by Rajan Singh | Sep 8, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
I first went to a gym in class 12th, for three days. And then, I quit. After many false starts, in 2009, I finally nailed the habit. For the last 12 years, I have been working out regularly despite the occasional ups and downs of life. Here is what changed. Until...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 7, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
Ego is not always your enemy. I first realized this in 2001, when as a police officer, I was facing a fierce agitation by a tribal group from Kerala’s Wayanad district. For publicity, these agitators decided to disrupt the annual Onam procession, a huge cultural event...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 6, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
VCs love to talk about the unicorns in their portfolio – and understandably so. But why don’t we talk about how many of our companies are ethical? Sometimes, winning at ANY cost is not ‘winning’ — it is ‘cheating.’ Long ago, when I came to Kerala after...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 5, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
A few years ago, at an organic food show in Trivandrum, a girl at the entry counter stopped me. And with the zeal of a convert, she shoved a pamphlet in my face, and started lambasting how evil genetically modified (GM) food was. I am not for or against GM food but to...
by Rajan Singh | Sep 4, 2023 | LinkedIn Posts
In a finance class at Wharton, I realized the root cause of the 2008 financial meltdown — complexity. And if we are not careful, for the same reason, many will get hurt in the current crypto craze. In the abovementioned class, the professor explained loan...
