Category: JustLikeThat

Links of Interest – 15Oct2010

  • As Nations Age, a Chance for Younger Nations: Pick any age cohort above the median age of 28 and you’ll find its share of the global population rising faster than that of any segment below the median. Will the world ever grow young again? Read the full The New York TImes article here.
  • Tata Group has given America’s prestigious Harvard Business School a $50 million donation, the largest gift the school has received from an international donor in its 102-year history. Read article here.
  • Nice advice applicable to almost all aspects of our lives: What is celebrated is repeated! Celebrate the wins! Check out some more thoughts on this here.
  • Paulo Coelho derives five life lessons for us from the characteristics of a pencil.
         #1 Never forget there is a hand guiding your steps – God
         #2 Now & then, stop writing and use a sharpener
         #3 Correcting ourselves helps keep us on the road to justice
         #4 What matters is not the wooden exterior, but the graphite inside
         #5 Always leave a mark!

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Links of Interest – 12Oct2010

  • The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs: Insanely Different Principles for Breakthrough SuccessApple, represents the anti-business school philosophy. It’s approach is to put its resources behind a few products and commit to making those products exceptionally well. “I’m actually as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done” says Steve Jobs.
  • For me, Google’s Android has always been “geeky”. You might still love it, and this cool application could be one reason why.
  • More Google news: this time it’s about them investing (as much as $ 1.5b) in offshore wind farms. Yesterday it was about Google investing in self driving car technology, today it is wind farms, what next in line? A storm is already brewing in the academic circles about these investments.
  • World’s youngest CEO (at 14) of a multi-national company. On the board of the World Bank. Youngest ever member of the World Economic Forum. Who is this it?

Mahindra & Mahindra – Origin of Corporate Name



@anandmahindra: Mahindra & Mahindra was founded on Oct 2nd,1945. By establishing it on the birthday of India’s founder, our founders gifted us perpetual energy
@anandmahindra: It was founded as Mahindra & Mohammed, a proud symbol of secularism. Co-founder Ghulam Mohammed left to join the Pakistan Government
@anandmahindra: When Mohammed left for Pakistan, the stationery of the new firm had already been printed with ‘M&M’
@anandmahindra: In order to conserve the new company’s cash, the Mahindra brothers simply renamed the co Mahindra & Mahindra!

Source: @anandmahindra

China Strategy for Electric / Hybrid Cars

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(Photo courtesy Joana Roja)

Its old news that there is a race on amongst a few countries to take a lead in electric & hybrid car technology. Here is the latest move in China towards this …

China to Invest Billions in Electric and Hybrid Cars

SHANGHAI — The Chinese government, determined to become a world leader in green technology, says it plans to invest billions of dollars over the next few years to develop electric and hybrid vehicles.

Firstly, an admirable future oriented strategy by China to try & get a lead in this area. It is also a positive & constructive move to counter the pressure they face from the developed nations on their green efforts. Secondly, good to see the Chinese state taking such strategic & deliberate steps in support of their strategy. It augurs well not only for China & Asia, but also bodes well for a greener Earth.

PS: Looking forward to hearing more about plans of the Mahindra – Reva venture.