Offend somebody
There are a bunch of productive opinions that you hold back because you’re scared of offending someone. You don’t want to rile up people, you want to be nice to people, you want to cheer everyone all the time, so you don’t share it with the world. This might be a good strategy in social settings in real life, but whenever you’re trying to find your tribe, this doesn’t really work well. For example, if your brand values cater to lowest common denominator, it’ll be very very hard for you to sta...
Offend somebody
There are a bunch of productive opinions that you hold back because you’re scared of offending someone. You don’t want to rile up people, you want to be nice to people, you want to cheer everyone all the time, so you don’t share it with the world. This might be a good strategy in social settings in real life, but whenever you’re trying to find your tribe, this doesn’t really work well. For example, if your brand values cater to lowest common denominator, it’ll be very very hard for you to sta...
Vision comes later
Most people think that entrepreneurs think of a vision first, and then figure out the correct strategy to make it happen. This is something that’s very hard to accomplish, and very few are able to actually make it happen this way. But a far more common approach seems to be the one where you don’t start with a vision, you just start with a small, approachable problem. Something that doesn’t need a lot of imagination. Something you can cleary visualize from start to finish. Vision is something ...
Vision comes later
Most people think that entrepreneurs think of a vision first, and then figure out the correct strategy to make it happen. This is something that’s very hard to accomplish, and very few are able to actually make it happen this way. But a far more common approach seems to be the one where you don’t start with a vision, you just start with a small, approachable problem. Something that doesn’t need a lot of imagination. Something you can cleary visualize from start to finish. Vision is something ...
Two types of Indian products
There are generally two types of products that are made for India.Built with the unique Indian needs in mind.Marketed towards Indians, as a patriotic thing.When buying a product, always go for the point 1, never for point 2. You will be sorely disappointed when you buy a product just because it makes you feel patriotic. Patanjali is one such brand that comes to mind. They tried to evoke feelings of videshi company vs desi company. Their products have been of subpar quality, and advertisements...
Two types of Indian products
There are generally two types of products that are made for India.Built with the unique Indian needs in mind.Marketed towards Indians, as a patriotic thing.When buying a product, always go for the point 1, never for point 2. You will be sorely disappointed when you buy a product just because it makes you feel patriotic. Patanjali is one such brand that comes to mind. They tried to evoke feelings of videshi company vs desi company. Their products have been of subpar quality, and advertisements...
There is nothing wrong with the easy solution
Stop looking for complex solutions. There are no points for coming up with a complex solution to a problem. Don’t overcomplicate stuff, just because the easy thing doesn’t feel right to you. See if the obvious solution works. See if it is already a solved problem. See if you can take help from someone else. Many times people overcomplicate issues because the simple option doesn’t feel right or impressive to them. They think the harder solution must be better. But that’s not true at all. I was...
There is nothing wrong with the easy solution
Stop looking for complex solutions. There are no points for coming up with a complex solution to a problem. Don’t overcomplicate stuff, just because the easy thing doesn’t feel right to you. See if the obvious solution works. See if it is already a solved problem. See if you can take help from someone else. Many times people overcomplicate issues because the simple option doesn’t feel right or impressive to them. They think the harder solution must be better. But that’s not true at all. I was...
Longest year in human history
I was just casually thinking about the Roman Empire (as one usually does). It was 15th of March yesterday, the ides of March day. It was the day Julius Caesar was assassinated by Senators of Roman Republic. Suddenly I remembered that Caesar had reformed the calendar in his time, and I started thinking – how does one go about doing that? So I did what any sane person does. I opened Wikipedia. Before Caesar introduced a new calendar, the Romans used a lunar calendar, which counted months based ...
Longest year in human history
I was just casually thinking about the Roman Empire (as one usually does). It was 15th of March yesterday, the ides of March day. It was the day Julius Caesar was assassinated by Senators of Roman Republic. Suddenly I remembered that Caesar had reformed the calendar in his time, and I started thinking – how does one go about doing that? So I did what any sane person does. I opened Wikipedia. Before Caesar introduced a new calendar, the Romans used a lunar calendar, which counted months based ...
