Category: Read, Learn, Improve

If you have read my earlier blog entry – Will we stop eating food? – You would be able to relate to next article – Freedom from food – It takes time to plan a meal, to say nothing of cooking and eating it. What if we could opt out of food altogether? – Link …

Liquid assets: how the business of bottled water went mad – How did a substance that falls from the air, springs from the earth and comes out of your tap become a hyperactive multibillion-dollar business? – Link here The science (and business) of sleep – Link here We’re getting closer to clothing made entirely by …

Read,Learn, Improve – 8-Oct-16 Short Basic Automakers, Long Luxury/SportsCar markers from 10-20years view  – People buy car for two basic purpose one for travel and second to indicate status and this is clearly visible by two type of car maker – Basic efficient ones – Toyota, Suzuki, Ford, GM, etc and Status – Luxury, Sports,etc  …

Practicing a “Punch Card” Approach to Investing – Link here Tamal Bandyopadhyay is one of the finest business journalists when it comes to banks and financial institutions. Last year I read his book “Sahara: The Untold Story” and would recommend you to do the so too. Currently I am midst of his another book “A …

12 cutting-edge technologies that could save our oceans – Link here How a small Bengaluru biotech company is leading the way in global cancer diagnostics – Link here Toyota is using sewage sludge to power its new electric car – Link here It’s not who buys a fancy car. What matters more is why – …

(Links open in new window) Indian IT sector has been shining example of Indian industry as well stock market for wealth it has created. However off lately, there has been a concern whether Indian IT companies can compete & stand against global biggies in wake of change in technology. Basic question being it’s true we do …

How good is it? How bad is it? – Modi, as a Delhi outsider, has shut down access to power and its benefits – By Monika Halan – Link here The court that rules the world – A parallel legal universe, open only to corporations and largely invisible to everyone else, helps executives convicted of …

  This may just prove to be positive for Indian pharmaceutical companies – Counterfeit pills, potentially from China, killed Prince, investigators now believe – Link here Have you heard of Galapagos syndrome – well It explains how the country’s geography, history, and culture have come together to create a love for a technology that the …

The Global Guru on Valuation Aswath Damodaran seldomly writes on valuation without numbers and when he does, it’s a treat in its own way – Investing and Valuation Lessons from the Renaissance – Link here Bronze Trumps Silver? Counterfactual Thinking and the Olympics – Link here Katsuyama Shakes Up Industry Even Before His IEX Exchange …

Hollywood is known for its VFX and animated movies that are larger the than life, at the same time cost of doing is also very high, as per one estimate on Quora, a 5 second shot would cost around $80,000 (now we know why movies cost so high). As per another website, Steven Spielberg’s Avatar …