Been Around The Block, Yet I Seek.
Posted on September 15, 2020 by Sumir The Seeker
In the hostile takeover business there is this thing called The Poison Pill Defence, where the target company usually comes up with a plan to thwart the hostile takeover. Whats happening now is very similar, except this isn’t a corporate game, its become a simple matter of survival! So when the magnitude of this “thing” finally manifested, au naturalle, everyone cut back = Poison Pill Defence. Cut back spending on just about on every possible bogey on the radar.
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Posted on September 9, 2020 by Sumir The Seeker
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Posted on August 30, 2020 by Sumir The Seeker
From absolute lockdown to a gradual lifting of the lockdown, from closing offices and workplaces to gradually reopening offices and workplaces, from absolute mobility restrictions, closing of international and even local borders, mandatory and voluntary quarantine, Governments and Organizations have been challenged like never before and no matter what measures are contemplated, no matter what the narratives are and no matter what steps they take, they will nevery be truly appreciated.
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Posted on June 26, 2017 by Sumir The Seeker
Amol and I were with a leading captain of industry, and an authority on the Startup ecosystem, just this past Monday, and the discussion centred around the rather vexatious subject. We discussed Scale challenges, operational challenges, skill challenges. We also discussed specifics about how certain well-known Private Equity, Venture Capital firms were struggling, and were facing serious challenges in finding viable exits or the ability to cash out.
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Posted on March 20, 2017 by Sumir The Seeker
India: The Awakening of a Tiger 1993/94
Posted on March 20, 2017 by Sumir The Seeker
India – The Impact of Reform 1994/95
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Posted on March 13, 2017 by Sumir The Seeker
The era of the monarch or king or ruler in general being the representative of God has ended in most countries, and where it does exist, it is mostly in title only.
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