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Leadership
Want to be a good leader? Don't fire your employees as Elon Musk did. Letting go of an employee is hard, but don't do it over an email as...

Vinay Johar
Jan 3, 20231 min read


Team Building
Don't be surprised when your team quits. No company should have a 0% attrition goal. You'll end up hiring people who will not be a good...

Vinay Johar
Dec 27, 20221 min read


Pareto's Principle
Pareto's Principle named after economist Vilfredo Pareto says that 80% of our consequences come from 20% of the causes. That's why...

Vinay Johar
Dec 20, 20221 min read


Team Vision
Rudy Karsan has mentored me in many ways, but I can never forget the time when he gave me the ultimate vision for life and set me up for...

Vinay Johar
Dec 13, 20221 min read


Enterpreneurs
Entrepreneurs are just dreamers who work hard to make it a reality. Someday in some room, one person thought of a platform to share our...

Vinay Johar
Dec 6, 20221 min read


Strength
Everyone knows their weaknesses but very few people know their strengths. There is a saying - 'A fish is the last to know it is in...

Vinay Johar
Nov 29, 20221 min read


Leadership lesson
Why do great leaders advise to listen more and talk less? I have met many CEOs and CXOs in my life, and if I ask them to give the younger...
Atilesh Thakur
Nov 22, 20221 min read


A wonderful opportunity and experience to meet Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
In 1998, I had the privilege to meet Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, who bought a significant shift in my career vision, and I rejected a job offer...

Vinay Johar
Nov 15, 20221 min read


Worklife
Every person has many needs, but the three basic needs are - respect, social, and money. We expect our work to fulfill all our needs but...

Vinay Johar
Oct 25, 20221 min read


Making an Impact
I was a part of the IMC - Institute Management Committee a few years ago, an Indian Government initiative to bring school dropout...

Vinay Johar
Oct 25, 20221 min read


Learning and Growth
When you believe in continuous learning you keep exploring books and that's exactly how I came across a book called "Measure what...

Vinay Johar
Oct 18, 20221 min read


Negotiation or Compromise?
Are you negotiating or compromising? When trying to bring two or more parties to a mutual agreement, this is a question one must ask...

Vinay Johar
Oct 11, 20221 min read


Enterpreneur
I met Kevin Harrington at an event in San Francisco, where I asked him to help me clean my investor pitch. To my surprise, he agreed. For...

Vinay Johar
Sep 13, 20221 min read


Our first Award
With no future planning, no growth plan, and no support level, we won the product of the year award. In 2012, we unexpectedly received...

Vinay Johar
Sep 6, 20221 min read


Buyer Persona
In 2015, my mentor - Rudy Karsan, helped me gain big $$$ We set up targets to sell to enterprises. We built marketing collateral and...

Vinay Johar
Aug 23, 20221 min read


New Experience
There is no such thing as failure. You can have two attitudes to failure: 📌Treat your failure as a learning Find that learning from your...

Vinay Johar
Jul 26, 20221 min read


Team Building
When we reached the milestone of joining the million dollar club - commonly known as two comma club in entrepreneur circles - in the...
Atilesh Thakur
Jul 19, 20221 min read


Growth Mindset
I almost gave up when our first product didn't make any sales for 9 months. In 2011, we launched the first product of RChilli Inc. for...
Atilesh Thakur
Jul 12, 20221 min read


Enterpreneur
As an entrepreneur, can you succeed when you are afraid of in-person meetings? Initially, I was terrified of having in-person...

Vinay Johar
Jul 5, 20221 min read


Growth Strategy
Vijay Thadani, Managing Director and Founder of NIIT Ltd gave me one piece of advice that helped me scale my business by 1000% growth in...

Vinay Johar
Jun 21, 20222 min read
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