2024-08-15
What dragged me to the office was the infectious energy and sense of belonging displayed by my team, which, in most cases, led to exceptional execution. I'm not entirely sure if the remote work setup can match these feelings.
Wall Street Journal
Eric Schmidt says he “misspoke” when he said Google was losing the AI race because the company decided that “working from home was more important than winning”
Ex-Google CEO had said the tech company's work-life balance was ‘more important than winning’
2023-02-05
I never understood high volume eCom/Marketplaces due to poor unit economics, but it looks like market leaders are leveraging their position (Uber, Myntra) and raising prices to turn profitable. Will the consumers stay or leave? This is going to be super interesting to watch. https://twitter.com/...
Rest of World
Myntra, the Indian fashion retailer owned by Flipkart, penalizes users who return items too often; studies: Indians return ~25% to 40% of clothes bought online
India's Shein — is slapping extra fees, denying cash on delivery, & suspending accounts of frequent returners, alienating some loyal users. We are entering a more frugal era in e-c...
2023-02-04
I never understood high volume eCom/Marketplaces due to poor unit economics, but it looks like market leaders are leveraging their position (Uber, Myntra) and raising prices to turn profitable. Will the consumers stay or leave? This is going to be super interesting to watch. https://twitter.com/...
Rest of World
Flipkart-owned Indian fashion retailer Myntra is penalizing users who return items too often; studies: 25% to 40% of clothes sold online in India are returned
Across India, e-commerce giants like Myntra and Flipkart are canceling free returns to boost profits. — • BENGALURU, INDIA Tweets: @nilchristopher , @alexgonzor , @webaficionado ...
2020-07-11
A nice reminder that Rackspace is very much alive, with $2.5B ARR. Ah, missing those Robert Scoble's interviews with his google glass :) https://www.sec.gov/... https://twitter.com/...
Reuters
Rackspace, a cloud services company which went private in 2016 after a $4.3B buyout by Apollo Global, once again files for a US IPO
Bharath Manjesh / Reuters :
2018-01-19
Agree with this, I visited offices of a successful startup in SF yesterday, place was almost empty by 6pm. Was shocked to see that! “Silicon Valley would be wise to follow China's lead https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
Western tech companies will increasingly need to compete with Chinese counterparts where employees work very long hours and enjoy few perks
The declaration by Didi, the Chinese ride-hailing company, that delivery business Meituan's decision to launch a rival service would spark …