Category: culture

Life Lessons from the Youngest Person to Travel to Every Country

November 18, 2019

Some of my favorite Nepali brands

November 10, 2019

Here are a few of my favorite Nepali brands (brands that started in Nepal that cater to the domestic or international market or both) in random order: Himalayan Java –…

What is the default culture?

October 31, 2019

According to sociologists, culture consists of the values, beliefs, systems of language, communication, and practices that people share in common and that can be used to define them as a…

Chief Review Officer

October 27, 2019

Each startup or business should now have a Chief Review Officer. The Chief Review Officer will need to look after all reviews that the company gets in their websites, social…

Google Project Oxygen findings

October 24, 2019

Google Project Oxygen is their internal mission to build better bosses. The findings showed that a high-scoring manager: 1. Is a good coach 2. Empowers team and does not micromanage …

Choices and customers

October 12, 2019

In a good business environment, the customers have a lot of product/service options to choose from. Whether customers are shopping for groceries, fashion, gadgets to cars, houses, boats, there are…

Travel to me…

October 8, 2019

Travel to me means to discover Discover new food, places, people and culture Cultures of people, customs, traditions, and how they live Lives of people in different places makes me…

Dashain Tihar – Sugam Pokharel

October 7, 2019

Happy Dashain and Tihar 2076!!!

Why change?

October 1, 2019

Why not change? Why not evolve? If we are going to get better, why not become one? If the circumstances are going to be much better, why not take the…

Company culture

September 28, 2019

What is company culture? Do we want to have a certain company culture? If we do, what values should we aspire to have? Who will be responsible to uphold those…

Is there such thing as too much press in business?

September 27, 2019

Yes, there is! I used to believe that getting a lot of press coverage for any business would be good. It would be great to create more buzz, more people…

Managing vehicle traffic in Nepal

September 22, 2019

Kathmandu faces an acute traffic congestion problem. News of traffic congestion worsening are not rare. The population density is increasing, more vehicles are being added on the road, construction happening…

just be YOU!

September 21, 2019

The best way to build a personal brand is to be yourself. Being authentic is the most prized asset in today’s world. For people who want to become a personal…

Riding the wave

September 16, 2019

There will be times when the tide changes and things move in a certain direction. Sometimes you know when the wave is coming; other times we don’t know when the…

More of us represented

September 12, 2019

There’s a growing feeling and need to see more of us to make it, to be represented, and to be empowered. This feeling is echoed from Kathmandu Valley to Silicon…

Does the brand make you or you make the brand?

September 8, 2019

A question that is up for debate. A established company has been in the market for a long time. It has a name. It has a proven business model. It…

Learning Day

August 30, 2019

Recently, I came across Learning Day on the OpenAI website. It said: At OpenAI, each Thursday is Learning Day: a day where employees have the option to self-study technical skills…

Leading with vision

August 7, 2019

Dr. Sanduk Ruit is an ophthalmologist on a mission to restore sight to Nepal’s blind. He is the executive director of the nonprofit Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology in Kathmandu, Nepal,…