Tag Archives: finance

How the banks have shrunk

Here is an unsettling picture from Bloomberg which shows how much the market capitalization of the major banks have shrunk in the last two years. (Click the link to view the full image) Citibank and RBS look really bad, falling … Continue reading

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The Subprime Crisis

Here is a great presentation explaining how the subprime crisis came about. (via Prateek). Watch it in full screen Subprime View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. Cross posted on The Mba karma Blog

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Starting out with Rs 5 lakhs

Helped by Guy Kawasaki, the famous evangelist from Apple, Truemors boss explains how he built up his Web 2.0 site for just $12,107.09 (about 5 lakhs Rupees). Interesting post, however, I might add that I’m starting up with much much … Continue reading

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Do you really need a VC?

Bootstrapping is out of fashion. Every second company these days goes looking for a venture capitalist, and start off the company firing on both ends. But it you are a budding entrepreneur, and are looking for funding, I must tell … Continue reading

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Happiness

Econlog notices how quickly we take extra wealth, we’ve earnt over the years, for granted.(Link)

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Your card has been rejected

Now here is a smart man. I just hope I had had this wisdom a few years back. All in all, to get back to zero credit, I had to pay back four months salary. Just imagine what a drain … Continue reading

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