By Nataraj
Itis not erratic to say that we have witnessed one of the major value destructing events in recent history with WeWork IPO fall out. The decimated value, in this case, an estimated $35 Billion is comparable to the value lost in the Enron scandal. The we-work story is a cautious reminder that — irrational exuberance will…
Spotify is a music app, Adobe provides apps for creatives to draw and design, Fortnite is a game. These 3 products are completely different when it comes to what service they provide. But they all have same revenue model, Subscription Model. To be precise, Freemium Subscription Model. In a subscription model, the consumer uses a…
There is a reason why companies choose to stay private and never go public. Being a private company has its challenges but at the same time, it comes with certain operational freedom that public companies cannot easily navigate. Epic Systems, arguably the largest player in healthcare software in North America is almost unknown and operates…
Books are part of Entertainment Industry. The book industry is guided by same market forces that you see in other media business like supply, demand & virality among others. This result is a range of quality across the content (books) produced, in this case, published. In any given year newly released books are distributed in…
To develop long term habits is about setting up systems that support your cause. Systems play an important role in surviving the time and keeping the habits alive. Without systems, all you have are bursts of unacted motivations.You will be caught up in wants of doing it, but never actually getting to do it. Here…
For every person barring a few fictional ones, life is only experienced once. Reading as a habit is not about reading emails or news blogs, it is about reading a continuous stretch of 300 pages on a specific topic that is curated and published. The habit of reading is about reading published books. It can…
Edge is a commonly used term in the financial zeitgeist, be it public equity, private equity or alternative asset management. But unlike most other terms used in the world of finance, this word means the same in Finance context as it means in English. Edge is that extra advantage you have over your competitor. Something…
For many, the idea that college is not useful anymore is still a shocking thought, especially if you are not from the developed world. It is for most a contrarian thought. But not on Twitter. In the virtual streets of Technology Twitter, it’s a commonly debated topic. And there is a bullish trend for the…
Brand Facebook Inc. Though it might seem that Facebook as a brand is at its all-time low, their strongest asset Instagram is branded as its own entity without the stigma of its parent. Imagine if Instagram was named as Facebook Pics or Facebook something. Most big brands tend to do this, look at how many…
Every now and then, human beings accomplish things that stretch the imagination of what is possible. It also reminds humanity why it is the dominant species. These events expand our definition of possibility. Our traditional notion of achievable gets challenged, changed and increased. These seminal events come from different corners of human endeavors. Charles Lindbergh’s…