1. TikTok and ByteDance — Org structure The news about the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations has been doing the rounds for a few weeks now. Despite all the attention and effort that the deal has received, it is currently stuck in limbo with a final decision just around the corner. Or at least, that’s the hope. …

Since it was the first time that I was applying for the Schengen and that too for approximately 2 months, I had to be extra careful . Get a travel agent- I would definitely recommend the help of a travel agent if your travel period is longer than 20 days…

Athens City Circus Hostel Santorini Bedspot Hostel Napoli Nepolitan Trips Hostel & Bar Rome Alessandro Palace Hostel & Bar (‘The Yellow’ Hostel is great too albeit more expensive. Their parties are the talk of Rome. You could also stay at Alessandro- it is 20 steps from Yellow and pay a cover to enter the parties thrown by Yellow)- Florence Plus Florence Paris Couchsurfing Nice Hotel Ozz by Happy culture (not the best staff)

It was my childhood dream to backpack across Europe and I am glad I finally got around doing it this summer (2019). The trip took 15–20 days of planning (30–45 minutes/day) The Plan On the planning side, I had 3 things set in stone. The rest of it was left…

Since it was the first time that I was applying for the Schengen and that too for approximately 2 months, I had to be extra careful . Get a travel agent- I would definitely recommend the help of a travel agent if your travel period is longer than 20 days…

From the many side projects that I have had over the past 4 years, the one that I have been most passionate about, has been the podcast- ‘In Conversation with Ashwin‘. On the show, I have hosted techies, actors, yoga gurus, entrepreneurs, authors and feminists. …

People skills come naurally to some while for some others, there is a learning curve here. People skills are skills and hence very much learnable. The minute we see ‘social skill’ as something that is not naturally inherent in someone but something that can be acquired and developed for particular situations (introverts make for great stage speakers/presenters), we are approaching this more scientifically and less emotionally.

John D Rockefeller, arguably the richest man to have ever lived, (if you calculate his present value of then money, he’d be worth more than $300B) was a very shrewd businessman. His choices were very well thought out, long-deliberated and quite unpopular. …

A key learning that I took away from Jim Collins’ ‘Good to Great’ is what he calls the Hedgehog concept. While introducing the concept, Jim discusses the difference between a fox and a hedgehog in the context of their behaviour in the wild. …