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1st book of 2019: Outsiders by William Thorndike
This year was off to a rocky start and it was difficult to read. Glad to have scraped through this one! The Outsiders tells stories of...
Jan 31, 20211 min read


2nd book of 2019: The Inside Scoop (Ben & Jerry's Bio), by Fred Lager
Ben & Jerry's is an iconic co. (now owned by Unilever) started by two hippies who didn't actually want to build a "company". All they...
Jan 31, 20211 min read


3rd book of 2019: Salt, Sugar & Fat by Michael Moss
For us, a snack, biscuit, or a chocolate doesn't mean more than, well...a snack, biscuit or a chocolate. Before we know it, we're loving...
Jan 31, 20211 min read


4th book of 2019: Start small, Finish Big by Fred DeLuca
Did you know Subway is a $100 Billion empire, still owned and operated as a private company? It's incredible how huge Subway is and yet...
Jan 31, 20211 min read


5th book of 2019: Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser
McDonald's has changed the world. The way the world eats, buys, sells and views food has irreversibly changed after success of that first...
Jan 31, 20212 min read


6th book of 2019: Onwards by Howard Schultz
Starbucks is a great company. Even though I don't go out as often, I've heard enough good things about it and wanted to learn how they've...
Jan 31, 20211 min read


7th book of 2019: Pour you heart into it, by Howard Schultz
Starbucks is broadly in the food industry, and so is McDonald's. But despite being so close in size and value, why does Starbucks get so...
Jan 31, 20211 min read


8th book of 2019: Antifragile by Nassim Taleb
Owing to the lately grueling (and odd) hours at work along with my failure to make enough time, it took me a month to read this book....
Jan 31, 20211 min read


9th book of 2019: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
After reading quite a few heavy Non fiction fiction books, I was looking forward to a relatively breezy work of fiction to help me "feel"...
Jan 25, 20211 min read


10th book of 2019: She has her mother's laugh by Carl Zimmer
I felt I was done with reading for a while and thought it'd be great to invest time in other things, unless something really important or...
Jan 25, 20211 min read


11th book of 2019: Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
As far as I can remember, I've always been fascinated by Leonardo Da Vinci. I don't think there's anymore more accomplished than him in...
Jan 25, 20212 min read


12th book of 2019: Talking to strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell is the reason I got into reading Non fiction. I remember reading The Tipping Point (and then Outliers) and then not...
Jan 25, 20211 min read


13th book of 2019: Reset by Subramanian Swamy
It's no secret that Indian economy is screwed right now; so screwed that the #ass is barely recognizable. Amongst other things, what's...
Jan 24, 20212 min read


14th book of 2019: The Big Billion Startup by Mihir Dalal
By the mid of this year, I thought I'll stop reading and invest my time in other things. But old habits die hard and it seems I'm stuck...
Jan 24, 20212 min read


15th book of 2019: The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb
In 1600s, Dutch explorers found Black Swans in Australia. Until that point, Black Swans were thought to not exist; swans were supposed to...
Jan 24, 20212 min read


1st book of 2020: Traction by Gabriel Weinberg & Justin Mares
This book obviously seemed relevant. In my years of building The Testament, I worked for a few years and did over half a million dollars...
Jan 24, 20211 min read


2nd book of 2020: Ikigai by Hector Gargia & Francesc Miralles
I had an important meeting the next morning which should have had me sleeping early. That (obviously) couldn't happen and I found myself...
Jan 24, 20211 min read


3rd book of 2020: The Making of Hero by SK Munjal
My brother does strategic consulting work for some really nice business houses, one of them is the esteemed Hero Group. So on the...
Jan 24, 20212 min read


4th book of 2020: Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb
After finishing #MidnightsChildren, I cried for hours and days without a pause. It gave me joy to imagine an alternate reality where I...
Jan 24, 20212 min read


5th of 2020: The Emami Way, by RS Agarwal & RS Goenka
Emami is a legendary brainchild of two lifelong friends who stuck on with each other to build something great. Their journey, like most...
Jan 24, 20211 min read
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