“Next two years will be carnage in the Indian startup ecosystem Abhishek, don’t even think of coming back” — said a bold voice on the other line. My heart sank. It was one of the investors from a top 10 VC fund in India. While my twitter feed was full…

Equity vs excellence route Malcom Gladwell’s concept of weak link sports vs strong link sports being applied to education blew me away. Team sports where the team is as good as the weakest player on the team is a weak link game (think soccer) vs the teams where excellence of…

Dusty muffler wrapped around his neck over a tight sweater, brown khakhi over-sized trousers hanging from his waist, ‘Sparx’ sandals in his feet without any socks, 5 ‘5 lean built, holding a blue handbag sized duffel bag without any wheels, etched with a swoosh sign and bold letters saying ‘Nikee’…

“Women nest while men hunt” “Men are physically stronger than women” “Men are supposed to protect the tribe while women are supposed to reproduce” These age old adages feel like loosing their relevance in the 21st century. Homo sapiens evolved from chimps in jungles to civilizations, to developed nations, to…

…. Finman: I hope my arguments in favor of more disruptive innovation (read ‘fintech’) within the bank have convinced you fully of the size of prize and hence you have offered me to head the fintech project. …

Jeff Bezos is not only a great visionary, but also one of the greatest leaders of 21st century. …

Debt and Equity — the two plain vanilla instruments of investments that are like the bread and butter of finance of any company or individual’s personal life. Equity was supposed to be an instrument with full upside, full downside sharing. Something that gave you the benefit if the company did…

Brought to you by Fanatic Finman F⁸ Productions Fintech is the new wave that everybody wants to talk about these days, from new vc funding articles to the many of Fintegrate/Money 2020 conferences, it clearly has become the hot, if not the hottest field in the market. …

The most thankless, least respected, most difficult, and a butchered profession. Yes, its a profession. Its a profession which employs a significant number of Indians. Just a consulting guesstimate, # of urban households in India ~10cr, atleast employ one maid, per house -> at-least 10 Cr maids work in India…