Last month I completed 1 year since I quit advertising, quit a job and started managing a small business along with my wife. What I do now is different from what I did in the past 14 years of my working life. Different but at the core very same. However running your own business has… Continue reading 11 Lessons from being a business owner
Category: Workplace
Travel Diary: Business Trip to China
One of the key highlights of 2014 was a short trip to Yiwu City in China. I had the opportunity to visit one of the world’s largest wholesale market which boasts of over 65,000 traders/manufacturer outlets. The trip gave me a very small but impactful exposure to the business processes of the country and probably… Continue reading Travel Diary: Business Trip to China
Interview Feature: CIO East Africa
Last month I had the opportunity to discuss and share my thoughts about the growing digital opportunities in the Sub-Sahara Africa region with Dennis Mbuvi of CIO East Africa. Here is the interview as featured in the April issue. CIO East Africa - April 2013 Interview from Kapil Bhatia
Client Servicing – Learn these skills and do better
Client Servicing. Often a thankless job. At times the road with a dead-end. The cause of burn-out and makes many jump from the agency to the client side. Like many others I started my advertising career as a client servicing executive. I think its one of the most exciting jobs where you get to know… Continue reading Client Servicing – Learn these skills and do better
How are you picking the winning ideas?
Over the weekend, I read yet another article about Steve Jobs. And it wasn't any different from the many others written since the man departed. It spoke about Apple's future after the legend's death. I am sorry I can't find the link but what caught my attention was this: Steve Jobs had created a team… Continue reading How are you picking the winning ideas?
Cheering the team from a 1000 miles far away
There is enough excitement in the air surrounding India's win at the ICC World Cup 2011. At the end of the evening I was proud to have witnessed the victory even a 1000 miles away from my home country. I am in Nairobi working on a project for a partner company and the team here… Continue reading Cheering the team from a 1000 miles far away
5 super tools which power my office PC
It's often seen that people spend too much time doing the most basic computing operations. Here is a list of some of my favourite tools which power my PC at work. Launchy Always a problem finding the right file? Look no further. Launchy has been the most useful piece of software to get me directly… Continue reading 5 super tools which power my office PC
Picks from Cannes Lions 2010
The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival 2010 is currently underway in the scenic Cannes, France. Earlier in the week the awards for Press & Outdoor were announced. If you're interested in seeing the award winning work, see AdsoftheWorld archives. But what I am going to share is some of the work which caught my attention… Continue reading Picks from Cannes Lions 2010
If my life was a comic strip
This is what my character would look like if my life was a comic strip. Illustration by: Kunal Gagwani
Music system made of junk
Let me show you a piece of work done by a very young talented bunch of people who work with me at mudra. Art Director: Ninad Gharat, Binal Parikh Copywriter: Aditya Iyengar Photographar: Amol Jadhav Illustrator: Shankar Chavan This is an ad to promote the famous exchange offers which Big Bazaar announces very often. What’s… Continue reading Music system made of junk
Kapil's Korner 