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200 years Explained in 4 minutes

Professor Hans is brilliant. He gave a longer talk on the same subject on TED. This is sort of relevant in an oblique sort of way to the discussion on the importance of money that Pankhaj started: ...

My First Cheque , a seed fund, to write the ‘First Cheque’ for Indian Start-ups.

My First Cheque,a seed fund, to write the ‘First Cheque’ for Indian Start-ups.My First Cheque is a seed fund which will help start-ups and budding entrepreneurs realize their dreams by providing the i...

How Societe Generale tried to Scam me!

The Sanjeev Agarwal incident with Citibank has triggered me to finally spill these beans: In 2007, Societe Generale (Mumbai) was partially handling the Treasury function of my business group – c...

What am I not doing right ?

A very good day to each one of you Rodins in the Hood I pose this question/dilemma to all the newtrepreneurs and oletrepreneurs, alike. About 12 months ago, I started the journey for Tatvam Tec...

A Diamond is an Entrepreneur’s Best Friend…

As a kid, growing up in India, one is taught that the world’s biggest diamond – the ‘Kohinoor’ was found in India but seized by the British when they ruled us. It is a painful tale, embedded in my min...

CEO Material

Which is the best age to become a CEO or how many years of professional experience is required to become a CEO ? What are the qualities one should possess to be a CEO / CEO Material ? Your Inputs pls.

Path for a services company to foray into Product space

Like all entrepreneurs and specially the ones in IT space , it is a dream to own products and create a high value portfolio which can lead to crazy valutions. This is because as a services company the...

Beware of the Men (and Women) in Suits!

I saw this article on the FRONT PAGE of the Times of India this morning (12th March 2012) and I felt like throwing up. I had written this post on the 3rd of Jan 2011 and I believe it typifies the stor...

“Are you being watched?”

Radia tapes controversy is about the tapping of tele-conversations of Nira Radia by the informant agencies, the celebrated lobbyist had with a cross section of powerful people from industry, politics,...