Why Taylor supports Travis’ events
Taylor Swift - who makes around $100 million a year through her concerts - shows up for new boyfriend, NFL player, Travis Kelce’s games....
Why Your CV Needs Numbers
The rollback - as an oversight - of interest rates on small savings schemes announced by the government, shows how even 1% can have...
Elon & I are safe, but LJP OTW
We're both CEOs and that job is ranked 64 in a list of 65 jobs that will survive AI. Call me a cockroach all you...
Why Art Tuition Aunty when Michelangelo is free?
The teen’s friend is a gifted artist - the kind who doodles gallery-worthy portraits. They are dragging themselves through a school system which has...
Don’t be mediocre
What does mediocre mean?
It actually just means average, good enough. But in real life we use it to describe people who are a little...
Bring out the hedgehogs – the Indians are coming v2
"The Indians are coming!" The alarm bells rang in 2002 when Infosys opened operations in Australia. The fear was that "cheap" labour would take...
Zendaya and the talent acquisition process
18 months ago I signed up for an Airtel annual roaming package for Rs 15,000. When it came up for renewal I was offered...
Marketing budget: Is $500 million ok?
$500 million is actually frugal.
In a world where startups invest projected revenue for years on marketing, Monopoly Go was actually cautious. They clocked $2 billion in less than a year. They maximized their campaign by going hyperlocal, and targeting distinct personas with a large volume of creatives.
I’m having fun with AI. Are you?
I began my career programming on Silicon Graphics machines at Tata Elxsi. Michael Jackson's Black or White music video was a "case study" back...
Marketing gets CRED out of the red.
Why Marketing Gets CRED Out of Red
CRED's near-billion-dollar hire-acquisition by WhatsApp proves a principle I've been writing about since 2008: Mindshare leads to Marketshare,...














