Raghu Raman, former CEO of the Indian National Intelligence Grid, delivers a riveting talk on how the Indian Armed Forces actually work. Here’s the takeaway from this video: 1. Commander’s Intent Everyone in the team should know the Commander’s Intent.… Read more ›
A guru to Apple and Google, Bill Campbell is the most confidential advisor in Silicon Valley. How a former college football coach is shaping the character of an industry. Read More: http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/21/technology/reingold_coach.fortune/
VIVEK WADHWA: My greatest disappointment after joining academia was to see my most promising students accept jobs at Goldman Sachs or McKinsey. Engineering students with ambitions to save the world would instead become financial analysts—who used their skills to “engineer”… Read more ›
There are lots of guys and gals inside established companies who are as innovative and revolutionary as their bootstrapping, soy-sauce-and-rice-subsisting, external entrepreneur counterparts. This is for these brave souls who face a different kind of reality and must practice the… Read more ›
Advice is often much easier to give than to take. For example, I was at a meeting at HubSpot yesterday and we were talking about a particularly area of the business that is having some challenges. A plan was presented.… Read more ›
A recent study published in an American Psychological Association journal, Emotion, suggests that early birds are generally happier than night owls. More than 700 respondents, ranging from ages 17 to 79, were surveyed and asked about their emotional state, health,… Read more ›
How much does the first hour of every day matter? As it turns out, a lot. It can be the hour you see everything clearly, get one real thing done, and focus on the human side of work rather than… Read more ›
One of the ways to value a company is to multiply its earnings with the PE Ratio of its peers in the markets. PE is Price to Earning ratio. For example if a companies stock price is US$ 10 and… Read more ›
1. Biological and Physiological needs – air, food, drink, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep, etc. 2. Safety needs – protection from elements, security, order, law, limits, stability, etc. 3. Belongingness and Love needs – work group, family, affection, relationships, etc. 4.… Read more ›
How startups like RedBus, India Homes, Zovi & CustomerXPs gained from some of India’s best-known mentors. The gap between a successful start-up and a failed idea is very often not money, but mentoring. As more entrepreneurs seek expert counsel to… Read more ›