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How Can I Afford It ?

“There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job” George W. Crane So as far back as I can remember, The earliest understanding of financial independence I had was “work hard, make enough money & retire early”. So retiring early was pretty much the goal back then, […]

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Jack Is Wonderful

Trade & Foreign policy issues between US and China A comparison of the different business models of Amazon and Alibaba Company strategy- Alibaba Personal philosophy & advice You should take out time to watch this video.  

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Bain Interview: S01 E01

I had my first interview in my first round at Bain & Company earlier this month. I almost got to the venue late because traffic was not smiling. I got in 15 mins to the time-I had to bike it there because the bigger transport vessels weren’t of any help. It was a skype interview […]

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Book Review Personal reflections

Lords of strategy

“There are three strands to the narrative, woven into a single braid. First is the history of the critical ideas, how they were devised, out of what forerunner materials, and in response to which particular problems. The second and third strands are the stories of people—Bruce Henderson, Michael Porter, Tom Peters, and others—and of organizations, […]

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Game Changer Personal reflections

SpaceX: Is that really the simplest way to do things?

Boil things down to their fundamental truths, reason up from there as opposed to reasoning from analogies. Elon Musk I’ve been a fan of Elon Musk for a while now, I found his story fascinating and he illustrates the kind of life I want to live in future, disrupting different sectors of the economy with […]