Cow 5: Holy Cow

Cow # 5 : Holy Cow In this world where we see a lot of conformist behavior , is it not obvious that wierd stuff sells ? That’s what Mike Dillon at Dillon Works does. He used to work for Disney as an Imagineer, and he started his company about seventeen years ago. He now has more than fifty employees in their own 30,000 sq. ft. building. Obviously, the key to succeeding in a business where you make anything is to really make anything.

RBI's credit policy : 2005

The summary of Credit policy by Y V Reddy: “The RBI could not have turned a blind eye to the rising inflation. Equally, it couldn’t have made moves that would permanently spook the markets and harden interest rates to a point where they put a brake on 7% plus GDP growth. So, Dr Reddy has chosen the soft, signalling option. By increasing the reverse repo rate (at which banks park their excess short term funds with the RBI) from 4.

Acquisition : Buffet speak

Interviewer: When you consider an acquisition, what are the first things you look for in a management team? Buffet: Well, what do you look for in a girl? Seriously, you look for the logical things - passion, an interest in running the business, honesty. Such as, do they love the business, or do they love the money? This is the first filter. I mean real passion; Mrs. B ran Nebraska Furniture Mart until she died at the age of 103 - that’s passion.

Future of Music

Gerd Leonhard : If one looks at the media business, there is certainly a great amount of change that is happening. It is expected to only increase further in the next decade. Key directions as mentioned by Gerd Leonhard: Exposure and Discovery leads to revenues: In this age of DIY music , there is a need for effectively bridging the consumers and media content providers. In this aspect,the grokster case will have a significant impact on the future direction

Moving to Typepad

I have been thinking of moving to typepad for the past 1 week . Finally I managed it today .Moved all my blogger entries to typepad. With some free time around the corner, I am hoping to increase my blogging entries for this month.