Tag: Growth
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Building The Right Team For Your Organization Needs : Avnish Anand
Leader: Avnish Anand, CoFounder CaratLane So the way we do team building and what I’ve learned in my life about team building comes from the world of sports. So I’m a huge fan of this NBA team called the San Antonio Spurs. A lot of what I’ve read and learned has started from how I’ve…
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PUMA India: The Remarkable Underdog Story : Abhishek Ganguly
Leader: Abhishek Ganguly Puma India – underdog story of Puma India, a company that became the market leader in the Indian market despite entering the market late. Puma India did not have the first-mover advantage. They entered the market in 2006, a decade and a half after their competitor. However, they were able to overcome…
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Evolving Culture at a Growing Fintech – A Case Study : Sirisha B
Leader: Sirisha B Recently, I was talking to an organization where there was a 150 member people organization, a FinTech startup. The CEO, and I had a few conversations for a while, where we were talking about actually coming up with how we map the company culture to meet the growth strategy that they have.…
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Built to Last Summary
# Key Takeaways: – Companies that are built to last have a strong core ideology that guides their decisions and actions. – These companies also have a clear and compelling vision for the future, which serves as a unifying force for their employees. – Built to last companies have a culture of discipline, where…
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Nail it Then Scale it Book Summary
Simplifying boosts customer adoption and reduces costs. Consumers are drawn by simplicity and confused by complexity. Simplifying the product doesn’t imply that you are neglecting the customer’s choice. Rather it conveys that you precisely know the customers well enough to deliver the exact solution they are searching for. Moreover, by developing something simple instead…
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things Summary
Tell it like it is – Don’t project a too positive picture. Should NOT be the only one worrying about the company, product, business. Builds trust. Gets more brains to work on the problem. Bad news travels fast in a good culture Laying off the right way – get your head straight, don’t delay,…
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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon Book Summary
Looked at the rapid growth of internet and asked what all will get disrupted by this. Came up with many ideas and DE Shaw actually launched a few. Couldn’t create an Everything store on day 1 so had to choose a product category. Chose books. Kept generating more orders than they could service. Increasing…
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Measure What Matters Book Summary
Basic definition of OKR Objective- what is target KRs- defined with a number and a timeline If OKRs were designed wellWhen all KRs are met objective should have been achieved. Why are OKRs powerful OKRs surface your primary goals. Channel efforts and coordination. Link diverse operations . Bring purpose and unity to the entire…
