Aswath KrishnanWhen the eyes are bigger than the business potentialWayfair announced their 3rd or 4th big round of recent layoffs last week. The CEO’s email explained how they are trying to “right size” the…Feb 4Feb 4
Aswath KrishnanGrowing your user baseLast year, I led growth at Quizlet, the most popular study app in the US. We were able to increase our growth rate significantly and hit a…Jan 4, 20191Jan 4, 20191
Aswath KrishnanBack-Front instead of Top-BottomIn corporate colloquialism, it’s common to use the top (or upper management) and bottom terms to describe management and junior…Oct 17, 2018Oct 17, 2018
Aswath KrishnanCapitalismLong, long time ago, just 4 people live on earth — A,B,C,D.Oct 15, 2017Oct 15, 2017
Aswath KrishnanOne under-rated entrepreneurial traitFirstly, a business is, to a large extent, a series of decisions. What’s the right idea to pursue? Who should I hire? What’s the business…Oct 7, 2017Oct 7, 2017
Aswath KrishnanBe a “Yes, and…” person and not a “No, but..” person“Yes, and…” thinking is a rule-of-thumb in improv that suggests that a participant should accept what another participant has stated and…Oct 1, 2017Oct 1, 2017
Aswath KrishnanProduct-building to Company-buildingEarlier in my career, I naively equated companies with products and pooh-poohed everything else as corporate BS.Sep 25, 2017Sep 25, 2017
Aswath KrishnanWhy we are the average of the 5 people we spend most time withThis old adage has been fairly true in my experience. One obvious reason is that we learn from people close to us and develop similar…Sep 8, 2017Sep 8, 2017
Aswath KrishnanTrader Joe’sI am a fan of Trader Joe’s — their product selection and service are fantastic. Yesterday, I noticed a celebratory poster at TJs — “50…Sep 6, 2017Sep 6, 2017
Aswath KrishnanI don’t like to do itI hear myself and friends complain about not liking certain things we have to do. And often this is encouraged with a supportive chorus of…Sep 3, 2017Sep 3, 2017
