It is OK to be Judgemental when leading a team. How do you assess situations that you face without making bets on how things turn out? How they turn out, totally depends on people that drive it. Knowing their strengths and weaknesses helps mitigate the risks involved and results in success. Being judgemental is not […]
Using Lean Startup Model for Internet Retail
“Lean Startup” model is an approach for launching businesses, products and ideas that rely on validated learning, scientific experimentation, and iterative product releases to shorten product development cycles, measure progress, and gain valuable customer feedback. Going live with “Minimum viable product” would be the first step in the process. Your offline retail model took years […]
Making Internet Retail Profitable
Shopkeepers welcome! Retail has arrived. Well for me it arrived 10 years ago from when my battles to not only keep it just profitable but cash profitable has been an ongoing challenge. Here are my takes and you could call them learning by practice…. A Lean Startup Model works. For me the ongoing mantra is customer discovery, validation […]
Business Models should suit your personality
One of the differenes between successful and unsuccessful startups is whether startup business model suits the founders personality. Its one thing to be passionate about the idea and another to be able to build that idea into a sustainable model. If you are sensitive to cash flows and cannot bear the pressure, choosing a model […]
To make a sale, bring new insights about your customer
Just out of a conversation with one of our Brand consultants and got a great learning. Customers buy from you not because your product or service is better but because they believe you bring new insights into their industry. So, start having an opinion or independent perspective about what is happening in the industry you […]
My interaction with Maheshwar Peri CEO Careers 360
Spending 7 hrs with Maheshwar peri is like drinking strong coffee continuously. It is a great feeling but does not let you sleep for hours as there are so many things to gather in the conversation. The conversation was mostly around building a successful company. His abilities are in no doubt on this topic as […]
Man with passion flowing
It is difficult for me to get motivated doing business for the last 8 years and having met lot of people. Yesterday, happened to be a different day. Met a man who has made careers of young guys his business and believes in it so much that he fights on their behalf. In his words, […]
Difference between an Entrepreneur and a Businessman
While having a conversation with one of my friends, i was describing the interest i have in being a serial entrepreneur and how i was surprised at the focus that some entrepreneurs have on one idea and how they develop it into a multi-million $ company.over few decades. My friend retorted saying that there is […]
Idea does not know fear, share one!
Most of the people I work with, I have observed a tendency to share ideas with friendly colleagues but not with their team or managers. Most probably, the reason is fear of ridicule, failure or assumed lack of subject matter expertise. These fears have to be addressed to make ideas flow inside teams or company. […]