Category: governance
Of untenable CEOs
The positions of two CEOs are being discussed this week as untenable. One of them is the British Prime Minister Theresa May, fresh from …
Founder Conflict: Key Asset Ownership
This article is the seventeenth in the Startup Series on FirstPost’s Tech2 section and first appeared on June the 7th, 2017. In this and …
Attracting talent
This article is the sixteenth in the Startup Series on FirstPost’s Tech2 section and first appeared on May the 25th, 2017. Apart from having …
Early employees and the art of equity distribution
This article is the fifteenth in the Startup Series on FirstPost’s Tech2 section and first appeared on May the 10th, 2017. As a professional …
Leadership and the importance of changing one's mind
Martin McGuinness, former deputy first minister of Northern Ireland and also former IRA commander, died today. I was shocked to learn he was only …
Risk culture and your startup
This article is the tenth in the Startup Series on FirstPost’s Tech2 section and first appeared on January the 23rd, 2017. A healthcare startup …
Governance is no "Indian wedding"
When India hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2010, the then-sports minister compared the event to an Indian wedding, saying that while preparations go on …
Building your startup's culture
This article is the ninth in the Startup Series on FirstPost’s Tech2 section and first appeared on January the 9th, 2017. To be fair, …
The governance we need: a reflection
I have had both shared and personal reasons to have spent much of the last year reflecting on the nature of governance around us. …
The real story in India's demonetisation saga
“Who benefits if we all go cashless?”, asked a friend* of mine. This is indeed the money question in India’s demonetisation saga with its …