Published in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)·Sep 16, 2022Showing the money, shoots ingenuityAnyone following start-ups in India right now will know that there is a shift in focus from getting more users to getting more revenue and for the larger firms, becoming profitable. Up until now, start-ups were free to operate/innovate without worrying about the bottom line. It was like an open…Profitability3 min readProfitability3 min read
Dec 2, 2020The Best Laid Plans Of Mice And MenThe whole quote above goes like “ The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry”. I think looking back at 2020, there isn’t anyone who could have said their plans did not get affected. In startups, plans are made and changed quickly and plans and roadmaps are…Planning3 min readPlanning3 min read
Oct 9, 2020Is it a bird?Is it a plane? It’s a super-ideaOver the last year I have learnt that SAAS products today can seamlessly be D2C as well as B2B2C. Apologies for all the acronyms but what I mean is that you may have a product that’s used by individual customers today and if any other company wants to offer the…SaaS2 min readSaaS2 min read
Aug 31, 2020To build something that’s never been built beforeToday, product managers enjoy umpteen tools to create and design products. There are also many books, articles and best practices to follow including mistakes to avoid. There are so many resources and apps and interfaces to compare against and one can choose the best aspects of them all to create…Innovation3 min readInnovation3 min read
Jul 31, 2020Copy cat apps and innovationIf anyone has watched the show ‘Silicon Valley’ (about techie-entrepreneurs, big tech and eccentric VCs), they would’ve noticed the character called Jian-Yang who is an app developer living in a “Hacker Hostel” which acts like an incubator + living space for startup teams. …Copycat3 min readCopycat3 min read
Jun 26, 2020Using statistics: The case of a drunken man and a lamppostAndrew Lang was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic, and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales, including the works of Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and Hans Christian Andersen. But I know him for a very quotable quote “ He…Statistics3 min readStatistics3 min read
Jun 2, 2020Help! My apps and my government know everything about meToday, whether you want to go to a doctor, workout at a gym, open a savings account or post the Covid-19 pandemic, even to step out of your home, you need to give information about yourself on an app. These apps, in varying degrees, collect extremely private information about us…Data Privacy4 min readData Privacy4 min read
Published in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)·Apr 27, 2020Inculcating creativity everyday and not just during a lockdownAs the world entered lockdown mode, we suddenly saw trends around cooking, drawing, playing instruments, creating comics, reading, blogging emerge. Everyone started talking about dedicating some serious time to their hobbies. We also had social media and adulation from friends there to keep us going. As someone who enjoys having…Creativity3 min readCreativity3 min read
Published in bankopen·Mar 12, 2020Open Hub: The B2B Marketplace that your business needsIsn’t it amazing that we can get everything right from a toothbrush to a dress delivered at our doorstep with a click? Today, digital penetration has truly empowered businesses to get onto the radar of potential customers seamlessly. …3 min read3 min read
Published in An Idea (by Ingenious Piece)·Mar 4, 2020Why we need women’s groupsWhen a friend remarked on LinkedIn about why we need women-only groups in Product, Tech, Leaning In, Women Founders etc.. I got to thinking about why it almost feels like one is accepting a handicap when one justifies the need for such groups. …Women3 min readWomen3 min read
