Alok’s Posts
“I was being called a broker when I was the innovator and pioneer”
My interview as featured in the Fourth Anniversary Special Issue of Forbes India Magazine with Rohin Dharmakumar… Alok Kejriwal: I was being cal...Read More
My simple quiz that every Investment Banker and Financial whiz has failed in..
So, I have the usual financial consultant ‘baraati’s’ coming to my doors (baraatis are the dudes who walk to the brides house in a h...Read More
5 lessons that Domino’s can teach Food – Tech Companies!
So, this was my first contribution to The Strategist of the Business Standard. The complete article appears after the image : Cash on delivery has bee...Read More
7 dark secrets of Entrepreneurs – Revealed.
As featured in the September 12 issue of the “Entrepreneur” (India) Magazine. Think you know entrepreneurs? Ha! Think again! These are sev...Read More
The real reasons why Fashion E-Com Companies are going “Only App”
Image credit – All owners of “Khalnayak” I don’t think of Marie Antoinette often. She is neither my VC, nor my contact in Google, no...Read More
The 12.5 things I learnt in 2015!
1. Be HUMBLE I asked Housing.com (perhaps rudely) a question on why their hoardings media strategy made no sense to me as a media observer. The CEO of...Read More
Thank you Trump, Maximus, Marcus Aurelius.
I was reading about the famous meeting Trump had with Silicon Valley executives in a fabulous article in the Financial Times It was funny to read this...Read More
The five business lessons I learnt from the story of Zara’s founder Amancio Ortega
I read an amazing write up about the world’s richest man – Amancio Ortega in the latest issue of the Economist, and was humbled to learn ...Read More
Protectionism is for losers. It never works.
I was bemused (not amused) when I read articles in the media last week of Indian Internet poster boys clamoring for ‘government protection’...Read More
Lunch with Rodinhood!
A couple of days back, Rodinhooder Anuradha Kulkarni pinged me and said, “Alok, are you free to meet on Friday, at your office”? I usually...Read More
Why become an Entrepreneur? And why Not?
Why do people become Entrepreneurs? Why would you like to be one (or not be one)? This is what the Wall Street Journal summarizes in a fantastic artic...Read More
Here comes a Forex Riddle – Can you solve? (Easy)
I was just forwarded this ‘forex’ riddle on Whatsapp by a financial consultant I respect a lot. It surprised me as to how he had missed th...Read More