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11/09/2020

Heard of "Dark Kitchens"? Now meet the "Dark Store".

This could fix the reality of last mile delivery AND breathe new life into Commercial Real Estate.

Wondering (aloud) if anyone is looking at this (and how can we help?)

Whole Foods’ newest store doesn’t have any shoppers—and that’s the point.

18/03/2020

Love this story for a Female Founder taking the lead in STEM education for EVERYONE.

30-year-old CEO Komal Dadlani has new formula for teaching science – and all it takes is the phone in your pocket. CNBC's Elizabeth Schulze finds out how Komal is pitching science as a game.

02/01/2020

Its often been said that our world is getting smaller. I think a better description would be that our networks and spheres of friends are just getting more interconnected.

It was great reconnecting with old friends, and making new ones too, all with the common goal of helping the best Korean AR/VR/XR startups help the world see differently in 2020.

01/01/2020

XrisP is a AR/VR/XR startup that promises to breathe new life into Shopping Centres and Malls. While there has been much talk about how retail is dying, the retail space is also fundamentally shifting to one where people come for shared experiences.

The XrisP team is able allows landlords and innovative retailers to inject a new degree of interactive fun into how their brands now engage with their shoppers.

If you are keen to know more, do drop me a note and I would be happy them to connect you.

01/01/2020

It was an honour to be invited by the Ministry of Science and ICT of the South Korean Government to work with some of their most promising and exciting AR/VR/XR startups and to help them expand globally.

I can’t wait to see how they will fundamentally change the way we see the world around us in 2020!

01/01/2020

20/11/2019

Its exciting to see Airbnb evolve its strategy and change the terrain over which it chooses to fight. They will certainly face headwinds, but they now have a much stronger momentum to fundamentally change te way the rest of the world looks at travel accommodation.

I think the secret this new strategy comes from exercising strong empathetic skills and daring to different things differently from anyone else.

Looking forward to see who will be next to challenge the status quo.

The deal will continue through 2028.

29/09/2019

Starting Up is hard. Really hard. The odds are always against you, and support is often loaded with conditions.

This article is a good reminder of how dogged entrepreneurs will always find a way to overcome the impossible to find a way forward.

"Because I didn't have any media contacts, I would walk up to the lobbies of buildings with ice cream in hand."

14/09/2019

Interesting insights from Microsoft Employees sharing how much they make. What’s really interesting is how many of them see themselves leaving so that they can come back to work in the company.

Are Companies and HR taking a closer look at this phenomenon? Is this something they can take advantage of? Or is there a better way to help employees grow?

The numbers range from $40,000 to $320,000 and reveal key details about how pay works at big tech companies

04/08/2019

Anyone trying to understand the money flowing into eSports can do no better than taking a read. Excellent primer on why eSports is becoming bigger than anyone could have ever realised.

It’s captivated a generation of teens. Now it’s making millionaires of its star players

04/08/2019

“I have failed as an entrepreneur”.

Entrepreneurship is hard. Most new businesses fail, and even those that succeed often find themselves struggling in the No Man’s land between growing the business and keeping the lights on.

I have never been to any of the more than 1,700 Café Coffee Day outlets, but I can feel the pressure that VG Siddhartha felt when decided wrote those words.

To all the entrepreneurs out there, you are not alone. Don’t go at it alone. Find people with similar values and principles to work with, and rediscover the joy of building new things, and solving problems that are important to you.

India’s ‘coffee king’ offered tea-loving nation a taste of global café culture