pavan kumarAre you a Brand?One of the early tasks assigned to me when I took over the eastern region of SITA was to sack an employee who was a recent hire, less than…Aug 28, 20231Aug 28, 20231
pavan kumarOrganizations & Identify Crisis!An ex-colleague of mine for long years reads every post I write here and a few other channels, and provides regular feedback. He gets…Aug 20, 2023Aug 20, 2023
pavan kumarStartup, is everyone Selling?Last year, we invested in a Kenya-based startup that was building a platform for the working class. The founding team had the best…Aug 13, 2023Aug 13, 2023
pavan kumarHow far can you See?A month ago this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPyRqMrcmos ) of a senior HDFC executive abusing a team member during an online…Aug 3, 2023Aug 3, 2023
pavan kumarAre you Critical or Cynical?In the early days of my career, I had a fabulous boss Brig. SC Sharma, who passed away recently. He was not only an icon of servant…Jul 23, 2023Jul 23, 2023
pavan kumarThe power of de-processIn 2001, I was part of a young Indian telecom company providing pan-India services to enterprise customers. We were one of the few private…Jul 1, 20231Jul 1, 20231
pavan kumarLeadership and the power of ‘verbs’“Non-violence” as a means to achieve freedom advocated and practiced by Mahatma Gandhi, unified millions of Indians to join the movement…Jun 26, 2023Jun 26, 2023
pavan kumarEarly Startup & Product Market FitMost of the early-stage startups are bootstrapped and have little access to funding. The biggest predicament for founders building the…Jun 24, 2023Jun 24, 2023
pavan kumarPower of OneI was reviewing my activities, especially in writing on Medium and Linkedin, and realized that the last I wrote on Medium was in 2019 and…Jun 8, 2023Jun 8, 2023
pavan kumarIndian Elections 2019 — Lessons for StartupsAt the offset, I am neither a politician nor affiliated to any of the political parties in India. Having spent a long time with startups…Jun 16, 2019Jun 16, 2019