#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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#Fintech…#Disrupting the way we know and do #Banking
Sunday, 16 December 2018
I still remember the time in the early part of the century when everything in the economy was cash based…When the office peon who was going to the bank was the most important person because everyone had some or other transaction to do at the bank whether it be withdrawal of cash or deposit or
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#Satellite #Internet…Will this become the preferred #data medium of the future
Sunday, 02 December 2018
The internet has changed the way we live over the last 25 years. Mobile networks and their increased data speeds with the advent of 3G and 4G have dramatically altered the reach and the speed at which we can consume data particularly in countries like India where mobile internet is way way ahead of wired internet.
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#Driverless #Cars…Can they really match up to a #Human
Monday, 19 November 2018
Have always been crazy about driving since I was kid and even today it’s something that I really enjoy…The thrill that you get when the car zooms as you press on the accelerator makes you often forget that driving is actually a means to get you from point A to Point B ….and when you drive in
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An #idea Into a #Startup..The Ten #commandments
Sunday, 11 November 2018
Have been interacting with “Gen X” , which includes my teenage daughters and it never ceases to amaze me about the enthusiasm with which they talk on the great ideas they have and how they will develop that into a product, a company and so on…. I never ever thought about such things at that
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#Cloud #Servers – Reaping the benefits of #localisation – At the #tipping point
Sunday, 23 September 2018
My attention came to this topic with the media attention on government requirements for various social media websites needing to have their cloud servers within the native country This was further reinforced when some of the internet giants who wanted to enter into digital payments were not authorised by the governments citing that their cloud
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#Product Packaging to #Connected # Intelligent Packaging – The next major marketing disruptor
Sunday, 02 September 2018
I am curious about any product packaging that I lay my hands on…I take a toothpaste box cover and the packaging has so much information… It is covered entirely with product, manufacturer and all kinds of information, some of which are mandated by the rules of the land and some of which are specifying product
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Premium #Food #Retail..Is the time right to enhance and scale up the exotic #experience
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Premium food retail ….Is the time right to enhance and scale up the exotic experience? The thought for this article occurred after a visit of mine to the food hall in Palladium Lower Parel Mumbai…under normal conditions I would have given a food retailing joint a skip on that day since I had no household
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