20 Nov
Out-of-box Out-of-Office
In case you are wondering why I am pasting my out-of-office email, I wanted to share what I gained, and what brought smiles to several of my contacts. My out-of-office email over this long weekend read as follows: “Hi there,
Labels are for clothes, not for people
“Hello, How are you? Tell me more about what Jombay does!” After shaking hands, a fellow entrepreneur asked me at a conference. The guy started talking to me largely ignoring my co-founder, who was standing beside me. She then proactively introduced
05 Nov
When the CEO applies for a leave
‘With great power comes great responsibility.’ As a CEO, my responsibility is to be open, transparent and grounded! Last week, I wrote this to my team as I requested for a leave Hello Team, I would like to request for a
10 Oct
5 mistakes in 8 years
As I was reflecting through our Jombay Journey, I decided to pen down how we turned our mistakes into learnings, and eventually into wins these past 8 years. These are the 5 mistakes and learnings we had along the way
Mom at Google
I was reading about Susan Wojcicki, the one who rented out her garage to Larry Page & Sergey Brin when they were setting up Google. Larry and Sergey convinced her to join as Employee No.18 and their first marketing manager,
What should your Manager Stop Doing?
“What would a woman shop if given a big bill voucher?”, Amazon recently conducted this social experiment #WhenaWomanShops. Husbands were separately asked, “What would the wife buy?” Like usual, the husbands anticipated the wife to buy cosmetics, footwear or apparel for
