Author Archives: dd

Immortal = I + M + Mortal

Posted on June 10, 2008 by dd

Why do entrepreneurs start companies? Why do individuals form organisations? An obvious reason is that they cannot do everything themselves. Another is that they don’t have all the resources / skills that are needed to grow the business. If they work … Continue reading →

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Getting to Your Goals

Posted on February 9, 2008 by dd

The gap between ‘vision’ and ‘results’ can only be tangibly bridged by ‘action’.

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Entrepreneurship at the grassroots

Posted on February 7, 2008 by dd

For those who are familiar with Kutchh, and its people, there is no doubt that it is one of the most active hotbeds of entrepreneurship. A lot of the business in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, is in the hands of … Continue reading →

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India – Entrepreneurship Week, 2-9 February 2008

Posted on February 2, 2008 by dd

A bunch of organisations have got together to celebrate an Entrepreneurship Week starting today. (Here’s the “E-Week” page on the National Entrepreneurship Network website.) The post-independence decades saw business being subsumed by regulation and businesspeople being publicly treated as social … Continue reading →

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Leadership Change at Starbucks – The Barista Returns?

Posted on January 28, 2008 by dd

Starbucks faced the classic problem of any company scaling up (especially a retail brand) – how to be large without being bureaucratic, how to be efficient without losing the soul of the brand, how to be consistent without losing the differentiation edge. Will this change now, with the return of Schultz at the helm? The other question is whether, for iconic brands that are more than just the physical product or service being sold, can a ‘professional CEO’ ever take the place of the founder(s), replicate their passion & vision and maintain the integrity of the brand? I believe there are examples to support both answers: ‘Yes’ and ‘No’. Continue reading →

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