It’s a “good problem” when a business has to turn away customers because it does not have the current capacity to fill up their orders. That’s usually a result of a viral activity, marketing stunt, recent media publicity or sometimes just luck. If the business cannot promptly figure out the solutions to this “good problem”…
Nirmal’s Blog
What a night!
Dwayne Wade wrote on Twitter: Every Basketball fan in the world should feel good for DRose. Tonite was an example of never giving up on yourself and when others believe in you. Amazing things can happen. I’m smiling like i scored 50! Congrts to a good dude! Dwayne was congratulating Derrick Rose for his game…
Problems=Opportunities
It’s easy to look at problems and say there’s no opportunity there. It’s easy to give up when faced with challenges. Yet if you are aspiring to become an entrepreneur or are an entrepreneur right now, problems and challenges are what you thrive in. Problems and challenges test you, your idea/passion, how much grit you…
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play
Being a huge fan of Kobe Bryant, I can’t wait to get this book The Mamba Mentality: How I Play. The book’s Amazon page goes like this: The first book from the basketball superstar Kobe Bryant―a lavish, deep dive inside the mind of one of the most revered athletes of all time. In the wake of…
Prithvi Narayan Shah’s conquest of Kathmandu
I came across an informative and insightful podcast on How Prithvi Narayan Shah conquered Kathmandu valley on The Record. The podcast was beautifully narrated by Father Ludwig Francis Stiller who was a dedicated historian and scholar of Nepali history. I needed to know the history and am so glad to have found this podcast. I had been…
Smart Cities: Kathmandu
How do we make Kathmandu a smart city? How do we manage the growing traffic congestions, air quality, complex address systems among many things in the capital and then eventually in all cities of Nepal? Here’s a quick look into how the city of Palo Alto is using technology to address its urban needs.
small critical steps
If Pema wants to write for the national newspaper, he needs to come up with a good story, content and the right length (over 1200 words). Just pondering on the possible topic and how much he will get paid once the article gets published won’t be of much help now. Pema needs to take certain…
The Purpose Story
When does a company need to integrate a social purpose to their existence? As soon as the company is formed? When there are 40-50 full time employees? How about 100-200 or 500+ employees? It’s a question to definitely ponder upon for the company’s founder(s), board or management team/employees. John Wood states in his book, Purpose, Incorporated: Turning…
Venture Talk with Rajeev Amatya
Rajeev Amatya, Managing Director at daraz.com.np will discuss the “Future of E-Commerce in Nepal” on Monday, October 8th, 2018 at Nepal Tourism Board Hall (Bhrikutimandap) from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. I wrote a blog E-commerce in Nepal heats up, where I shared my assumptions on what would happen in the next 3-5 years in Nepal’s ecommerce scene….
Making a global impact
There are certain moments in your life when you get a chance to make a global impact. You’re excited to embark on that journey and see where it will go. You’re thrilled about the process itself as much as about the results. That moment for me now is with the Artificial Intelligence Scholarship Program powered…
Rules for Deep Work
Cal Newport’s Deep Work Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World is nicely summarized by Productivity Game. Three rules for doing Deep Work are: 1. Schedule distractions – Schedule the time that you will allow yourself to check email/social media/chat etc. Write it down as a Distraction break and hold your focus until then….
Best time to start a business in Nepal
Now.
Starting a business (while working full time)
There’s no “right” time to start a business. It’s never too early or too late to start one. I believe what’s most important to consider is timing of launching the business. When you’re working full time, you get to understand the challenges, problems and opportunities of working in a particular field/industry. Using that domain knowledge…
Binod Chaudhary My Story book review
Binod Chaudhary My Story From the Streets of Kathmandu to a billion dollar empire is a story of one man’s ambition, determination and vision. Binod Chaudhary’s autobiography provides insights into his childhood, business ventures and plans to extend the Chaudhary Group (CG) brand globally. The entrepreneur provides historical context to how his grandfather moved to…
Root of innovation
Competition breeds innovation. It’s a survival thing. If you’re not innovating when the competition is coming at you, then you’re gone. There are thousands of websites (around 140,000 per day) that pop up on the internet. However, our daily visits are on a particular few websites where we spend most of our times. Why is…
Purpose (Volunteering at KAT Centre)
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.- Muhammad Ali The dogs were surrounding us as we fed them some biscuits. They were completely overjoyed. This particular Sunday, I was very happy that we decided to volunteer at KAT Centre in Budhanilkantha even for a few hours. The volunteering experience…
Kul Chandra Gautam’s Global Citizen from Gulmi
I’m looking forward to reading Kul Chandra Gautam’s Global Citizen from Gulmi. Launched in Kathmandu, Nepal in early August 2018, the book chronicles the life of Kul Chandra Gautam’s from the hills of Gulmi to the halls of the United Nations. It has received a lot of coverage and praise over social media, online and print mediums….
Helping others to succeed
“I’ve always had this theory that, if you help enough people get what they want, you’ll always get what you want.” — George Raveling Coach George Raveling’s theory is more of a fact in my opinion. When you help others to become successful, you are creating value. When you create enough value for others, you increase your…
Perhaps, sir, you will someday come back with books…
That’s what the headmaster of a local school told John Wood, a Microsoft executive in 1998 after he had just completed the eighteen day, two-hundred mile trek of Nepal’s Annapurna mountain range. John did return to Nepal with books and started Room to Read. Today over 20,000 communities in 15 countries have Room to Read…
The market
Binod Chaudhary shared a famous story of the two salesmen going to the same market to Kitty Pong Sri (owner of Thai Preserved Foods) who was visiting Nepal. He said when the two salesmen went to the market; one came back with the report that since nobody eats there is no market, and the other…