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Jan 24, 20212 min read
13th book of 2019: Reset by Subramanian Swamy
It's no secret that Indian economy is screwed right now; so screwed that the #ass is barely recognizable. Amongst other things, what's...
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Jan 24, 20212 min read
14th book of 2019: The Big Billion Startup by Mihir Dalal
By the mid of this year, I thought I'll stop reading and invest my time in other things. But old habits die hard and it seems I'm stuck...
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Jan 24, 20212 min read
15th book of 2019: The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb
In 1600s, Dutch explorers found Black Swans in Australia. Until that point, Black Swans were thought to not exist; swans were supposed to...
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Jan 24, 20211 min read
1st book of 2020: Traction by Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares
This book obviously seemed relevant. In my years of building The Testament, I worked for a few years and did over half a million dollars...
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Jan 24, 20211 min read
2nd book of 2020: Ikigai by Hector Gargia & Francesc Miralles
I had an important meeting the next morning which should have had me sleeping early. That (obviously) couldn't happen and I found myself...
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Jan 24, 20212 min read
3rd book of 2020: The Making of Hero by SK Munjal
My brother does strategic consulting work for some really nice business houses, one of them is the esteemed Hero Group. So on the...
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Jan 24, 20212 min read
4th book of 2020: Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb
After finishing #MidnightsChildren, I cried for hours and days without a pause. It gave me joy to imagine an alternate reality where I...
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Jan 24, 20211 min read
5th of 2020: The Emami Way, by RS Agarwal & RS Goenka
Emami is a legendary brainchild of two lifelong friends who stuck on with each other to build something great. Their journey, like most...
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Jan 24, 20211 min read
6th book of 2020: Bhujia Barons, by Pavitra Kumar
The Haldiram story is as messed up as your hands get after eating Chhole Bhature, as entangled as the wires on electric poles of Chandni...
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Jan 24, 20212 min read
7th book of 2020: How I almost blew it, by Siddharth Rao
Like most aspiring entrepreneurs in India, I've grown up reading about legends from the west. Bill & Paul, Jeff Bezos, Sam Walton, Ray...
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Jan 24, 20212 min read
8th book of 2020: Havells, The untold story of Qimat Rai Gupta
Not enough is said about Indian brands and how they came about. After Independence, India governed a Command Economy with a Quota system...
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Jan 20, 20211 min read
9th book of 2020: The Inheritors by Sonu Bhasin
I'll say this till my throat gets hoarse! We must look up to the local stories of success (and failure) more than the ones coming from...
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Jan 20, 20211 min read
10th book of 2020: Trust Me, I'm Lying by Ryan Holiday
This book made me very, very angry. If I wrote my review like the writer penned his book, I'd basically repeat the above line so many...
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Jan 20, 20212 min read
11th book of 2020: A Man's Search for Meaning by Viktore Frankl
Victor Frankl was a Jewish neurologist and psychologist who survived the Aushwitz concentration camp. After his liberation, he outlined...
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Jan 20, 20212 min read
12th book of 2020: The One Thing by Gary Keller
I picked up this book due to some unexplainable reasons and soon realized that it was a 'self help' piece for very young people. Instead...
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Jan 20, 20211 min read
13th book of 2020: What shall we do with all this money by Jayesh Parekh
Money is a fascinating concept. 99% of people spend their lives chasing it while the ones in the 1% try to figure out what to do next. In...
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Jan 20, 20211 min read
14th book of 2020: Flash Boys by Michael Lewis
What is great journalism? 1. Showing the world a new way of looking at an old truth 2. Unravelling a new truth by searching for it like a...
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Jan 18, 20211 min read
15th book of 2020: Hey Whipple, Squeeze This by Luke Sullivan
Mission oriented consumer brands (like SpotHealth) are built upon really distinct and strong messaging. There are many other things, of...
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Jan 18, 20211 min read
16th book of 2020: 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
I'm not into self help literature, but some books are bought (and read) because of the personality behind them, which is what happened...
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Jan 9, 20211 min read
1st book of 2021: How to fail at almost anything and still win big, by Scott Adams
Scott Adams is a terrific guy! He's the creator of Dilbert which is perhaps the most successful comic strip of all time. Before turning...
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