a podcast by Reid Hoffman on successful businesses (mostly startups) Snapshot Host: Reid Hoffman About: Scaling a new business (startup) Frequency: Seasonal Format: Interview of key players Links: iTunes| Stitcher Why listen to Masters of Scale? Beautifully crafted (edited) and entertaining Summarised content — you are spared from long boring conversations Guests on the show are achievers & their stories are focused on the topic — insightful!

podcasts — an episodic series of digital audio or video files which a user can download in order to listen to… While podcasting is just a little over a decade old, the concept of orally sharing information & learning has always been the cornerstone of our development. …

A quick checklist for entrepreneurs who are starting their eCommerce journey — Everybody needs a checklist, especially an entrepreneur. If you do not have one already, or have it on bits of paper spread across your desk, you better get it sorted into one document. …

An overview of how we use Machine Learning to edit & create new images at FlixStock — About 50% of any eCommerce website is full of images! And it is this 50% that is the most crucial factor in influencing the decision of most buyers. Yet, 99% of images are created and edited by skilled ‘Humans’ — a repetitive & mundane job. …

How do you create a great work culture in your workplace (or startup)? Have you successfully fostered one at your workplace? — Epilogue: this story was first published on LinkedIn here with the purpose of starting a dialogue on the often neglected & most critical aspect of a new business. I am trying to find a solution to this mystery. …

a reflection of a larger problem — information overload — Slack Fatigue, is it possible? I have been pondering over this question for some time. A simple search on medium directed me to this comment i could relate to! Ali, I wonder if there will be Slack Team fatigue. I am a part of 9 or 10 different slack teams (some are communities) at…medium.com The comment barely scratched the problem. The next one was this article on Hackernoon…

Everyday folks of New Delhi — Delhi barbad hogayi, delhi ab delhi nahi raha ‘Delhi is destroyed, it’s not the delhi anymore’ “I was 9 years old when i came to Delhi. It was a different Delhi then! Now it’s not the Delhi I know” I didn’t bother to ask his name, in fact I didn’t…

can a virtual assistant change the way we shop & thereby change the entire ecosystem? — Yesterday, internet was on fire after Sundar Pichai demonstrated Google Duplex! A part of me still don’t believe that it is a machine behind that voice! The nuances and pauses, the Mm-hmm and the Gotcha…sure it’s not a human voice? An extract of the demo: While watching this video…

About 6 months ago, I started listening to a podcast. It was mere coincidence. I needed an excerpt from an interview which was aired on a podcast. While listening to the podcast, I started browsing and subscribing to few others. This is now a practice! …