Layers of Logistics
An attempt as a framework for developing products.
Masterclass in Produce Marketplace - Part 1
I had the opportunity to give a masterclass with the folks at Network Capital. It was about the topic that occupied majority of my mind space, social capital...
My approach to logistics
Back in 2018 after completing couple of years in the field of logistics as a business development manager and product designer. I came to the realisation...
On hiring
My personal journey on understanding the importance of hiring.
The change in my writing
The writer’s journey up until now
Map of Interests V2 -> Logistics Node
Part 1
Solving for Novel Uncertainty
in produce markets
Front Line Workforce
The people who drive your business
Cash Flow is King
The Agri-output supply chains edition.
Epic Story of containerisation and its impact
Context If there was one book that changed the way I thought about the containerisation and its impact on globalisation, it is a book called "Box" by Mark...
Designing Collaboration in Workplace
When I was back in college, the world of startups fascinated me. My eventual foray into it was through the writings of few folks. One among them happens to...
Navigating the problem space
Preface When we completed over 18 months of operations. We solved two novel uncertainties. Proved our hypothesis of logistical inefficiency in produce...
4 Step strategy for building a marketplace.
Before we got started with execution of any sorts, I spent majority of time reading up about the space of agriculture. During this time, I dabbled a lot with...
Workflows, media and routine recommendations
I have been a sucker for recommendation walkthroughs where the protagonist shares his/her workflows, tools or hacks from their daily use. This bug started...
Redefining my role
Every venture progresses through various stages and people heading it have to address these changes in their role and responsibilities. In the initial phase,...
Agri commodity marketing via advocacy
Product Focus Often times we read why being product focused is beneficial for a company in serving customers. But, what exactly is being product focused? We...
Stumbling into founding a venture
Preface A new reader enquired that she would like to know more about the origin story to get a better context of the work that I did. Honestly, I forgot to...
Focus, Execution and finding balance
This issues is about lessons learnt in the process of building an organisation. I am re-iterating them with added context and examples. Prior to this they...
Restaurant Business and its lesson
Functioning of restaurants provide most operators an analogy to explain multiple aspects of business. I have been picking pieces across streams that use this...
Working with words in a startup
What is a startup? When it was early days with Pipehaul, i decided to call it an early stage venture instead of Startup. The framing was a double whammy to...
Map of Interests: Version 1
Prologue I started following the work of Visakanv around 2020. I happened to chance upon his work while doing the usual, browsing twitter unendingly. In his...
#0 —> Welcome
Welcome to the anchor issue of “On the side”. In this post, i will cover the naming convention, reason behind starting one more newsletter and the end goal...