Uber: Who is their customer? – Queens of Disaggregation
Continuing from last week, let us examine this week, the business model of Uber; the Alibaba of Taxi Service. People call Uber an aggregator but I believe they did “disaggregate” the business model first. Well let us see how they…
What I learned from Mr. Malur Narayan at Nortel
Continuing from last week, I would like to share yet another lesson from my Nortel days, this time from Mr. Malur Narayan, who was the heading all the solutions teams for Nortel India (More like the CTO Role), at the…
Netfix Copycats: Queens of Disaggregation
Continuing from last week let us explore some other businesses that are trying to capitalize on the breakthrough achieved by Netflix. Today I will bring out three key competitors of Netflix and also highlight differences that they have in their own…
What I learned from Mr. Ravi Chauhan at Nortel
Continuing from last week, I would like to share yet another lesson from my Nortel days, this time from Mr. Ravi Chauhan, who was the Managing Director for Nortel India at the time I worked for him. Salary Raise is…
Netflix: Queens of Disaggregation
While last week we talked about Alibaba, today I want to take you on a different trip. Let us talk about the success of Netflix a bit. Go ahead and read this brilliant article by N. Venkat Venkatraman. I am borrowing some diagrams…
What I learned from Mr. Kamal Nagpal at Nortel
Continuing from last week, I would like to share yet another lesson from my Nortel days, this time from Mr. Kamal Nagpal, who was a sales manager during my early days at Nortel. When you change roles, you must change…
Alibaba Everywhere – Queens of Disaggregation
Continuing from last week, let us continue to examine the case of Alibaba. I said that I will elaborate more on the ecosystem that they have been developing. I need to show you just one picture. Just have a look…
What I learned from a PLM at Nortel
Continuing on from last week, I am happy to share another lesson this week. I am going to share a lesson from a PLM (Product Line Manager) at Nortel this week. If you ASSUME to make an ASS of U & ME…
Alibaba – Queens of Disaggregation
Continuing from last week, let us continue to examine the case for some special guys. Today I am picking up the case for B2B, Wholesale market. I am sure you have heard of Alibaba. If you do a google search…
What I learned from Mr James Demers at Nortel – Part 3
Continuing on from last week, I am happy to share another lesson this week. I am going back to Mr. James Demers again this week, with another important lesson that I learned from him. Be happy that you have problems.…