Monthly Archives: May 2014

The Beginning of Corruption

You have a decision to make and you did. Vendor A has practically won in all aspects. The next step is to award the contract. You decided to pay them a visit and shake hands. They went all out and … Continue reading

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Divergent Trilogy

Teenagers are hormonal, cruel, and irrational. They tend to make bad decision in a rush. Got that. Pains come with bodily injuries. We got that too. It is not cool when your friends were killed. OK. In this future world, … Continue reading

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Learning the Ropes

Summer nears, thoughts shift to sailing. I found myself staring at the lake and tracing those triangular shapes. That afternoon, I took out a piece of rope and started practicing the knots. When I learned sailing, I thought the common … Continue reading

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Differentiator: the Holy Grail

Every entrepreneurs and enterprise executives wants the differentiator: that one thing that sets us apart from the pack; one pain point that has been under-served; one unfair advantage not duplicatable by the imitators. We read books, we attend seminars, we … Continue reading

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Getty Villa

What is it like to be so rich that money no longer matter? That’s J. Paul Getty, an oil person that was the richest person in the world in 1957. Getty Villa is part of the Getty Museum whose other … Continue reading

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