First and Last Golden Rule of Any Business - Know Your Customer
on 29 Apr, 2007 in business, wonder why | 0 Comments
I called up a local taxi co for booking a cab, they asked me for my mobile number. As I told them my number, they told me where I live and assured me that cab would be there by morning 5:30. I vaguely remember booking a cab with them earlier.
I wonder why very often my [...]
PHD’s Regular Blah #8
Stop doing what you are and go read Unleashing the Ideavirus by Seth Godin. Even if you have already read it, do it again. It helps keeping your mind alive.
My plans to start Calvin Fund are slightly delayed, thanks to my forgetful finger, I lost my login password at the trading site and would take [...]
Making sense out of NEWsense
on 30 Mar, 2007 in media, wonder why | 0 Comments
Imagine a kid having this conversation with his mom,“Mummy, mummy, tell me when will some one run a marathon in space?”“It will happen when Mumbai university lists in BSE”“Mummy, mummy, tell me when will the university list in BSE?”“They will list when Rakhi Sawant looks like this”“Mummy, mummy, tell me when will Rakhi Sawant dresses [...]
Read More >>Fresh MBAs and IT Companies
on 30 Mar, 2007 in b-school | 0 Comments
The combination sounds as inseparable as ctrl+c and ctrl+v. But when it comes to making a career choice there is a fair bit of confusion as to what an MBA will do in an IT company, especially in the first few years. Marketing companies have it easy, in the first 18 months, you would be [...]
Read More >>The Calvin Fund!
on 22 Mar, 2007 in Movies-Books, calvin fund, personal finance | 0 Comments
Well, thats not a new mutual fund in the market, but I can understand your confusion, given that several AMCs have tiger funds. Calvin fund is the name I am giving to my investment drive. The aim is to purchase a complete collection of my favorite strips, “Calvin & Hobbes - The complete collection” which [...]
Read More >>Is Monopoly Fair?
on 25 Feb, 2007 in Excel Tips, simulation, wonder why | 10 Comments
Ever since we have purchased the Monopoly board game, it has become a weekend ritual for us. Almost every Friday/Saturday night Jo would pull out the board, currency, wooden dice, small houses and deed cards and spread them.
We are in for a surprise after playing the game for few weeks. As kids we thought the [...]
Do you know that Excel cant …
on 22 Feb, 2007 in Excel Tips, hacks, technology | 0 Comments
Refer to other sheets in conditional formating. You can only refer to the sheet where conditional formating is being applied.
Refer to closed workbooks using indirect() function. It will return #Ref error when you refer to other workbooks in indirect function. By the way if you want to refer to some other workbook in your excel [...]
