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2018 (224 posts)

Symbiotic relationships between man and other species
2018-12-26 • agriculture, Macro Economic trends, Developing country
Key observations in Ethiopia
2018-12-13 • agriculture, Macro Economic trends, Developing country, State craft
Take away from Johnson on wealth
2018-12-13 • futurism, Startups, psychology, personal effectiveness, Business models
Key learnings: Les Capital, Karl Marx
2018-12-11 • Macro Economic trends
Key learnings: The discipline of market leaders
2018-12-11 • Uncategorized
Reflections on self mastery
2018-12-09 • negotiations, Startups, Spiritual Training, psychology, personal effectiveness, Developing country, State craft
Observations in Sudan
2018-12-08 • Macro Economic trends, Developing country, Culture, State craft
Key aways from Anabasis, Xenophon
2018-12-02 • negotiations, psychology, personal effectiveness, Macro Economic trends, Chance, Strategy
Key take aways from Mien Kampf, Adolf Hitler
2018-12-02 • Macro Economic trends, Developing country, State craft
The upcoming shift in job landscape
2018-11-30 • Uncategorized
Deep penetration of Chinese in Egypt
2018-11-29 • Uncategorized, Marketing, Macro Economic trends
Observed similarities in plant species
2018-11-29 • Uncategorized
thoughts on digital nomadism
2018-11-27 • Startups, Developing country
Analysis of Arabic street tout’s aggressive sales technique
2018-11-22 • Uncategorized
Reflections on traffic in cities
2018-11-20 • Culture
Analysis of Saudi Arabia's revenue model disruption and technology trends within Jordan
2018-11-18 • Startups, Marketing, psychology, Macro Economic trends, Developing country, Culture, Business models
Application of binary search within the desert of Wadi rum
2018-11-18 • personal effectiveness
Observed similarities between two semi-normadic settlements
2018-11-18 • Culture
Facebook is now a phase 3 social network
2018-11-17 • Startups, Macro Economic trends
Reflections in the Judea desert
2018-11-17 • Spiritual Training, Culture, Chance
Reflections on constructing virtuous cycles applications with higher order heuristics
2018-11-13 • Spiritual Training, psychology, personal effectiveness
Israel Hostels network - acquisition and engagement loops
2018-11-12 • Business models
Observation on Israel and the Palestinian states
2018-11-12 • Macro Economic trends, Developing country, Culture
Reflections on King Herod’s architectural feats
2018-11-12 • Startups, Developing country
Chance morning encounters in Temple Mount
2018-11-11 • Chance
Reflections on the Dead Sea
2018-11-11 • Chance
Technology gestation and social norming in Jerusalem
2018-11-08 • Startups, Culture
The proper order of things - running of a back packers
2018-11-08 • Startups, Culture
Mobike and Bird's #GrowthHack tear down in Tel Aviv
2018-11-06 • Startups, Marketing
Benchmarking customer success
2018-11-04 • Startups
Insights from Val of Totango
2018-11-02 • Startups, Marketing, psychology
Necessity breeds innovation
2018-11-02 • Startups, Macro Economic trends, Developing country
Reflections on decentralized file storage
2018-11-02 • Big Data
Insights from Hannes
2018-11-01 • Startups, investing, Marketing, Venture Capital
Key insights for Jerry's birthday party
2018-11-01 • Startups, investing, Venture Capital
Conversation with house mate SouJun on Northern and Southern Chinese eating habits
2018-10-29 • health
Insights from conversations with Ilya
2018-10-29 • investing, Macro Economic trends
Book summary - Fault lines
2018-10-26 • Macro Economic trends
Book summary - what got you here won't get you there
2018-10-26 • Startups, personal effectiveness
Reflections for the evening on learning
2018-10-26 • Spiritual Training, psychology, personal effectiveness
Book summary - The Choice
2018-10-19 • personal effectiveness
Book summary - the goal
2018-10-19 • Startups, personal effectiveness, Agile
learning across diverse areas as a continued source of insight
2018-10-18 • Startups, personal effectiveness
Insights from Tim
2018-10-13 • Design
Reflections for the evening on return on capital
2018-10-12 • Startups, Spiritual Training, investing, personal effectiveness
For latter reference
2018-10-07 • Startups, investing, Venture Capital
Practical advise from mum on how to grow your business
2018-10-05 • Startups, personal effectiveness
Ray Dalio: Beating the stock market by learning history
2018-10-05 • Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Startups, Big Data, investing, Macro Economic trends, Venture Capital
Forum - Ten years after Lehman brother’s bankruptcy: where are we now and what lies ahead
2018-10-04 • investing, Macro Economic trends, Venture Capital
