Alok’s Posts
Do you know ‘Board’ Room Dancing?
So, you can burn the dance floor, but can you tango in the Corporate Board room? I have had the pleasure of attending many board meetings and am happy...Read More
If women could use the memory they have…
My wife and I are part of the regular party circuit. For those occasions when we head out to gatherings involving friends and family, my wife selects ...Read More
So you think you can ‘Start-Up’? Take my FURNACE test first…
Almost every other day I get an odd mail from someone in a B-School or working in a corporate job wanting to ‘start-up’. I am polite to all of them s...Read More
The buffet is dead – long live A la Carte
Once in a while I still succumb to the buffet – typically when I am too tired to review menus or when I am with a bunch of folks. The decision immedia...Read More
So, you think you know when to clap?
One of the most fascinating and often argued mannerisms is about clapping between ‘movements’ in a western classical concert. I have observed this ‘ne...Read More
Why Facebook deserves to be a real Country…
If you think hard, the biggest problem in running a country is effective communication between people running it and the people living in it as citize...Read More
Value lies in the eyes of the beholder…
I must share one of the most amazing experiences I have had that proved this. While I was building contests2win in ’98, Pepsi Mumbai became a re...Read More
Children need to fall to grow up..
Situation: 2001 dotcom bust. At contests2win.com, we had 2 months of cash left to survive. I was desperate. I knew I had a great idea and had to ride ...Read More
Our Clients are our VCs..
Situation: 2003 – Post dotcom bust. My co-founder GK (Gopala Krishnan) and I had launched a mobile business called mobile2win in China and India and w...Read More
Are you a just person? It’s not as easy as it seems…
(This is a humble extension of Amartya Sen’s ‘Three Children And A Flute’ parable in ‘Idea of Justice’ and a tribute to his genius. The objective is t...Read More
Rendezvous with Carol Bartz – Yahoo! Global CEO
I just met Carol Bartz at a very cozy and well organized meet by Yahoo! India. She is cool! Carol spoke extempore and without a mike (in an effort to ...Read More
What babies and their socks can teach CEOs…
In my past life (17 years ago) I used to make socks for my father in his hosiery factory. After 5 long and laborious years of trying to establish an e...Read More