The more you travel, the more exposure you get, the better the network you build. Business travel also results in long-lasting business relationships & friendships. With travel, there comes the cost associated with it. When you invest in travel...
It is a privilege to be able to travel. You learn a lot when you attend events and conferences. You get to meet a lot of new people and network. This blog is focused on attending events and conferences where we are not exhibiting as a sponsor. This...
How Do I Use LinkedIn and Does LinkedIn Advertising Work? I have had a love-hate relationship with LinkedIn. LinkedIn to me is more of a marketing tool for professionals than anything else. Here is how I use the tool. When I am talking to a...
A famous saying in Tamil on money lending- ‘கடன் அன்பை முறிக்கும்’ – (Debt breaks friendship). One thing I have heard people say about lending money to friends is ‘it is as good as charity’. Don’t expect them to return the money and be okay...
We like it or not, COVID19 has disrupted the way we work in a big way. People working in technology have been the biggest beneficiaries of this pandemic. The technology stocks and the markets are on the rise (and highly inflated). When we shut down...
What is the SIP (Systematic Investment Plan)? SIP is a method of investing in a disciplined manner. For example, If you have a home loan, you set up an auto-debit on your account so the money you owe gets deducted from your account by the bank on...
Reading a variety of books provides you with different perspectives. The Tyranny of Metrics by Jerry Z Muller is of that kind. We have heard people say data is the new oil, metrics are critical and every decision being made should be based on data...
Words that Work by Frank Luntz is a book that was recommended by Matt Mullenweg (Founder of Automattic / WordPress) when I was listening to the Masters of Scale podcast on remote working. Though this book talks more about words being used in...
Looking for a Haircut? Call Gopal – AnnaNagar, Chennai (+91-94440 29312) All of us have our favorite barber shops and salons to do our haircut. A lot of small businesses have been affected during this lockdown because of the COVID19 pandemic...
Connecting the Dots is a great book from John Chambers, the ex. Chief Executive Officer of CISCO. I also had an opportunity to listen to and meet John at a Churchill Club event in the San Francisco, Bay Area. John was born in an affluent family in...
Ride of a Lifetime is easily one of the best business books one can read and relate to. The most fascinating thing about the book is that Robert Iger started at the bottom, worked in the same company for over 30 years, and went on to become the CEO...
It is important to learn the differences between screwing it up, good failures and operational excellence. If we continue to screw it up at work and not achieve operational excellence the growth possibilities for a company are limited or none. ...
This is a follow-up to my earlier post on Sending out Calendar Invites. Once you send out a calendar invite, it is very important to be early to meetings. What does being early to meetings mean? My colleague Tim Diep once told me that if you are on...
A lot of busy people live by the calendar. I have seen a lot of older people use a yearly planner / notebook to mark things on their calendar and they make it a practice to look at it every day or even check things before the start of the week. The...
The second workshop for Entrepreneurship for Kids Classes 6-9 was held on Sunday , January 6, 2019 at Chennai. It was a great way to start the year. This was the second time I was doing this, and was a little comfortable with the content. However I...
Workshop / Course Content: This is a 1 day workshop on Sunday (January, 6 2019). In this workshop children will learn basics of entrepreneurship, managing money, saving, sharing and spending. Exposure to markets and stocks will also be discussed...
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz is a great read. Ben Horowitz is the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz and one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and experienced entrepreneurs offers essential advice on building and running a...
A couple of years ago, I was naive to think that the auto (three wheeler travel vehicle in India – used similar to a taxi at a lower rate for passengers) would be non-existent in a few years and the drivers would move on. I was wondering why...