Sasto Deal. Daraz Nepal. UG Bazaar. Muncha. Now eSewaPasal. There’s more ecommerce companies in Nepal and I’ve only mentioned the ones that I regularly hear of. It’s exciting to witness the growth of ecommerce in Nepal in the last 5-7 years. Alibaba Group acquired the entire share capital of Daraz, the Pakistan-based e-commerce company that…
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Comedy Circle’s Samay
The lights are on. Cameras are pointed to the stage. The audience is eagerly waiting to hear the jokes. At the end of this Thursday night at Samay Restaurant and Bar, the audience would have laughed hysterically to the 10+ stand up comedians that take the stage. I can say that this is Comedy Circle’s…
Internal leadership
Each company has a culture. Some cultures are lead by senior management, others lead by the employees and some lead equally by the management and employees. In any company, I believe there are a few people who aspire to lead, want to do new things and make a bigger impact in the company/society. Some company…
The gift of words
Words are powerful. When used at the right moment with the right person, the right words can move mountains. Words come so easy to us that perhaps we use it so casually that sometimes we don’t realize its full impact on the person we’re speaking to. As machines become better than us in doing most…
Soft skills matter
Soft skills matter more than ever. In this age of automation, machines are becoming more efficient doing the mundane tasks. We are then left to handle the ever more important human part. In the 2018 Workplace Learning Report published by LinkedIn, it mentioned that the #1 priority for talent development in 2018 is training for…
France wins the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia
France beat Croatia 4-2 in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia to lift the coveted FIFA World Cup. France exuded brilliant team work, near perfect execution and solid composure to beat Croatia. Analysis of France’s dominance are abound after their victory. According to ESPN’s Stats & Information Group, with an average age of 25.4 years (weighted by…
Boosting the striatum
“It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice.” What a beautiful quote. Being nice is the gift we all can give to someone. It’s not expensive to be nice to people; in fact it takes more work to be an asshole. We all have enough to give, no one has more…
Lifelong student
Things change. Technology is speeding up the change. We are all students in one form or another. Graduating from college or a university is not enough. The goal now more than ever is to be a lifelong student. The drive to be better than yesterday has to be there every single day. The competition is…
The World Cup
I love the World Cup. I strongly believe that no other sport brings so much of the world together as the World Cup does. It was noted on FIFA’s website that “The in-home television coverage of the competition reached over 3.2 billion people around the world, or 46.4 per cent of the global population, based…
What’s next?
What’s your next goal? What are you most excited about in your next adventure? What’s your next challenge? What’s the next thing that’s keeping you going everyday? Have you found your next thrill?
MakerBot in Ocean’s 8
It was summer 2010. I was in Brooklyn. That summer I spent time writing blogs and participating in exhibitions to get our company, MakerBot’s flagship product, 3D printer into the hands of consumers. That was one of my most exciting summers as I saw a worldwide movement take place. The desktop 3D printing revolution was…
Best commercials of FIFA World Cup Russia 2018
We saw many advertisements during the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018. Some of the ones that I really liked are:
Make an impact
Your next role should be chosen based on how much impact you will make. You must. We need more people aspiring to do the work where they can make the most impact. That’s the right thing to do. Being in a role where you are not making a difference or contributing to something bigger can…
A Second Chance: For You, For Me, And For The Rest Of Us
I stumbled upon Tim’s podcast with Catherine Hoke – The Master of Second Chances. Catherine Hoke is the founder of the non-profit Defy Ventures and its vision is to end mass incarceration by using entrepreneurship as a tool to transform legacies and human potential. I learned tons just by listening to Catherine’s conversation with Tim. Highly recommended. Looking forward to…
Ahead of the kiosks
McDonald’s is planning to add self-order kiosks to 1,000 stores each quarter.That means you”ll be most likely ordering your next happy meal from kiosks rather than placing the order with a McDonald’s employee. The benefits of self-order kiosks for customers are touted as faster service, more choices, more efficient and so forth. The unspoken truth…
Skills blog series: Language skills
Welcome to the Skills blog series- Language skills The most widely spoken languages in the world are Chinese, Spanish, English, Hindi and Arabic respectively. If you are a native speaker in any of the languages above, that is great. If not, then knowing one or two of them would be the way to go. Being…
What’s normal in America?
Recently I started reading the book The War on Normal People The truth about America’s disappearing jobs and why Universal Basic Income is our future by Andrew Yang, Founder of Venture for America. In the book, Andrew has a chapter titled Who is Normal in America. I found the chapter insightful and alarming-there is so much…
Starting a movement
Starting a movement means being the shirtless guy dancing all by himself when most of the crowd is sitting down. Well not just him but his first follower is equally or even more important. Derek Sivers in his Ted Talk says that the leader needs to have the guts to stand out and be ridiculed….
Investment in Nepal’s tech scene
It was 2012. I was feeling that something was brewing in Kathmandu, Nepal. There was a new wave of enthusiasm, drive and hunger to start something-among the youth. Events were happening almost every weekend. There was Startup Weekend Kathmandu, PIVOT Nepal, hackathons to name a few. The journey from 2012 to now has been long…
Showing up
A big part of success is about showing up. Showing up to work, at the meetup, the conference or anywhere you promised to be. Showing up means that you are invested, committed and want it more than anybody else. Once you show up, you take it from there. It’s your opportunity to showcase your charisma,…