At the outset I want to thank my founder friend, Rohit Gajbhiye for giving me the opportunity to be a part of the launch of Leo1 -Mastercard. I was able to have a one on one with the man himself Rohit Sharma and Rohit Gajbhiye who introduced me as someone who is deeply engaged in promoting […]
I’d like to dedicate this post in congratulating my daughter and partner, Ishani on being named amongst the 41 women torchbearers of India’s start-up investment space by Inc42. It is an extremely proud moment for me as Ishani being amongst the youngest on the list is listed along side some of the leading investors. She […]
As we step into 2024, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on our personal balance sheet. It is therefore important to assess our tangible and intangible assets, liabilities and reserves. In my personal view, the asset side should start with: On the other hand the liabilities could be as under: Financial Debt I […]
I believe the key question that needs to be addressed for value creation is how do we set aspirational goals and meet the expectations of our investors, stakeholders and ensure no negative surprises? I am highlighting below the framework for aligning company’s aspirational goals to KRAs with a focus on value creation. 1. Process 2. […]
I am sharing below my interpretation of the points highlighted by Lt. Professor C K Prahalad on the vision, values and traits of exponentially and profitably scaling a business. Lt Professor C K Prahalad was one of my favourite management gurus. I had the opportunity of listening to him at the CII National Conclave in […]
I believe that every child is born with a potential to be a leader/entrepreneur/intrapreneur. Here are some of my thoughts on helping them become great leaders. A lot of these thoughts have come from observing my grandson, Rihaan. I am deeply impressed by how he has picked up leadership traits even though he has not […]
At the onset, I would like to wish my dear mother, Late Smt Sarla Devi, a very happy 100th Birth Anniversary. It was a great coincidence that we were at Mata Vaishno Devi, and we had amongst the best darshan on this wonderful day of my mother’s birthday. This was possible because of blessings and […]
I am sharing below my thoughts on having a company anthem to inspire, energise and ensure people are driven by the purpose and pride of being associated with the company. The idea of having a company anthem came to me while booking an express delivery cab from BluSmart. While the call was being transferred to […]
This is a message for all my founder friends to use the power of same page and clarity of thought to scale exponentially from 1 to 100. I believe in my personal view that scaling from 1 to 100 requires building of company culture accordingly given that you are now building an institution to leave […]
One of my friends reached out to me to get my thoughts on why there has been no growth in the two-wheeler industry even though it sounds counter intuitive as I am sure established players must be doing their best to grow their business but there must be some bumps and challenges including macroeconomic factors […]
