Category: governance
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 …
Pay for a good startup lawyer
This article is the eighth in the Startup Series on FirstPost’s Tech2 section and first appeared on Dec the 23rd, 2016. I am aware …
Startup on a shoestring: a heuristic for thinking
This article is the seventh in the Startup Series on FirstPost’s Tech2 section and first appeared on Dec the 1st, 2016. A startup, while …
Of pigs and predictions
The Trump victory has left many of my friends reeling and in disbelief. It has also already brought out criticism of pollsters and polling …
Luxury's talent conundrum
A version of this essay appeared on Hudson Walker International’s Opinion section published on November the 4th, 2016. The Luxury sector is facing headwinds. …
Cofounders and the dating analogy
This article is the third in the Startup Series on FirstPost’s Tech2 section and first appeared on Oct the 3rd, 2016. The search for …
Sensor sensibility in governance
A PwC survey found in 2015 that nine out of 10 CEOs believe they “should champion the use of digital technologies to get the …
The design challenge called Indian traffic [2]
An earlier, admittedly ranty post documented the weirdness that is Indian traffic. Though it focused more on vehicular traffic than on pedestrians, any good …