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• American Express - Why Buffett likes it more than Visa and Mastercard?

  March 25, 2026 · 11 min

  American Express is one of Warren Buffett's longest-standing bets. For over three decades, Berkshire Hathaway has held onto AmEx, through recessions, market crashes, and massive shifts in the payments industry. This is interesting given…

• Is Louis Philippe Indian or French?

  March 17, 2026 · 8 min

  Louise Philippe, Monte Carlo, Blackberrys, Bella Vita, and Da Milano are all foreign names of Indian brands. Is there a reason why Indian brands adopt English or European-sounding names? Does it have to do with perceptions of quality and…

• What went wrong with Intel? What is it up to now?

  March 10, 2026 · 11 min

  Intel's quintessential Intel Inside sticker on laptops and in the marketing materials of other PC brands helped it achieve global dominance in processing chips.  However, another brand, TSMC, without any marketing and visibility on any…

• Poka Yoke - Toyota's design thinking

  March 3, 2026 · 7 min

  The Toyota Production System (TPS) is a manufacturing system to ensure minimum wastage while constantly striving to improve quality. TPS is efficient, flexible, and extremely quality-conscious. Poka Yoke is one of the many ideas developed…

• How Lenovo took over IBM to become the world's largest PC maker?

  February 24, 2026 · 9 min

  In 2004, Lenovo bought IBM’s iconic PC division. But this wasn’t an overnight leap — it was the result of years spent learning inside the value chain. Starting as a distributor of laptops for global brands like HP, Toshiba, and IBM in…

• Why Apple Moved To The Type-C Charging Port?

  February 17, 2026 · 10 min

  Apple is known to be restrictive in letting its devices connect or share data with non-Apple devices. It has a lot to do with delivering a clean user experience and utmost digital security. In a way, it also compels an Apple user to buy…

• Revlon's fall from glory to bankruptcy, and revival

  February 10, 2026 · 12 min

  This episode explores the journey of Revlon — from a brand that sold glamour and aspiration to one that filed for bankruptcy nearly a century later. It traces Revlon’s early success, its marketing genius, the landmark hostile takeover that…

• The curious case of Narayana Health's profits

  February 3, 2026 · 10 min

  Narayana Health's 40% profit comes from just a small business in the Cayman Islands. Is it the pricing power or a different brand identity that Narayana enjoys in Cayman? Cayman might be a star of a business, but there is also some…