For many people life is very clear. Parents decide what a kid should study, what they should do in life, whom should they marry, even when to retire. For some kids service is not an option. For some kids business is not an option. For those who are caught in between the decision to be […]
I hate giving tips…and hate people asking for tips. When a person who does not know me from adam sends a mail saying “I have L&T bought at 1485…what should I do now?”. Sorry, I can only delete the mail. I need to know a person before I can recommend anything to him or her. […]
Here is an article which almost looks suspicious because it is in The Economist. Also coming at a time when Mr. Ratan Tata is being badgered by the media this is a nice article. Read on…it is nice..by the way I am an unabashed admirer of the group…my Mom grew up @ Jamshedpur and still […]
When you speak to a CXO level of person there are somethings you do not want to hear: – You know our systems, na….this is how it works! – Oh! this is just a small error – it is not symptomatic. – I know it is wrong…but everybody in our industry is doing it. Yuck. […]
I have nothing new to say..but surely this group is starved of ‘income’ and therefore cash flow. The markets especially equity markets love cash flow and certain cash flows at that. If certainty and cash flows are missing, the p/e takes a hammering…so the market capitalisation of the group is down…from great heights reached. Ok […]
Well that is for you to know or understand, but you can do one thing – Approach your Job like a business! Companies across the globe operate in much the same way. They go into business, manage their expenses and try to turn a profit.They have a business plan – and it is called a […]
Whenever I look at the airline industry I wonder how they make money…for the shareholder. All airlines buy planes from the same companies, fly to the same airports, recruit from the same talent pool (well largely), have the same set of shareholders….how will the end product be different? Well I have no clue, but I […]