by Rajan Singh | Oct 3, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
In the early days of India’s e-commerce boom, in 2011, I was among 30-odd investors gathered around a renowned entrepreneur in Mumbai’s Oberoi Hotel. With casual bravado, he said, “In the current market, if you are not growing 30% month-on-month, you...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 2, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
The best tonic for your mental health is having a kind boss. Even in the most high-profile assignments, when my bosses have been bad, I have hated the experience. And when I had good bosses, even mediocre work felt worthwhile. If you lead a team, being kind is one of...
by Rajan Singh | Oct 1, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
A few years ago, I was at IISc Bangalore to give a talk. And I was raving about the beautiful, idyllic campus to my host, a retired civil servant who was teaching an undergraduate class. When my host told me that he had previously worked as the registrar at IISc, I...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 30, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
I know quite a few wealthy and well-off people. But I don’t know even one person who got somewhat wealthy doing “side hustles, generating multiple income streams.” Not one person! And yet, on LinkedIn, you are made to believe that side hustles are...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 29, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Whenever I take a flight, my mother becomes anxious and is on tenterhooks till the flight lands. For 20 years, I have been convincing her that flights are safe but to no avail. Her logic is that the survival rate of flights is negligible. Also, flying does intuitively...
