I liked reading the moonshot game by Rahul Chandra. It is his journey, a collection of entries through his days of starting Helion Ventures to closing it. I have my personal 5 takeaways: Decisions: A lot many decisions in the VC world are collectively taken and still work on the guts instinct. Pedigree: In getting …
Author Archives: Atul
leave
Our human mind dislikes letting it go. A lot of it has to do with sunk cost. Our capital, emotional attachment to the cause, relationship et all. I keep reading and motivational speakers and social media marketers championing: Don’t Quit. What they don’t tell you is the opportunity cost. Our sunk cost takes over our …
Rituals
I was reading Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration, and Get to Work. The common pattern and learning were: People left their brains on autopilot. Some went for long walks. Some started day with a cup of coffee, tea or music. Some had lots of cigars Others like Jung built their own …
why
Why do we have to find a reason behind everything? Why can’t we let things rest as it is? The constant questioning is not worthy. Why do we have to postmortem everything happening to our life: good/bad? Leaving past behind and focusing on now does better. Why did this happen to me? Why are they …
star
I keep hearing from my founders’ friend about the star player in their team. Someone super-efficient. We become so dependent on him/her that we start defining companies process at their convenience. That is a huge mistake. This effects the overall growth of companies’ development and culture suffers. Do not let your company or product development …
commitment
People switch jobs like taxi ride finishing a trip. There is no sense of commitment. People are willing to let go of their year-long hard-earned respect and trust. Finding people who will abide by their ethics is like searching for wise men in daylight like Diogenes. Any kind of perk, freedom or trust is valued …
cure
What is the cure for yours? Your sadness, pain, and misery, That feeling of nothingness, Willingness to give up without putting a fight, Vice winning Over virtue, What is the cure? You are the cure, life is yours. Life is a win-win if you see it in that way. You don’t need a healer, a …
October Readings
October Readings : 80/20 Rule Good Calorie, Bad Calorie The Anarchy Behind the cloud, Salesforce story The flipkart story
Behind the cloud
Marc Benioff is a philanthropist, billionaire, and founder of Salesforce. The company which transformed IT consumption by innovating the SaaS model of software consumption for the enterprise. He was the real disrupter, moving users from old systems like Sibel to simple easy software with pay as you go model. Marc bought a lot of his …
V2MOM
I have finished Marc Benioff, Behind the cloud (notes will come tomorrow). I loved the way Marc has narrated his Salesforce journey. I liked his leadership playbook of V2MOM. V2MOM = Vision + Values + Methods + Obstacles + Measures Vision: It helped Salesforce define what they wanted to do. Values: It helped Salesforce by …