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Oct 25, 2020

Snowflake — the company everyone should be talking about + its ridiculously overvalued IPO

I was recently reading Scott Galloway’s (professor of marketing at NYU, Stern) newsletter. While the entire newsletter is about Airbnb’s valuation, Scott also mentions the company Snowflake, a cloud-based data warehousing company, in passing. Snowflake, a company that has solid business fundamentals (more on that below) was founded in 2012…

Tech

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Snowflake — the company everyone should be talking about & its ridiculously overvalued IPO
Snowflake — the company everyone should be talking about & its ridiculously overvalued IPO

Oct 1, 2020

The Trump and TikTok Tale — Ethics, Politics, and Corporate Tensions

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. …

Trump

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The Trump and TikTok Tale — Ethics, Politics, and Corporate Tensions
The Trump and TikTok Tale — Ethics, Politics, and Corporate Tensions

Jul 24, 2019

First time Schengen for 30+ days

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…

Travel

2 min read


Jul 24, 2019

Western Europe Hostels

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)

Travel

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Jul 24, 2019

How I backpacked comfortably across Western Europe for 50 days in under 3,500 USD/3100 Euros — inclusive flight tickets

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…

Travel

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It was my childhood dream to backpack across Europe and I am glad I finally got around doing it…
It was my childhood dream to backpack across Europe and I am glad I finally got around doing it…

Jul 24, 2019

First time Schengen for 30+ days

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…

Travel

2 min read


Jul 20, 2019

In Conversation with Ashwin- On pause

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. …

Podcast

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In Conversation with Ashwin- On pause
In Conversation with Ashwin- On pause

Jul 17, 2019

People and Social skills

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.

Introvert

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Jul 13, 2019

Business learnings from John D Rockefeller and Standard Oil

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. …

Energy

3 min read


Jul 10, 2019

The Hedgehog Concept

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. …

The Hedgehog Concept

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The Hedgehog Concept
The Hedgehog Concept
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