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 […]
In this blog post, I am sharing my thoughts on exponential scaling basis the experience that I have gathered in my start-up investment journey. I believe that to scale exponentially and build a predictable, sustainable, profitable de-risked (PSPD) business model, it is important for every founder to start with answering the following five questions: This […]
Having invested in over 60+ start-ups and participating in 20+ follow-on rounds, I am sure each one of you must have built your own framework but still thought of sharing my thoughts I am sharing below some key elements that I believe should be defined by founders for building successful start-ups. Higher Purpose (Soul) Core […]
I have been an active angel investor since the last few years. I am sharing below some of the key takeaways from my journey of angel investing in start-ups. These learnings are based on an approximate sample size of over 60 start-ups that I have invested in. 1. Each one of the start-ups has an […]
This note is based on my three decades of experience working with Munjal family of Hero Group and Dr Parvinder Singh of Ranbaxy. Family office as an institution, is the identity of the family. The institution defines the legacy we want to leave behind and is a conscience keeper. A. The Principles of foundation of the family office could be based on: B. Internalizing the principles of foundations helps in: C. Define […]