FF Daily #386: The power of curiosity
June 1, 2021: Ian Leslie on asking questions; A beauty upstart; Oslo and the art of negotiation; It’s Alright Ma
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Anand Deshpande’s founder’s dilemma at Persistent
After scaling up, do you get a professional to lead as CEO or continue at the helm? Where do you draw the lines between ownership and management? Is it better to exit totally or wait until the kids have grown up? If they want to, how do you induct them? When a crisis happens, do you step in or let professionals handle it? These are questions that Anand Deshpande, founder and chairman of Persistent Systems, has wrestled with and opens up on in this candid conversation
FF Daily #385: Age of pandemics
May 31, 2021: Chinmay Tumbe on the difficulties of forecasting in a pandemic; Best shareholder letters; On self-deception; Starry Night
An Indian beauty upstart in the West
A new breed of South Asian women entrepreneurs is leading Americans to embrace the Indian grandmother’s age-old beauty secrets in new easy-to-use ways. As a marketing strategy, it is Indian tradition marketed in digitally native formats
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FF Daily #383: GoI versus WhatsApp
May 28, 2021: The search for meaning; Team versus Family; Laughter (painting)
FF Daily #382: The battle between fuel and friction
May 27, 2021: Why do new ideas meet with resistance; The politics of Gandhi; Zoom fatigue; Here comes the sun
FF Daily #381: Learning through practice
May 26, 2021: Atul Gawande on how patients benefit from teaching resident doctors; Brad Stone on the invention of the Amazon empire; Satya Nadella on the hybrid work paradox; Justice explained
FF Daily #380: Reading between the lines
May 25, 2021: Daniel Goleman on reading emotional signals; The world is not a machine; Mixing vaccines; Invictus
FF Daily #379: Underdeveloped urban India
May 24, 2021: Cal Newport on focus and deep work; Why Indian cities remain underdeveloped; Bitcoin spells trouble; The Serenity Prayer