Changed to Qumana from Zoundry

My problems with blog writers seems to be never ending. Just when I thought Zoundry was doing well, the new version that I had downloaded from the site seemed to be malfunctioning. I tried out flock ( looks good, but would it eats up a lot of browser space) and temporarily gave it up.I stumbled on to Qumana, which seems to be a good editor. Hope it doesnt through any surprises when I upgrade in the times to come

Illusion and Reality

We might think we would be seeing a certain thing , but we end up seeing something else . Ok instead of explaining it over…just see this link Dots This applies to a lot of business situations. We might read a lot of hype of Indian middle class and there is a host of untapped potential waiting for every entrepreneur to capitalize on. But the truth is actually a different one.

Local Leadership Profit

My weekend essentially involved reading the various profit models that Adrian Slywotzky had put forth in his best selling book. It clearly mentions that not more than one model needs to be digested in a week. What is Local leadership profit ? This involves firms taking up strategies that clearly leverage the leadership position at the regional level and then scale up in a tactical way. A few examples to kick off the understanding are walmart, starbucks who started in a small location, built up the leadership at each of their respective locations and then used it as a weapon to expand to other locations.

MetroNaps

MetroNaps , a Purple cow : An Indian has come up with this innovative idea of having nap machines to take short naps at busy locations like airports. Pricing : $14 for 20 minutes.