The #Disruptions of the Near #Future
Monday, 15 July 2019
We have all experienced the way disruptions change our lives..They come up from the most unexpected sources and at the most unexpected times..The general belief is that disruption cannot be predicted .But since Disruption is one of my passions here is a try at listing down some of disruptions which are likely to change our lives
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The #Subscription #Economy …The only #Business Model for the #Future?
Sunday, 16 June 2019
Having been used to working in product companies I was in for a surprise when I first joined a service provider company in 2006 whose entire business model was based on customer acquisition and their retention based on monthly subscriptions for the service provided. The world economy as we know it has always been a
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Too much #Customer Focus = Lost #Business #Opportunities ?
Sunday, 26 May 2019
Customer first…Customer is king …These are all catch phrases that I have always heard and believed strongly in… But does this always work? Or does too much customer focus make you lose track of other business opportunities that are available? This thought first came to mind while I was working on understanding disruption…Initially it looked
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The changing face of #Financing and #Lending
Sunday, 21 April 2019
My interest in this sector maybe has come through my genes…Money lending against gold “Pandam Panayam” as it is called in our native language Malayalam, was one of the many businesses that my grandfather was into and as a small kid; I have accompanied him on several of his enterprising business actions related to this field…
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How #Big #Data has changed #Content #Marketing – #New #Ways to #Reignite the #Creativity
Sunday, 14 April 2019
We are all used to the stream of advertising that flows to you the moment you log on to a website and despite the fact that you disable them they still keep appearing and reappearing There are also access rights that apps keep asking for the moment you download them some of them that you
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How #Technology is #Disrupting the #Media and #Entertainment Industry
Monday, 25 March 2019
I got the inspiration to write this article from a small incident that I observed sometime back when I visited Las Vegas and was walking around trying to grab some lunch… I could hear screams and shouts from one of the small shops in the area lined up with restaurants…Well don’t get ideas because I said Las
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#Products to #Experiences … The #Experience #Economy
Monday, 11 March 2019
Experiences they say last a lifetime …But how do you package the experience to make it last a lifetime? Let’s start with a small everyday example Imagine this: I’m looking to buy a dessert (and sweets are my all time favorite) and I find myself standing in front of two bakeries both of which sell
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#Unicorns – Are the Phenomenal #Billion #Dollar #Valuations for Real?
Sunday, 03 March 2019
We have all read about Unicorns …Startups who have reached billion-dollar valuations and some of them like byjus have always caught my fancy… Every entrepreneur dreams that their business will be one of the ones that make it big. For a few very lucky start-up founders, this dream has become a reality and their ventures have truly
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Strategy to Execution –Syncing the two for effective results
Friday, 15 February 2019
Every time we come across a successful brand, company or a product and try to understand the reasons for their success it always boils down to an innovative strategy that was executed effectively to get the desired results. While this seems so easy on paper studies have shown that at least 50% of employees feel
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#Artificial Intelligence (#AI) in #India – A comparison with neighbour #China and The Huge #Opportunity Ahead
Sunday, 20 January 2019
The first thought that comes to my mind the moment I hear about Artificial Intelligence or AI which is very frequent of late is that of the James Cameron movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger called the Terminator where the machines created by man become self-aware, take decisions on their own and take over the earth… So, what does
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