by Rajan Singh | Mar 6, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
A few months after I moved out of the US, just near my erstwhile apartment building, a plane landed in the Hudson River, near New York City. The US Airways flight had a complete engine failure due to a bird-hit and had no power left. Yet, Captain Sullenberger, a...
by Rajan Singh | Mar 3, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
In 1995, during my final year B.Tech placement season, everybody was obsessed with salaries — companies like Cadence, offering Rs 10,000 per month or a bit more, were rockstars, while anyone offering even Rs 1,000 less became an ‘undesirable.’ Yet, looking back,...
by Rajan Singh | Mar 2, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Quitting the Indian Police Service allowed me to restart my journey, like a fresh intern trying to make sense of the world. I totally loved the first 5-6 years in the Civil Services — every day was a new learning. But gradually, it became more of the same, again...
by Rajan Singh | Mar 1, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
When I quit my job to become an entrepreneur, it felt a bit weird, but not for the first time. Years earlier, to do my GMAT and MBA prep, when I took a transfer from the post of Trivandrum Police Commissioner to a low-key role in Kerala police, I had the same feeling....
by Rajan Singh | Feb 28, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
During my days working in private equity, I once met an entrepreneur who manufactured orthopedic implants (typically used in surgery for fracture victims). His company was worth about Rs 100 crores, and he had built it single-handedly from scratch, over 15 odd years....