Reflections for the evening
2018-10-04 • Spiritual Training
Book summary: Creative capital
2018-09-30 • biographies, Startups, investing, Venture Capital
On similarities between organizations and organisms
2018-09-24 • health, Startups, agriculture, Macro Economic trends
Reflections for the morning
2018-09-24 • Startups, personal effectiveness
Reflections for the afternoon
2018-09-20 • Spiritual Training
Insights from drinks with Charles Wu
2018-09-19 • Startups, investing, Marketing, Macro Economic trends, Agile
Insights from lunch with Jamie
2018-09-19 • health, Startups, Spiritual Training, psychology, Macro Economic trends
Learning the fundamentals of design
2018-09-16 • Uncategorized
Ideation process
2018-09-14 • Design, Startups, Marketing, psychology, Agile
Morning reflections on marketing and story telling
2018-09-12 • Startups, Marketing
Quick summary of Facebook early days
2018-09-12 • biographies, Startups
On fund raising
2018-09-11 • Startups, investing, personal effectiveness
Reflections for the afternoon
2018-09-11 • Machine Learning, Startups, Big Data
Reflection this morning on profiles
2018-09-09 • Machine Learning, Deep Learning, health, Startups, Spiritual Training, psychology, personal effectiveness
Reflections for the evening
2018-09-07 • health, psychology
Book summary: the success equation
2018-09-06 • Big Data, investing, personal effectiveness
Humor of the day
2018-09-04 • Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Startups, Big Data
Casey Winter on growth, market places and content loops
2018-08-29 • Startups, Marketing
Tim on User centric design
2018-08-29 • Design, Startups, Marketing, Agile
Reflections for the morning
2018-08-27 • Startups, Spiritual Training, agriculture, personal effectiveness
Tim on doing manual sentiment analysis
2018-08-27 • Startups, psychology
Insights from Vibhu
2018-08-25 • Design, Startups, Marketing
Summary of learnings from Reeds and Oaks
2018-08-25 • personal effectiveness
Insights from Steven
2018-08-20 • Startups, Macro Economic trends
Learnings from QiXiang, Vivian and Angelina Wu
2018-08-20 • Startups, Macro Economic trends
Learnings from trip to Taiwan and missing the flight
2018-08-17 • personal effectiveness
Insights for one on ones with Friend said in Singapore
2018-08-12 • Startups, Big Data, Marketing
Learnings from Patrick and Brian on building a SAAS based startup targeting other startups
2018-08-10 • Startups, Marketing
Reflections for the morning
2018-08-10 • Uncategorized
Insights from visit to Singapore
2018-08-06 • Startups, Marketing
Kenji and Johnson - Learnings in trading patterns
2018-08-05 • Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Startups, Big Data, investing, Marketing
Friday morning coincidence
2018-07-27 • biographies, health, Startups, Spiritual Training, psychology, personal effectiveness
Reforge: Dealing with friction
2018-07-27 • Startups, psychology
Loss aversion and reversion to mean earnings missed patterns
2018-07-26 • Big Data, investing
Key takeaways from dinner with Jerry and Johnson at the Rosewood hotel
2018-07-21 • Startups, investing, Marketing, psychology, personal effectiveness
A great startup ideas
2018-07-17 • Uncategorized
A nice well-contained machine learning project
2018-07-17 • Machine Learning
Signals on Leadership
2018-07-14 • Uncategorized
Key takeaway from \"Connected\" by Nicholas A. Christakis
2018-07-11 • health, Startups, psychology
Book summary - The inmates are running the asylum
2018-07-09 • Uncategorized
Key takeaways from dinner with Josh
2018-07-06 • Machine Learning, Startups
An afternoon with writers Terry Books and Tad Williams
2018-07-01 • Uncategorized
Book summary: The Buyer Persona
2018-06-30 • Marketing, psychology
Takeaways from conversations observed for the week
2018-06-30 • negotiations, Design, Startups, Marketing, psychology
Key takeaways from discussions with Ved and observations around me during the day
2018-06-27 • Deep Learning, biographies, Spiritual Training, Marketing, psychology
Phases of starting up a new product
2018-06-27 • Startups, psychology
Key take aways from Permission Marketing by Seth Godin
2018-06-26 • Marketing
Key take aways from Purple Cow by Seth Godin
2018-06-26 • Marketing
Steve Jobs in between the lines on user research and market trends
2018-06-23 • biographies, Startups, Marketing
And the trends does a sharp turn
2018-06-22 • Uncategorized
The surest cure to all forms of narrative fallacy
2018-06-22 • Uncategorized
Key takeaways from presentation by Hannes
2018-06-21 • Uncategorized
Reflections on bad trades - the narrative fallacy or apophenia
2018-06-20 • exercise, Spiritual Training, investing
The Web is a giant graph database.
