Looking at the world from the lens of Logic & Data, particularly about Economy, Geo-politics & Supply Chains
Still there are a few realities that need to be told to the new breed of sales trainees. Knowing things in advance is always good so that Jor kaa jhatka dheere se lage. My friends, these are few of the things that you should be prepared for(Apart from traveling in a trolley with goats and …
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So, my training is more or less over and here is my modest attempt to summarize what life is for a management sales trainee. The good things first: 1. Your business sustains livelihoods: From your salesmen to your distributors, from retailers to factory workers, from shareholders to your coworkers, you know that there are people …
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So finally Taco Bell (pronounced as Taako-Bell) has arrieved in india. I was taken by surprise when suddenly I came across several TacoBell banners in Bangalore last week, announcing the opening of their first outlet. Then somehow I stumbled upon the Mantri Square link, which is being touted as India’s biggest Mall. Incidentally the Taco …
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Recently, I had to go through the arduous yet entirely worthless process of interacting with the customer care center of a reputed telecom service provider company. I took a new connection and within 3 days they withdrew the connectivity citing improper documentation issue. The irony was that I took the connection from their authorized dealer …
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A.S: People who have never been away from B’lore(in a sense that they were missing it) might not relate that well to this post. Well, my job has taken me to Thamaraserry these days. There is calculation that goes on in my mind all the time whenever I am shifted to a new location: How …
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Life is full of questions. We prepare for some of them, while few others just take us by surprise. While one can prepare for an exam, an interview or even the much abused ‘let the boy and girl talk for some time’ kind of instances in one’s life, there are few questions which will just …
Last night, the Jet Airways management and striking pilots reached an agreement.In last 5 days the company managed to lose more than 200 crores, for incurring the same loss they had to labor through whole of the last year. The top management has bitten the bullet and in this moment of great embarrassment they have …
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Tomorrow I’ll have my last exam herein IIMB, and almost certainly the last exam of my student life. Phew..it’s been around 20 years of classrooms, teachers/Madams/AcharyaJis/Profs, exams, Vivas, attendance, practicals, projects etc..and finally all of this will come to a rest tomorrow. Can’t help but devote half an hour to savor the moment and reflect …
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It’s happening again. It’s war on Mumbai, war on India or simply put war on humanity.Oberoi and ‘Nariman house’ have been conquered by our brave army men and sooner or later Taj will also be secured. But what next?A few days of continuous coverage over media, less about the real issues and more about bites …
Shaqeel was very anxious this evening. He could himself hear his heartbeat, as if it could explode anytime! Now, should he just keep quiet and recite the name of the God or should he switch on the TV to see this happening and enjoy the moment, the success, and the revenge. It will be a …
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