The U.S. celebrity machine thrives on a set-em-up-and-knock-em-down cycle so it’s not surprising that the latest film about Steve Jobs is highly negative. However, perseverating on Jobs’s problematic personal relationships is completely missing the point. CEO’s that treat people like crap are dime-a-dozen. There was nothing unique about Jobs’s management style. What was unique about […]
In recent years, content storytelling has provided special value beyond traditional marketing techniques as it allows small business owners to humanize their brand, brings their products and services to life and ultimately increases sales. Every day, users are bombarded with content, consisting, on average, of more than 100,000 words in total, says Digital Marketing Philippines. If […]
Last week, I spoke to an ambitious group of high school students at SPARC in Berkeley. Several of them asked me about things I wish I had done or learned earlier in life, or regrets I had from earlier in my career. Again and again, I came back to the idea that I wish I had […]
By Bill Gates | August 11, 2015 Earlier this year, I shared a video where I drank water made from feces. (My review: It was delicious.) Today the machine that produced the water, the Janicki Omni Processor—or JOP—is in Dakar, Senegal, as part of a pilot project that could ultimately save lives and reduce disease […]
Under the ‘Make in India, Made in Andhra Pradesh’ programme, state Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will launch the Xiaomi’s first India-manufactured phone in Visakhapatnam today. At the event, Xiaomi will also make an announcement about its expansion plan in India, an official release said here.Xiaomi will also make an announcement about its expansion plan in India. […]
There are over 500 startup accelerators in the US and over 1000 worldwide. Most accelerators are aligned with Universities (at over 35%), some are government funded (local government mostly) at 29% and some (15%) get grants from rich individuals and institutions such as Kauffman Fund. The remainder (21%) are privately funded accelerators such as 500 […]
It came as a shocker to me, but almost instantly made so much sense! The thought struck me when I was preparing for a Social Media CRM and ORM workshop for one of our clients, and it looked like a masterstroke from the brand. Lets go back a little bit in history. If you are […]
In the spring of 2014, after a decade of visa problems, the Hassan family moved out of its spacious house in Karachi, Pakistan, to an apartment in Rosemont, a suburb of Chicago near O’Hare International Airport. They were a family of eight, two parents, and six kids, jammed into a three-bedroom space. Money was tight […]
Nothing’s more delightful to a bibliophile than the sight of a new book and the pleasure turns many folds if we are presented with the book. I, as a bibliophile, would love if I get to lay my hands on hundreds of book, given that they belong to the genre I am fond of. And […]
Indian e-commerce shopping giant Paytm has bagged title sponsorship rights of Indian cricket team for all series played at home till 2019, tweets BCCI. Paytm will pay Rs 2.42 crore for every international match hosted by BCCI. Approximately eighty-four matches are scheduled in the calendar so far. The first home series will be against South […]
In January, I participated in the Chicago Booth Private Equity and Venture Capital Lab, where I had the opportunity to work with the great team at Second Century Ventures, a consumer and SMB tech focused VC based in Chicago, for 6 months. Having spent a considerable amount of time talking to entrepreneurs, sourcing deals, conducting due […]
In 2014, after graduating from the YIF, I rented a flat in South Delhi with the help of a broker found through Housing.com. He took me to four houses, and I finalized the one that I liked the most. It was well ventilated, airy and independent. The landlord lived 50 km away in Greater Noida, […]