2018-06-20 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the evening
2018-06-19 • Uncategorized
Reflections on the decentralized multi-sided market place - GetData.IO
2018-06-18 • Machine Learning, Deep Learning, futurism, Startups, Big Data, investing
Important lessons on SEO
2018-06-16 • Uncategorized
Key take aways from dinner with Ahbinav and Ayush
2018-06-16 • Uncategorized
Evening reflections on the importance of story telling
2018-06-15 • Deep Learning, negotiations, Startups, investing
Knowing what you want and optimizing for that
2018-06-15 • health, Spiritual Training
Key take aways from \"Gut Feelings\
2018-06-14 • Machine Learning, Deep Learning, health
Keys take aways from \"Be Slightly Evil\
2018-06-14 • negotiations, Startups, Spiritual Training
Learnings from chat with Ved
2018-06-09 • Startups
Everyone Hates Marketers: price intelligently
2018-06-08 • Uncategorized
Book Summary - Predictably irrational
2018-06-07 • Uncategorized
Everyone hates marketeers: how to use emotional targeting
2018-06-05 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the afternoon
2018-06-02 • Uncategorized
Signals from the network
2018-06-02 • Uncategorized
Afternoon chat with Andrew
2018-05-31 • Uncategorized
Dinner chat with Ahbinav
2018-05-31 • Uncategorized
Lessons on UX
2018-05-31 • Uncategorized
Book Summary - Barking up the wrong tree
2018-05-30 • Uncategorized
Chat with Sebastian on Marketing
2018-05-29 • Uncategorized
Key point from everyone hates marketers
2018-05-29 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the evening
2018-05-25 • Uncategorized
Essentialism revisted
2018-05-24 • Uncategorized
Pricing page assessment session with Kaitlyn from PriceIntelligently
2018-05-23 • Uncategorized
Dinner with Jerry and Liza
2018-05-21 • Uncategorized
Insight for the morning
2018-05-21 • Uncategorized
Summary: how to create 100% accurate buyer persona
2018-05-21 • Uncategorized
ARPU dead zone
2018-05-19 • Uncategorized
Key take always from Ahbinav
2018-05-19 • Uncategorized
Keystone skill sets to build in your adult life
2018-05-19 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the morning
2018-05-19 • Uncategorized
Insight for the evening
2018-05-18 • Uncategorized
Resource recommendations from Tim on understanding design UI/UX
2018-05-18 • Uncategorized
Book summaries - Vertical Farming
2018-05-17 • agriculture
Book summary - finite and infinite games
2018-05-17 • Uncategorized
Discussions with Regina on Go To Market expansion
2018-05-16 • Startups
Observation of self
2018-05-16 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the evening
2018-05-15 • Uncategorized
Feedback on investment strategy by Ilya
2018-05-14 • Uncategorized
Ilya on bubbles
2018-05-11 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the evening
2018-05-11 • Uncategorized
TT on tokens
2018-05-11 • Uncategorized
Book Summary: Extreme Productivity
2018-05-09 • Uncategorized
Thoughts on SAAS based solutions
2018-05-05 • Uncategorized
M1 versus MyRepublic - 6th July 2017
2018-05-04 • Uncategorized, investing
Match versus Facebook - 1st May 2018
2018-05-04 • Uncategorized
On Google versus Amazon
2018-05-04 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the morning
2018-05-04 • Uncategorized
Discussions with Regina
2018-05-03 • Uncategorized
LinkedIn missing earnings expectations for 4th straight quarter
2018-05-03 • Uncategorized
Netflix Earnings miss - 17th Oct 2017
2018-05-03 • Uncategorized
Spotify earnings miss - 20180502
2018-05-03 • Uncategorized
Dinner with Wally - Product Narrative
2018-05-02 • Uncategorized
Insight for the afternoon
2018-05-02 • Uncategorized
Sitting session with Adi
2018-05-02 • Uncategorized
Learnings about markets from lunch with Richard
2018-05-01 • Uncategorized
Reminder to self
2018-05-01 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the evening
2018-04-30 • Uncategorized
Insight on big tech search inclinations
2018-04-27 • Uncategorized
Book Summary: The Age of Spiritual Machines
2018-04-26 • Uncategorized
