In his book “21 lessons for the 21st Century”, Harari writes that the debate is no longer about Capitalism or Socialism. Both were made for the industrial era. Capitalism solved a bunch of problems. But models need to evolve. And we don’t have a model for the age of Info Tech and Bio Tech. We don’tContinue reading “Robinhood, 3M, Remaking Banks and Original Big Tech: The Week’s Most Interesting”
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Digital Ads, Poverty, Israel, Indian Startups and Free Markets: The Week’s Most Interesting
The age before technology and the internet was defined to a large extent by accessibility. Can a person access information, can a company access technology, can a country access the right resources (human and mineral). The post globalisation connected age is the time of prioritisation. You can do whatever you want, but what do you prioritise.Continue reading “Digital Ads, Poverty, Israel, Indian Startups and Free Markets: The Week’s Most Interesting”
US, Lebanon, Argentina, Australia and Human Genes: The Week’s Most Interesting
When Taleb explained to the World the concept of the Black Swan, the high impact of the event was the danger, but the low probability of such an event happening was even more dangerous, because you just couldn’t prepare for it. The problem is he never talked about what happens when two Black Swans happen back toContinue reading “US, Lebanon, Argentina, Australia and Human Genes: The Week’s Most Interesting”
Big Tech, Education and Italy: The Week’s Most Interesting
The world moved on to its normal order of business last week. From the US Congress setting up the most valuable Zoom call in the world to India revamping a 40 year old education policy the main dishes of last week were quite interesting. There were appetisers and desserts of Rafale jets being bought, andContinue reading “Big Tech, Education and Italy: The Week’s Most Interesting”
Canva, EU, Digital Japan, Mitron and EIA 2020: The Week’s Most Interesting
Individual, Company, Country and Continent have all their individual struggles. The most beautiful struggle ever documented is Macbeth’s struggle with his conscience. It’s the most difficult struggle when you need to win over yourself. The concept of the greatest battle of your life is the most common universal theme in the world. And the storiesContinue reading “Canva, EU, Digital Japan, Mitron and EIA 2020: The Week’s Most Interesting”
Pinduoduo, Revolut, Snaptravel, Big Mac and Kirana Tech: The Week’s Most Interesting
If you could sum up all the billions every time they would appear in newspapers, I think 2020 would show the highest sums (surprisingly). Somehow during COVID, at least according to me, people have realised it’s the new eye catcher. And Jio and Google have certainly helped. So today I try to jump on the bandwagon butContinue reading “Pinduoduo, Revolut, Snaptravel, Big Mac and Kirana Tech: The Week’s Most Interesting”
Intel, Softbank, Venture Capital, Payment Apps and Upgrad: The Week’s Most Interesting
Philip II of Macedonia set the stage and the foundations of the army for his son Alexander. Before him the army was quite ordinary and hardly had anything special about them. He was known for all the changes he made to the entire structure of the army, including starting the practice of uniforms, regiments (calledContinue reading “Intel, Softbank, Venture Capital, Payment Apps and Upgrad: The Week’s Most Interesting”
Tesla, Nikola, Lazarus, Putin and the end of Neo-Liberal Economics: The Week’s Most Interesting
I will spare you my introduction monologue, because I think the articles would do justice by themselves. This week I take you through 2 very interesting comparisons in Business, valuation and politics. The comparisons are not competitions, they are comparisons of ideology and thought processes. A vs B is not always about which is better, but sometimes,Continue reading “Tesla, Nikola, Lazarus, Putin and the end of Neo-Liberal Economics: The Week’s Most Interesting”
Wirecard, E-commerce, Supermarkets, Chinese Manufacturing and Slack: The Week’s Most Interesting
LONG INTRODUCTION, BUT AN INTERESTING STORY On May 4th, 1915, Chinese students and citizens started a protest against economically stronger Japan and decided to boycott all Japanese products as a protest against Japanese aggression against China. The boycott lasted for weeks. In 2006, the Great American Boycott was conceived by immigrants in the USA to boycott products made in America.Continue reading “Wirecard, E-commerce, Supermarkets, Chinese Manufacturing and Slack: The Week’s Most Interesting”
Google, Delhivery, SMIC, VC and COVID Recovery: The Week’s Most Interesting
A rather sad week, with possible war on the border,news of suicides, and rising cases. Some streaks on sunlight as at least one big company keeps its promise of being debt free as compared to the massive defaults we are used to of the last couple of years. So this week I wanted to do 2 things. The firstContinue reading “Google, Delhivery, SMIC, VC and COVID Recovery: The Week’s Most Interesting”
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