How Women Decide, by Therese Huston, is provocatively titled and an easy read, backed by substantial research, listed in the 53 page of references. The book has six chapters each dealing with themes that surface when women's decision-making is discussed, namely women's intuition, decisiveness, attitudes to risk, confidence, decisions under stress, and unusually, watching others make poor … Continue reading How Women Decide
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Small Data
Small Data: The Tiny Clues That Uncover Huge Trends attracted my attention for several reasons. One, I am interested in understanding the world better, so other people's ways of seeing, ways of making sense of things interest me. Two, I read anything that can be vaguely filed under "decision making". Three, that the title appears to … Continue reading Small Data
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 and an advisor, I have been on both the founder’s and the early employee’s sides of the question of equity for early employees. In an early stage venture, equity is an … Continue reading Early employees and the art of equity distribution
Losing and finding your mojo as a founder
This article is the fourteenth in the Startup Series on FirstPost’s Tech2 section and first appeared on April the 21st, 2017. The journey of a founder can be exhausting. Those in solid founder teams too don't just have a collective experience; they also have their own, personal experiences of the founding journey. It is not … Continue reading Losing and finding your mojo as a founder
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 66. Shocked because I have known his name since I was a child growing up in India, and had always thought he was much older. But he wasn't. In that short … Continue reading Leadership and the importance of changing one’s mind
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 until the last minute, everything comes together on the day. I am reminded of that as I watch the stories coming out of India since the sudden demonetisation of two major currency … Continue reading Governance is no “Indian wedding”
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 this is controversial advice. Especially since the last column said: “You pay for some things, you do not pay for some things; you should take your time to understand which is … Continue reading Pay for a good startup lawyer
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 data. Some sceptical ones go a step further and condemn all prediction makers, and mock machine learning and artificial intelligence. This condemnation is foolish and tantamount to throwing the baby out … Continue reading Of pigs and predictions
Living in “interesting times”
Would you rather be a dog in peaceful times? Or a human in chaotic times? When asked this, most people of course pick "human in chaotic times". But when offered to pick one of two -- risk or uncertainty -- most pick "risk" over "uncertainty". To an extent, risk is definable, quantifiable, often tangible, possible … Continue reading Living in “interesting times”
Our mothers, ourselves and risk literacy
The web is on fire with Ms Angelina Jolie's honest and unsentimental account of her elective, prophylactic double mastectomy, appearing in the New York Times. She writes about her mother, who died at 56, having suffered cancer for a decade. She also writes about how she is a carrier of the BRCA1 gene. Her risk … Continue reading Our mothers, ourselves and risk literacy
