It is not a secret that having a right team is the key of success for any project, program or enterprise. If right team is identified half of the problem is solved. But building a sales team is always a challenge and it becomes critical if hiring goes wrong as impact can be devastating. While […]
Overview the past weekend, I witnessed an eclectic mix of industry professionals discuss the Fintech ecosystem in India. This discussion was during a two-hour panel session that was a part of an executive program on digital transformation at a leading business school in Hyderabad. The panellists came from government, venture capital, investment banking and consumer […]
Horticulture products like fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs are inherently perishable. Perishability starts immediately after they are plucked out from plants or ground. During the stages of cleaning, sorting, grading, transportation and distribution and marketing, substantial losses occur – the loss can be an invisible loss like weight loss to slight deterioration in quality […]
Ever wondered what will it be like to join a company whose ardent customer you are? Have you ever thought MBA can actually take you to very different places? Here is story about an ardent player, payer in games and a MBA graduate. Aparajita loves playing games (not the PUBG/shooting types but simple candy […]
An inspiring story of Risto Siilasmaa, Chairman Nokia, who started learning AI/ ML so that he could tell his employees to do so “…I only understood bits and pieces of what they told me, and I became frustrated when some of my discussion partners seemed more intent on showing off their own advanced understanding of […]
When I joined the Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP) at IIM Bangalore, I was sure of two things – I wanted to earn my MBA and I wanted to win a national competition, something that I had missed out during my undergraduate days. Little did I know that my exploits would take me […]
Zappos – Delivering WOWs The digital age has forced companies to re-evaluate their marketing strategies as consumers and competition became more sophisticated. Companies are in constant search for new ways to capture the attention of consumers and influence their purchasing decisions. In this series of articles, I would try to bring out some stellar and […]
“A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you” Bob Proctor The best mentors create leaders and not followers. They do everything to imprint their goodness onto others in ways that make others fuller versions of themselves. Many […]
When it comes to machine learning algorithms (or algorithms in general), the performance of an algorithm can be checked on two parameters: Computational efficiency of algorithm Accuracy of algorithm Computational efficiency – This basically measures how much time and/or space it will take on an input of size N to arrive at the output. In case of machine […]
