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Is New Really Better?

On April 15, 2016

The fundamental impulse that sets and keeps the capitalist engine in motion comes from the consumer’s goods, the new methods of production or transportation, the new markets, the new forms of industrial organization, that capitalist enterprise creates.

– Joseph Schumpeter

I love Apple products. But that’s not what this post is about. It’s about a very interesting concept which we all fall prey to at some point in time. We (humans) always crave new experiences. In fact as Schumpeter says in the quote above, making new things is a sign of growth. What he doesn’t mention there & is perhaps hidden between the lines is that it only works when we’ve mastered the other things we’re previously good at. New for him meant incremental.

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Learning Business from Moby Dick

By Raunak Onkar

On March 28, 2016

In Investing

“We’re in the oil business & as in any business the probability of success must always be greater than the risk incurred.”

– sourced from Google Images

These were the words of Captain George Pollard from the Ron Howard film, “In the Heart of the Sea”.

The Ultimate Productivity Tool (for investors)

By Raunak Onkar

On March 14, 2016

In Productivity

Before I go into the why, here’s the what –

The Ultimate Productivity Tool for an Investor, surprisingly, is “Commuting”

I have been working out of an office for the past 7 years now, which means, each day I spend 1 hr 20 mins one way (door to door). Fortunately I don’t have to juggle multiple modes of transport. In the beginning this routine was non-intrusive, then it became a nuisance & then suddenly it became invisible.

Make in (insert country’s name here)

By Raunak Onkar

On March 6, 2016

In Investing, Macroeconomics

With all this obsession over Make in India followed by the Make in India week that was recently celebrated in Mumbai, it is necessary, more than ever, to think of the true costs of making something in another country. India has it’s own issues & which I’m sure will be eventually solved by thoughtful trial & error. But it’s also interesting to look at history & learn from previous attempts of making stuff in places where outsiders have never had to manufacture something at an enormous scale.

Productivity Tools for Investors 2.0

By Raunak Onkar

On July 20, 2015

In Investing, Productivity

Exactly four years ago, I wrote about Productivity Tools for Investors. You can read it here. This post is an attempt to update it with new productivity habits I’ve picked up over the years.

After the demise of Google Reader which used to aggregate alerts & news items via RSS feeds, Feedly and other such tools have taken over that role. Although I’m not a huge fan of RSS anymore & you’ll know why soon. I’m still a devoted Evernote user which helps me remember stuff & organise it the way I want. I also use mind maps but I have found the softwares a bit cumbersome & the maps difficult to remember. So I went low-tech & now draw my mind maps by hand. I remember them much better. Updating them is a pain, but it was worth the effort. (But this works for me & may not for others).

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Is New Really Better?

Learning Business from Moby Dick

The Ultimate Productivity Tool (for investors)

Make in (insert country’s name here)

Productivity Tools for Investors 2.0