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Ever wonder how viral effects happen. How a leader gets to the crowd. This video showing a Shirtless guy is a thrill to watch, it captures how one persons joy catches the fancy of a couple more, leading to a crowd.
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Here are some of my favourite quotes on Leadership. Peter Drucker says the only event that is inevitable in the life of the leader is the “unexpected crisis.” Only when you encounter a setback, an obstacle, a difficulty, or the inevitable crisis, do you demonstrate the kind of person you really are. It is not what you say, wish, hope, or intend that reveals your character. It is your actions in the face of adversity and possible setbacks or losses that matter.
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Ivan Misner the master of Business Networking shares how he took an idea and built it into the worlds largest referral organisation .
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This is one of the best talks I have heard on how different East and West Cultures think. Devdutt Pattanaik captures it very well with a lot of implications for business. Very useful for companies from the west planning to do business with India, and for those of us brought up with Western Concepts of management.    
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Michael Porters's 5 Competitive Forces Model has been a favorite of those creating and teaching strategy. Often people think of Competition very narrowly, including only those players in direct competition in the industry. The Five Competitive Forces that shape Industry Competition actually also includes these four.
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Nice interview by Shankar Sharma on what he thinks about S&P downgrading India's rating. Not that Shankar Sharma's views will turn out right, but I always like to hear the way he interprets the market and his take on the economy.
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Warren Buffet’s letter to share holders in the Berkshire Hathaway is always a pleasure to read- The 2012 letter too has some interesting quotable quotes, here are some that I noted down, and some interesting insights quite contrary to popular beliefs. Quotable Quotes: “If some-thing's not worth doing at all, it’s not worth doing
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Warren Buffet’s letter to share holders in the Berkshire Hathaway is always a pleasure to read.
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Guy Kawasaki in this interview shares how Entrepreneurs are getting it all wrong when it comes to Social Media. It is a very different process from hiring a consultant to set your strategy, goals etc. The best way is to create an account in facebook etc. and take the plunge.
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Shankar Sharma of First Global, always impresses me with his good grasp of the Economy and the Stock Markets and lucid research and analysis.
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