This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. 1) Writing is hard This is self-explanatory. Writing is work. When you write for public consumption, you have two competing goals; to express yourself in an efficient and concise manner. Brevity is the soul of wit, but the majority of people […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. In face of egregious conventional “wisdom”, common “sense”, or general orthodoxy, being right can be quite taxing. In hindsight, as a member of privileged class, you see this as a not terrible problem to have. However, in the moment, things […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. Free Cash Flow(FCF) is an accounting term, with the formula “Cash Flow — Capital Expenditure”. In layman’s terms, Free Cash Flow at any given period is all the cash you have left over after you have paid all your current dues. For […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. I came face-to-face with the problem of Pakistan’s technological debt, just a few days ago when I went to a petrol pump to fill my car up. I asked the attendant if the POS machine was working any said yes […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. Network Effects are a powerful way to create a competitive advantage and scale your business really fast and make your business unstoppable. Businesses that leverage theses can scale exponentially with each customer gained. I am shocked everyday to see how […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. You have seen this story before. There’s controversy around a social media platform or a social media personality. And there is huge uproar in the media. Pressure groups start boycott campaigns against all the companies advertising on that platform. The […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. Information spreads, very fast on the internet and misinformation spreads like wildfire. I saw this headline not just on the usual news channels but also on the first page of reddit, one of the top headlines on Hacker News, BoingBoing […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. There are constant calls, especially of Western left, to be on the ‘right side of history’. The contention being that history is a true, objective moral judge. This is a myth. Historical acceptance is subjective; your view on who’s the […]
This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. It is a common occurrence to hear that everyone will get COVID. From Self-styled Iconoclasts shock jocks to Business Leaders to health officials to world leaders, have either stated it in so many words, or have downplayed further spread of […]
Neeva is not going to save us from the Google Monster[30 Days of Blog 5] This post is part of my 30 blogs in 30 days series. More details here. Recently, a former Google executive launched a search-engine startup Neeva. Neeva will differentiate itself from competitors by charging a subscription fee. It has raised $37M and […]