I have been following a philosophy of “Dil Se” investing, I have spent some time introspecting to define what do I mean by Dil se. Dil Se investing is a fine balance of “gut and softer aspects” and “Logic, analysis, and numbers”.Gut and softer aspects are the Biology and Chemistry and Logic analysis and numbers […]
I was extremely lucky to meet Geet Sethi, world billiards champion. Geet had come to share his story on why and what they are doing Olympic Gold Quest. Geet, despite being world billiards champion for many years, was extremely humble in his interactions. Here are some key learnings from our interactions which should help organizations […]
Family members must take ownership of their decisions and not outsource family’s wealth management to advisors. I had a few interactions in the last couple of months and it seems to me that some of the Family Offices outsource the investment process to advisors and in few cases, the sponsors take a casual approach to […]
The Objectives of the Family may need to evolve around the following: Ensure family harmony, love and affection even if businesses realigned Protect and enhance the family brand and reputation Protect and grow family wealth and seamless transfer of wealth The family should take complete ownership of their decisions even while they engage Advisors and […]
Founder’s Dilemma on Dilution – Trade-Offs: Dilution Vs Control: One does not lose control of business so long as founders continue to deliver great outcomes, the relative power of Founders will always be higher vis-a-vis ownership. Besides legalese may help retain control to drive the destiny of biz. Dilution Vs Cash flow: Most often funds […]
I want to take this opportunity to share the Values of our enterprise and our views on how to interpret these Values: Fairness: Outcome should result in “win-win” for all stakeholders and not “win-lose” Acceptance: Respect diversity of views Imagination: Be Curious and find innovative ways to achieve the dreams Trust: Trust has two components […]
After spending time with the founders of Startups, somehow I do not find founders focussing on aligning personal goals and values with the Company goals/values. In my personal view in order to ensure harmony and minimize friction, it is extremely important to align personal aspiration and values with companies aspiration and values besides an alignment […]
The story behind my Firm’s Name Sarcha Advisors: Connecting the dots I had always believed that I could have done much more for my parents even though most family members believed I was a very obedient son. The guilt just vanished once I got a quote from one of my friend Manoj Kohli, that our […]
Framework 1 • Define the Higher Purpose of the organization. • Agree on Values: Set Goals, Milestones, priorities, and timelines. • Create Long term Sustainable Value Proposition for long terms success and identify critical success factors and capabilities required to achieve such milestones in a defined time frame. • Identify essential stakeholders in the Ecosystem […]
Recently one of my very close friends was involved in a car accident and he narrowly escaped. His car got hit from behind and it spun 180 degrees and he was facing the wrong way. He had the presence of mind to restart his car and turn his car around to avoid a head-on collision. […]