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India, in many ways, looks like the European union. Each of the 28 regional states has its own language(s), culture, music, movie industry, food and festivals. This level of diversity is also seen in many other aspects, including in the economics and demographics. Here is a snapshot of the Indian economy and its demographics, wherein each state is treated as a separate country- in terms

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Are there "ingredients" for a campaign to go viral? Ingredients such as babies, animals, double rainbow, celebrities? Is there is a set formula? Evidence shows that 1 in 100 internet ads made - "the long tail" - become viral.  Here is an example of an ad for a bottle-water company, which is a parody on "viral marketing" . Well, it has humor and "the ingredients". But,

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Here is a prezi, based on the new book, The Master Switch:  .prezi-player { width: 610px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; } The Master Switch on Prezi IMO, the book is an interesting read - and is about information   monopolies/oligopolies over the past century - in telephone, radio, movies, cable and computers - and the men who led them. Fast forward to the internet

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Imagine this:  A high-school class - lectures are via online videos taken at home; practice exercises are  online, done at the student's own pace and the results can be tracked by the student/parent/teacher; "homework" is done in class, with the help of teacher/peers helping  -  a more humanized, social classroom, where everyone learns, interacts, and gets a better

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1966807421446498085.post-63224448463087045732011-03-04T19:46:00.040-05:002011-03-09T15:08:06.750-05:00

In 1980, when McKinsey advised AT&T to exit the cell phone business, its conclusion was based on its estimate that total US cell phone users by the year 2000, would be 1 million. It turns out: actual cell phone users in 2000 were 120M, off-target by a factor of 120. Cell phone in 2000 1980 Cell Phone Of course, in 1980 a cell phone was bulky, costly and a not-so usable gadget. But

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Looking at the events that have unfolded in Egypt and Tunisia over the past one month, a large part of the historic success that has come of these uprisings boils down to the power of social media and technology -  Facebook, Twitter, Wikileaks, You Tube and mobile phones  - and in turn its use - that give people leverage to understand and share issues, have

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1966807421446498085.post-5182163885415420882011-01-14T23:03:00.008-05:002011-08-07T00:30:08.348-04:00

When Joshua Wong (a fellow Rotman MBA, a good friend of mine and currently on exchange to London Business School) asked me to write a post (dated Jan 13) on my Ghanaian summer experience, I got curious. He was very candid about it when he said the idea was to showcase unique experiences@Rotman. The very fact that the audience would likely be from a different continent got me going. Here is

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Came across an interesting NY Times Tom Friedman article about Indian entrepreneurship ecosystem that goes like this - Do Believe the Hype!More recently, CNN's Fareed Zakaria makes a strong case about growing innovation centers, where thousands of research scientists are working on cutting edge projects - in small city states like Singapore.Questions to ponder are : who says innovation is

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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1966807421446498085.post-80150818965105052452010-02-18T02:06:00.000-05:002010-03-04T23:00:41.803-05:00

When we have discussions about the macro-economic world, 2 topics that commonly surface are: a) The rising power of Asia, mostly China/India b) compare and contrast between China and India. The next question that naturally comes up is - "given a choice between these 2 giants, where would you invest in? ". And very often (as we commonly see in business problems at school)

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1966807421446498085.post-21043985513683800562010-02-15T01:37:00.000-05:002010-02-16T22:49:07.729-05:00

On Feb 12th, we were headed for our Leadership Class to the Bahen Center for IT, a combined lecture hall large enough to house 250 odd Rotmanites from 4 sections. A coupla my class-mates and I were wondering what was in store for us. The class was titled "Henry V"... was it going to be role-play? Or was it going to be pure lecture? maybe it was set to be a Bollywood style video with song and

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1966807421446498085.post-90716117033147239722009-11-28T13:47:00.001-05:002009-11-28T14:48:40.371-05:00

The last 3 weeks have been pretty rough and I just have the feeling that half a year went by. And the next week (final week of Q2), the wrap-up lectures will be in ROM (The Royal Ontario Museum) ... with all four sections together.. imagine that.. u gotta have some artsy noisy last-minute bonding. Jokes apart, the shift is related to construction work and building expansion happening at Rotman

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It baffles most of us to realize that Q1 is almost over. We actually have covered a ton of material already and it’s only been 4 weeks since class started; next weeks going on and the sixth week will be compressed, thanks to the Thanks Giving(the Canadian one) on Monday. I now have kind of a ritual figured out around my courses. There really is a lot to do, but I am still alive and kicking. 5

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Wayne Gretzky, the best hockey player ever, said "a good player skates to where the puck is, a great player skates to where the puck will be." In the Managerial Eco classes at Rotman, we tend to accept scarcity of resources by default. This helps : a) create generic economic models and b) simplify supply-demand functions. With the communication/info revolution, there is a shift, where tech

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Perhaps the worst outcome most people can imagine when a project stutters is having to go back and "start from scratch".Apparently, "scratch" is a very unhappy place for most people. Hey, if you're lost, if you've gone down the wrong road, it doesn't make sense to speed up and keep racing down the wrong road. Instead, the smart thing is to go back to the last spot you were in, where you had a

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Its something I’ve been working on for awhile now, and making very decent progress on --- "letting go of control". I’m a slight control freak — nothing too extreme, but it’s definitely something I’d like to change. I try to control the world around me, get everything in perfect order, and feel calmer when I’m in control. Unfortunately, the world doesn’t always go according to the best laid

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1966807421446498085.post-44108203793467706912009-04-19T05:33:00.000-04:002009-04-22T00:41:25.791-04:00

Even with the economic downturn, philanthropic activities still remain strong. The biggest one in the news was U2 frontman Bono's Product RED campaign to fight AIDS. Such programs are great because voluntary money pours in from tons of people. Everyone gives what they can, and it gets added to create one huge sum. They also call the world's attention to circumstances we must all be mindful of,

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1966807421446498085.post-79376628615457913312009-04-13T01:42:00.000-04:002009-04-19T05:26:11.158-04:00

I see an image in the mirrorhes a stranger to meI have seen him everyday but i still dont know who he isI look carefullyand recognize the faceI see the battle scars from a bygone dayand find the memories flash bybut i still dont know who he isI know not why he is here I know not what his place in the world isI want to KnowI seek the LightI seek the Truth...Today is Easter Sunday... This was to be

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After a mighty snow storm in Denver, CO...15 inches of snow in 8 hours, i was sitting outside, examining my Toyota Camry (my silent partner in crime)... there is a dent on the rear bumper, caused by a fender-bender from the rear. It happened in the afternoon while driving alongside Preeth "FNU" KP and Sekar "Chandee" Ramakrishnan. Heavy snow was falling.. I was driving with extra caution...

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