Of RBI, Real Estate, SME Rate Cuts, and case of Missing economic Recovery
As per the latest report by RBI, housing inflation is moderating, or to speak in normal English, housing prices grew by 5.2% in Jan to March period of 2016 while they grew by 9.8% in October to Dec 2015 quarter. Growth of 5% to 9% in a sector, which is considered to be dead and […]
Rate Cut, Inflation and the Curious Case of CPI Index
Dr Raghuram Rajan finally chose not to renew his term with RBI. The news of his departure has re-ignited the debate on interest rates, inflation and overall growth. Though the regime of Dr Rajan did see a reduction of 1.5% in the interest rates over last three years, but his grim outlook on the overall […]
Intuition vs Counter Intuition
Every disruption is driven not by intuition but counter-intuitive learnings of the founder.
Massive Earth Summit 2018
Announcing Massive Earth Summit 2018: Cultivating Pollution as a resource mindsetBlock your dates – 6th June, New DelhiRegister at https://www.massivesummit.org
Farmers poor income: Who is responsible- RBI/Gov/Middle-men? Fallacies or Puzzles?
Farmers as usual for last 70 years, are in limelight and slogans have changed (Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan to Double income mandate), but focus and condition have not! So why Indian farmers are poor? Middlemen / Small land holdings / Lack of storage facilities, Poor productivity – all of this combined or none of the […]
Goodbye (regular) Venture Capital, Hello Massive!
I have spent almost two decades in Startups / Investments and believe strongly that venture capital is probably the best option as a career. And no it is not the glamour or the usual challenges and interaction with new teams, new ideas day in day out and being in changing landscape every day/month/quarter but the […]
Why can’t India fix its air or clean Cities!
1. Delhi Air is bad. well not bad, it is at Gas chamber level.2. Long exposure can kill and present level of pollution is three times more than code red levels.3. So you expect whole population to be running out of city in order to save their life!!4. Well, NO, a few are tweeting about […]
Startup Exits: An Investor’s Perspective
Startups Exit is one of the paramount issues in the VC community in India and also at the same time often overlooked or misunderstood by many. The fact of the matter is that the scale/exit strategy determines the type of investor. My presentation was given at HeadStart Foundation at Delhi http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/3BHwUpHfA4t9FE Exit for Startups: An […]
Swachh Bharat, Delhi Air Pollution, Why Govt fails big time?
It is again that time of the year in Delhi. Monsoon is over, Winter (thanks to changing climate) is yet to come, but the air is slightly cold and foggy. Noise related to pollution has again started to appear on social media timelines – Posts on Paddy stub burning, trucks coming, open construction etc. But […]
StakeHolder Value
Maximizing stakeholder value has been the worst driver of destruction all around us.
