Category: Strategy
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SFTechWeek and an Epiphany on How to Win the Cloud Wars
It’s a wrap for SFTechWeek by a16z 2024, and I must say, the experience was exhilarating! I had the privilege of attending some fantastic events and meeting founders from across the globe, all with one goal in mind – pitching their innovative startups. From India to Germany, Latin America to Ukraine, Poland to the UK,…
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Devotion and Faith need a Match Group
When my aunts and uncles start talking about a new app, I pay close attention. Recently, the buzz has been around an app called Sri Mandir—a platform that is transforming the way people connect with their faith. Sri Mandir allows users to offer ceremonial prayers, make donations, and sponsor aartis at some of India’s most…
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Packaging as a Competitive Advantage: How Graza is Redefining Olive Oil with a Simple Innovation
One of the best examples I’ve recently come across of using packaging as a primary differentiator is an olive oil startup called Graza. Their innovation? A squeezy bottle to dispense olive oil. Think about the last time you tried pouring olive oil from a traditional bottle with a large round opening. Chances are, you either…
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The Roadmap to $10 Trillion: Can Big Tech Get There?
As a major shareholder in Big Tech companies, I often find myself thinking about what it would take for these companies to reach the elusive $10 trillion market cap. Yes, that’s trillion with a capital T. The usual suspects I’m talking about are the giants of our time: Collectively, these companies already represent some of…
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A Classic Product Management Dilemma: Should Google Launch a Standalone Gemini App?
Last night, I was searching for Gemini App—Google’s LLM Assistant—on my iPhone 15 App Store. The search results stumped me a bit! I was shown two similarly named apps— 1. “Gem AI: Ask AI Chat Anything”, and 2. “GemAI: AI Chat & AI Assistant.” In fact, searching explicitly for “gemini by Google” change little to…