Category : Business Philosophy

Business Philosophy - Startup

Framework for Aligning Company’s Aspirational Goals to KRAs with a focus on Value Creation

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 Founder […]

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Business Philosophy - Sarcha

Vision, Values and Traits of Exponentially and Profitably Scaling a Business

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 […]

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Business Philosophy - Startup

My thoughts as Angel Investor on Two-Wheeler sales CAGR being flat over 10 years

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 […]

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Business Philosophy - Startup

Founders and Owners Dilemmas

Happy Diwali Some thoughts for Founders and Owners based on my interactions with the Founders of my Investee Companies (read more) and others, and my life experiences.At the outset, I am very proud to be associated with Founders of my Investee companies and I admire these qualities in most of them which are as follows: […]

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Business Philosophy

Reliance Investment Cycle comes to an end – My Perspectives

In my personal view getting to zero net debt and focussing on value creation and ROI is going back to first principles of prudent use of capital, monetize when money is available and building long term Alliances/Partnerships/JVs. I am sure Mr. Ambani and his team may have thought about it, but still wanted to propose […]

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