BSE Sensex validates that Food Tech revolution in India is no bubble

Consumers have more choice, and Pizza is no longer the only preferred home delivery option

I read this article in the Economic Times yesterday, and realized that the food-tech sector has…

Limiting angel investors’ upside

I am speaking from personal experience here, so please read this note with that caveat.

Over the past 3–4 months, I’ve encountered a disappointing trend among a few tech entrepreneurs (in India) towards their early stage angel investors.

How to think about Corporate VC investors

Couple of friends asked me this question recently, so I thought it may be useful for a wider audience.

Often during a fundraise process at startups, you come across the investment arm of an Operating Company (unlike VC’s who only…

being awesome at Corp Dev

abridged thoughts on how to excel at Corporate Development

Mentors - your aides in career navigation

Mentors - your aides in life (and career) navigation

Making big decisions

its not about choosing the defaults

Ralph Waldo Emerson on principles versus methods

“As to methods: there may be a million and then some, but principles are few.

the man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.

the man who tries methods, ignoring…

Mark Pagel on collective cultural evolution, and how we may be becoming infinitely stupid

This is a very interesting talk by an evolutionary biologist, where he starts from the beginning of life itself and weaves a story through to our current state of culture and…

Annual Reviews

so what did you do all last year?

Every year in January, many of us sit down with our bosses, supervisors, and mentors to review the year past. Often these reviews are institutionalized (read:required) by our organizations, and closely tied to financial…