by Rajan Singh | Jan 1, 2026 | LinkedIn Posts
When I applied for my MBA, my monthly government salary was comparable to one day’s cost of my MBA. But thankfully, that year, Wharton constituted a $40,000 Emerging Economy Fellowship. So, on an online discussion forum, I asked one of the admissions officers...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 31, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
Before my MBA, I used to think that business “problem solving” was about analytical thinking. But during my consulting days, and then as an entrepreneur, here is what I figured out: 1. Human emotions and ego create a vast number of “business...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 30, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
In a VC finance course at Wharton, our professor said, “On a risk-adjusted basis, becoming an entrepreneur does not make financial sense — you are much better off as an investor.” Many of us revolted — how could she say that? Aren’t...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 29, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
When I launched my first startup, we urgently needed some cash to keep the company alive. So I roped in a world-renowned expert to conduct a pretty expensive workshop. We just needed 100 signups and for the next 12 months, we would not have to worry about money. And...
by Rajan Singh | Dec 26, 2025 | LinkedIn Posts
If you fail in building habits, the most likely culprit will be a misunderstanding of what consistency really is. We think that consistency is like a mathematical straight line — for the next 50 years, you should do the same thing in precisely the same manner,...