Feb 7, 2013 I have a feeling that for starting businesses without immense capital at one’s disposal, it may be smarter to start a B2B business. Building a B2C business involves building a brand among many, un-named customers, mostly spread across geographies – and that means huge investments. Whereas a B2B business may start off … Continue reading B2B better than B2C for first generation entrepreneurs

Jan 22, 2013 So last week, I attended a course conducted in Mumbai by Harvard Business School, for experienced managers and leaders. Was quite a good experience ! HBS has created a b-school class-room in Taj Land’s End and this course was a 4-day residential program there. Three profs from HBS, Boston had flown down … Continue reading Harvard Executive Education course

Dec 30, 2012 I was reading the Economic Times, which had listed 13 ongoing rivalries, which will continue in 2013. Like Airtel and Reliance in telecoms (4G), Raj vs Uddhav, Apple vs Android and then, a bit shockingly, TCS vs Cognizant. That neither Wipro nor Infosys are mentioned as challengers to TCS (which itself was … Continue reading Importance of focus in Leadership (or…what’s wrong with Infosys, Wipro, and with India ?…)

Nov 23, 2012 Read this interesting quote on a tweet from P Tarkonnen (one of the best motivational business Tweeters I have come across). “Every successful enterprise needs 3 people – a Dreamer, a Businessman and a Son-of-a-B (let’s call him the ToughMan for this article)”. Was amused and later on intrigued by it...enough to … Continue reading A dreamer, a businessman and a son-of-a-B…

Oct 30, 2012 There have been a few interesting stories of huge corporations re-inventing themselves - IBM’s example of going into software services from personal computing being the most striking one. The other such example was Microsoft dismissing the Internet as a fad and then later clambering back on track with Internet Explorer, one of … Continue reading How Microsoft almost missed the bus..again.