27 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read
A great list from Business Insider. Whats your favourite? Dont forget to check out my list here
Do not play with patient's lives – a letter from a customer
In the hospital industry, we deal with life and death on a daily basis. Our motto at Vaatsalya has been, whatever the outcome, we will do our best. Time and again, our patients and their families have reiterated this message. We have repeatedly heard them say – “your team tried their best”, “we know that […]
10 Startups I would die to work for #startuplove
I am inspired by these companies because they all are working on solving a big challenge. And it takes guts to take on a big challenge and not to do a little bit more of the same. They are all incredibly focused on solving this challenge. Most of them are led by young founders who […]
Will we become more poor if we share the little we have?
A busy day in Bangalore. At the St Johns Hospital traffic signal, it’s life as usual. Scores of patients and attenders rushing for their appointment with their doctors, crossing path with hundreds of students trying to get to classes and workers waiting for their buses to ferry them to anekal, hosur and electronic city. At the signal […]
Really? Do you still have "Employee of the month"? You know its a waste of time.
I am a firm believer of formal recognition at work, and i believe that recognition in front of peers and across departments is the best way to motivate people. In addition to the little words of praise at much more frequent levels, in private. Of course i have been told many a times to be […]
Really? Do you still have "Employee of the month"? You know its a waste of time.
I am a firm believer of formal recognition at work, and i believe that recognition in front of peers and across departments is the best way to motivate people. In addition to the little words of praise at much more frequent levels, in private. Of course i have been told many a times to be […]
Complaining Is Hard to Avoid, but Try to Do It With a Purpose via@gkjohn
Like many people, I have a love-hate relationship with complaining. There is little that is more satisfying than chewing over a meaty complaint about an idiotic service person or the really annoying thing that friend does or how unbelievably rude a teenager can be. On the other hand, I really dislike people who constantly whine […]
Complaining Is Hard to Avoid, but Try to Do It With a Purpose via@gkjohn
Like many people, I have a love-hate relationship with complaining. There is little that is more satisfying than chewing over a meaty complaint about an idiotic service person or the really annoying thing that friend does or how unbelievably rude a teenager can be. On the other hand, I really dislike people who constantly whine […]
Entrepreneurship is a disease. Dont let it catch you. Here is how you protect yourself.
I dont know why people dont realise it. It IS a disease. No, seriously. If you broaden the definition of disease a little bit. Check out this research by MIT scientists. This dreaded disease might have its origin in your genes but there is always an environmental trigger. (The two hit hypothesis = Knudson Hypothesis) […]
From Intern to COO of SalesForce in 10 years – Great advice from George Hu #YGL
Don’t solve the problem that your manager or your boss tells you to solve. Solve the problem that either they don’t know they have, or solve the problem they know they have but nobody is solving. When I first started at Salesforce, Marc [Benioff, the C.E.O.] had sent out a note saying, “We’re having some […]