Intuition is a key trait in business and in personal life. Sometimes you just know that something is right or something is wrong. You just have that feeling inside of you. When you factor in intuition in your decision making, it creates wonders. A lot of times people make decisions hastily or after much thorough…
Category: strategy
Nepali: A TV Blog
“Nepali” is a television programme that deals with all things Nepali. It talks about the broader scope of the Nepali identity, and how these different identities connect us as a people. – YouTube promo of Nepali TV blog This past Thursday evening, I sat down with Yubakar Raj Rajkarnikar at Parakhi’s office. I heard about Yubakar’s…
A must attend classroom
Over the past few months, I have been religiously reading Seth’s blog. His simple notes speak volumes. Apart from reading his books, I urge all business students and especially budding marketers to subscribe to Seth’s blog. Here’s a great post from Seth titled Who is your customer? Rule one: You can build a business on the foundation…
Feature Story: SecondMarket
As Barry E. Silbert, CEO of SecondMarket describes in the video, SecondMarket is a secondary marketplace for the trillion of dollars of alternative investments that are out there. In particular, SecondMarket has created a marketplace for private company stocks like Facebook, Twitter etc. I first heard of SecondMarket when I was reading BusinessInsider’s 2010 The…
Feature Story: Startups with Idea & Vision
My passion lies with startups. I love to be part of something from the beginning and help it grow. I’ve noticed that very successful startups mainly have two important attributes: a unique idea and a vision. Going forward, I will highlight a startup that is changing the business landscape with its unique business model.
Digital Fire
Dave Carroll. Keenan Cahill. Ted Williams. These are some of the names that have blown up on YouTube and became instant media sensations. They had suddenly found a platform for their creativity or talent and leveraged it: Dave Carroll on his guitar fiasco with United Airlines, Keenan Cahill with his lip synching videos and Ted…
Brand Nepal (Published on Nepalnews.com)
On January 1, 2011, Prabal Gurung, a New York based fashion designer went online and send out a couple of tweets encouraging his thousands of Twitter followers to consider visiting Nepal in 2011. On the eve of Nepal Tourism Year 2011, Prabal used his celebrity status and promoted Nepal to his online followers. In my…
Brand Nepal
Prabal Gurung sent out a couple of tweets on New Year’s Day of this year. Some read: 2011 is Nepal Tourism Year. Lookin 4a vacation spot, an adventure or 2 find urself? Will u pls consder visiting Nepal? U cud make a diff.PLS RT. Nepal Facts: Nepal has 8 of the world’s 10 highest mountain peaks…
Culture eats strategy for lunch
A speaker at the 2010 BRITE Conference at the Columbia Business School said something profound: culture eats strategy for lunch. The same theme echoed at this year’s BRITE Conference. Speakers from ad agencies, globally known brands and academics talked about the importance of culture in their talks. Several speakers cited Zappos’s culture when giving an…