Tag Archives: Business

So you think you can ‘Start-Up’? Take my FURNACE test first…

Posted on June 2, 2010 by rodinhood

Almost every other day I get an odd mail from someone in a B-School or working in a corporate job wanting to ‘start-up’.  I am polite to all of them saying ‘think again’ but I am now inspired to write … Continue reading →

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Why does Japan’s Panasonic import tomatoes?

Posted on February 15, 2009 by rodinhood

I chuckled when I recently found out that Japan’s Panasonic has one far flung business division that actually imports canned tomatoes from Italy. Or the fact that Sony operates a restaurant and an advertising agency. It turns out that these are old … Continue reading →

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