Watching the ‘orders’ page of our online store became an exercise in studying the American psyche. Over the last few weeks, I’ve seen with part delight, and part discomfort, capitalism play out in the face of a fast-escalating health crisis in the most powerful country on earth.
It is often said that when you are able to transform your passion into your work, you get the best of both worlds. If you enjoy what you do then it doesn’t feel like “work” in the first place. This is exactly the kind of work culture we boast of at ScoutMyTrip. The Startup Culture This is a dream that many of us try to emulate. In the days of yore where the…
[This article is a part of our First Person series, where entrepreneurs write about their lives, jobs and careers.] I was studying at USC’s Marshall School of Business when I began to research about the Indian market. Despite being one of the fastest growing economies in the world, the market in India was largely unexplored barring a few sectors. While I was enjoying a fairly successful career as a Wall Street investment banker, I decided to…
[This article is a part of our First Person series, in which entrepreneurs and professionals talk about their lives, jobs and careers.] I would say I am an accidental entrepreneur. I got a chance to start my entrepreneurial journey with an analytics company Marketelligent and became a minority partner with two well-known people in 2007. Eventually along with my five friends in 2009, I started Simplify360 which is currently the market leader in Digital analytics in our…
[This article is a part of our First Person series, in which entrepreneurs and professionals talk about their lives, jobs and careers.] Clearing your dream exam is one of the best feelings ever. But in today’s extremely competitive market, it is not that easy to be among the top. The situation is much difficult for the students who cannot afford to pay huge amount of money to the coaching centers. When the company’s co-founders Shobhit…
[This article is a part of our First Person series, in which entrepreneurs and professionals talk about their lives, jobs and careers.] Every industry in the recent days is gaining momentum through user reviews. Companies are going to great lengths to develop their customer/client experience as the ratings/feedback provided by these clients is one of the major factors influencing further business. There were a lot of sites which were capitalizing on the same and were…
Last year, in the second week of October, I moved to Goa. This post is a story of why and how that happened. Also, my perspective on the good and the bad of living here. The Why Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Paul Graham, Elon Musk – these were the names I idolised a few years ago. Then, I built a startup, sold it off and was burnt out in the process. Building and running a…
I’m laid flat on my back on the fake wood floor in the middle of our office staring up at the disgusting ceiling fan that hasn’t been cleaned in over a year, watching a large clump of dust spin around and around, gathering momentum, teetering further to the edge by the second. I have a deep sense that when it falls, it will fall directly on my face, because that’s just my luck these days, and I…
Almost 3 weeks ago, the #SurgicalStrikeOnCash or #Demonetization was splashed all over the news. It was a spectacle like never before. It was all over Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp and even out in the real world. It was the one thing everyone ever talked about. In fact in a way it turned strangers into friends from the aching need to discuss the issue. On my daily walks with my dogs, I would see a bunch of…
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Having worked at one of the world’s best companies, touted for its supreme work culture, and from otherwise interacting with a ton of professionals during my 7 year career, I know a bit about the corporate sector. Without getting into too many qualifying details, or revealing what the company is in question, let me dish out a healthy amount of critical assessment for my last workplace that happens to be a reasonably well known, 7…