness” into a badge. A fellow who declares himself busy expects applause, as though juggling…
For decades, executives have been taught to think of business strategy as chess. A logical game. Clear rules. Perfect information….
Innovation is fun. Filing patents is thrilling. Publishing papers? A dopamine rush.But here’s the inconvenient truth: citations don’t pay salaries,…
Life is nothing but a string of choices, stitched together into the fabric of our destiny. You may call them…
Whoever coined “the customer is always right” clearly never ran a startup. If we founders followed that gospel, our products…
Every company thinks it has a moat. Technology. Distribution. Brand loyalty. Patents. Talent. But here’s the ugly truth: every moat…
Picture this: a world where life-saving drugs are not born out of decades of trial, toil, and towering costs, but…
Welcome to the middle class of business – a comfy but confusing no-man’s-land. You’ve “made it”… but not really.Revenue is…
Today, as we celebrate hashtag#Janmashtami, the birth of Lord Krishna, most of us recall his many roles – playful child…
The first-ever TiECon Bhubaneswar, brilliantly led by my friend A K MOHANTY (President – TiE Bhubaneswar) and his passionate team,…
47 years, One bond. They say friendships come and go… But ours? It came in kindergarten and just never left….