Book Summary: White Trash
2018-04-26 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the morning
2018-04-26 • Uncategorized
Thought of the day
2018-04-25 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the morning
2018-04-24 • Uncategorized
List of endorphins triggers
2018-04-23 • Uncategorized
Random thoughts for the morning
2018-04-22 • Uncategorized
Summary of thoughts on chat with Tim
2018-04-21 • Uncategorized
Dinner with Allison
2018-04-20 • Uncategorized
For latter reference
2018-04-19 • Uncategorized
Book summary - the coming jobs war
2018-04-18 • Uncategorized
Book Summary - The new division of labor
2018-04-18 • Uncategorized
Crisis to study
2018-04-18 • Uncategorized
For latter references
2018-04-18 • Uncategorized
Feedbacks on being decisive
2018-04-16 • Uncategorized
Dinner with Rob and Crystal
2018-04-15 • Uncategorized
Reflections on foraging
2018-04-14 • Uncategorized
Insights for the day
2018-04-11 • Uncategorized
Book Summary - Mycelium running
2018-04-05 • mushrooms, agriculture
Book Summary - The second machine age
2018-04-05 • Uncategorized
Lessons from Saudi Arabia's 2014-2015 flooding of market
2018-04-05 • investing
Data breach case study - Facebook (March 2018)
2018-04-03 • investing
Tesla self driving cars casualty incident March 2018
2018-04-03 • investing
Trading Strategy which capitalizes on loss aversion triggered off by hyper media coverage
2018-04-03 • investing
Book Summary: Machine Platform Crowd
2018-03-28 • Uncategorized
Book Summary - The Dream Machine
2018-03-28 • Uncategorized
Speculations for the afternoon
2018-03-27 • Uncategorized
Data breach case study - Equifax (September 2017)
2018-03-26 • investing
Thoughts from Sunday
2018-03-26 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the evening
2018-03-25 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the evening
2018-03-24 • Uncategorized
Dinner with Wally
2018-03-22 • Uncategorized
Dinner discussions with Sujit
2018-03-21 • Uncategorized
Lunch time discussion with Bilal and Viraj
2018-03-21 • Uncategorized
Insight for the morning
2018-03-17 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the morning
2018-03-15 • Uncategorized
The difference between White Paper, Case Studies and eBook
2018-03-15 • Uncategorized
Book Summary: Early retirement extreme
2018-03-14 • Uncategorized
Movie Summary: Cold War 2
2018-03-12 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the morning on Money
2018-03-12 • Uncategorized
Summary: Freakonomics - Here’s Why All Your Projects Are Always Late — and What to Do About It
2018-03-12 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the afternoon on public data
2018-03-11 • Uncategorized
Summary: Freakonomics - Does early education come way too late
2018-03-11 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the evening
2018-03-09 • Uncategorized
Book Summary: My Life in Advertising & Scientific Advertising
2018-03-07 • Uncategorized
Book Summary: The One-Straw Revolution
2018-03-07 • Uncategorized
Notes of weekend with Johnson
2018-03-05 • Uncategorized
Book Summary - Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention
2018-02-27 • Uncategorized
Book Summary - Drive, Daniel Pink
2018-02-27 • Uncategorized
Book Summary - Strengths Finder 2.0
2018-02-27 • Uncategorized
On conscious iterations
2018-02-27 • Uncategorized
Book summary: Why the West Rules for now
2018-02-14 • Uncategorized
Morning reflection
2018-02-08 • Uncategorized
Book summary: Principles, Ray Dalio
2018-02-07 • Uncategorized
Notes on chat with Vibhu 20180201
2018-02-07 • Uncategorized
Book Summary: Altered Traits
2018-01-30 • Uncategorized
Book summary: Pragma
2018-01-30 • Uncategorized
Learnings from session with Ved - 20180129
2018-01-30 • Uncategorized
Reflections for the day
2018-01-27 • Uncategorized
Book summary: The war for jobs
2018-01-19 • Uncategorized
Book summary: The platform revolution
2018-01-17 • Uncategorized
Dinner with Wally
2018-01-16 • Uncategorized
Summary of learnings into the subject of Mindfulness
2018-01-06 • Uncategorized