It’s that time of the year again when you fervently check emails and InsideIIM, ask friends and mentors and look out for news. All for one thing; B-School Admission Results. We obviously hope that each of you get into a desirable or dream b-school but have you given thought to what after that? Or have you been too stuck up focusing on just the admissions part that you forgot about placements?
If you place the product at the hub of the wheel and business functions like engineering, design, marketing, operations, finance, etc. at the rim, what are the spokes? Product Managers; the Mini-CEOs; the Architects; the Builders.
Getting into a b-school of choice is a dream for most people and when that dream comes true, it is often accompanied by a sense of accomplishment and relief. But little do the incoming b-school students know that a myriad b-school world awaits them. It is almost like the first date, when you are clueless about what to expect & even if you know, it always surprises you!
The urban unemployment rate had more than doubled to 20.9% in the period April-June 2020 from the 9.1% in the corresponding quarter in 2019, data released by the government showed. Young workers upto the age of 29 years were particularly more susceptible as urban unemployment in this age group was 34.7%!
LinkedIn. 18 years old; older than Facebook & one of the most trusted social networks still in action today. LinkedIn. 200+ countries. 24 languages. LinkedIn. 71 million+ members in India alone. LinkedIn. Content creation on LinkedIn increased by 60% in 2020. LinkedIn. 3 people are hired through LinkedIn every minute. So, what are you doing on LinkedIn?
Today's news bulletin is dedicated to highlights the most recent happenings in the fields of Marketing, Finance, and Operations. We will be discussing the recent move by Google to stop selling user-targeted ads and how will this impact the digital ad industry. Further, we will discuss the impact of PLI schemes for MSMEs and manufacturing sectors and will also touch upon the acquisition of DHFL by the Piramal group. We shall look at the implications of each of the topics in detail. Read on to find out!
We have often heard stories of entrepreneurs who decided to not go the MBA route and made it big in their life. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX thinks that MBA graduates actually do not have the experience to run a successful business or create a good product. We got someone today who walked on the same path. Prafull Billore gave up his MBA dreams quite early in life after a series of failures and decided that he is going to own a tea stall and make a brand for himself. Years later, Prafull today still has no MBA degree, but a business that is worth crores in valuation. Watch this candid conversation that Prafull had with Purnangshu Paul at InsideIIM headquarters to understand his journey a bit better, how it all started and how MBA Chaiwala became the second most famous Chaiwala in the country.
Over 93,500 Data Science jobs were vacant in India at the end of August 2020, despite the hiring freezes & layoffs in 2020, according to a study!Surprised? Don’t be. According to the Head of Data Science at Quora, “A big issue right now is that while more and more companies are committing more heavily to data-driven product development and their data teams, there are very few examples of folks deep in their careers who are pure data scientists...”. Data powers the world today. From innovations in supply chain management to marketing & strategy decisions, data is at the heart of everything we do.
It’s that time of the year again when you fervently check emails and InsideIIM, ask friends and mentors and look out for news. All for one thing; B-School Admission Results. We obviously hope that each of you get into a desirable or dream b-school but have you given thought to what after that? Or have you been too stuck up focusing on just the admissions part that you forgot about placements?
If you place the product at the hub of the wheel and business functions like engineering, design, marketing, operations, finance, etc. at the rim, what are the spokes? Product Managers; the Mini-CEOs; the Architects; the Builders.
Getting into a b-school of choice is a dream for most people and when that dream comes true, it is often accompanied by a sense of accomplishment and relief. But little do the incoming b-school students know that a myriad b-school world awaits them. It is almost like the first date, when you are clueless about what to expect & even if you know, it always surprises you!
The urban unemployment rate had more than doubled to 20.9% in the period April-June 2020 from the 9.1% in the corresponding quarter in 2019, data released by the government showed. Young workers upto the age of 29 years were particularly more susceptible as urban unemployment in this age group was 34.7%!
LinkedIn. 18 years old; older than Facebook & one of the most trusted social networks still in action today. LinkedIn. 200+ countries. 24 languages. LinkedIn. 71 million+ members in India alone. LinkedIn. Content creation on LinkedIn increased by 60% in 2020. LinkedIn. 3 people are hired through LinkedIn every minute. So, what are you doing on LinkedIn?
Today's news bulletin is dedicated to highlights the most recent happenings in the fields of Marketing, Finance, and Operations. We will be discussing the recent move by Google to stop selling user-targeted ads and how will this impact the digital ad industry. Further, we will discuss the impact of PLI schemes for MSMEs and manufacturing sectors and will also touch upon the acquisition of DHFL by the Piramal group. We shall look at the implications of each of the topics in detail. Read on to find out!
We have often heard stories of entrepreneurs who decided to not go the MBA route and made it big in their life. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX thinks that MBA graduates actually do not have the experience to run a successful business or create a good product. We got someone today who walked on the same path. Prafull Billore gave up his MBA dreams quite early in life after a series of failures and decided that he is going to own a tea stall and make a brand for himself. Years later, Prafull today still has no MBA degree, but a business that is worth crores in valuation. Watch this candid conversation that Prafull had with Purnangshu Paul at InsideIIM headquarters to understand his journey a bit better, how it all started and how MBA Chaiwala became the second most famous Chaiwala in the country.
Over 93,500 Data Science jobs were vacant in India at the end of August 2020, despite the hiring freezes & layoffs in 2020, according to a study!Surprised? Don’t be. According to the Head of Data Science at Quora, “A big issue right now is that while more and more companies are committing more heavily to data-driven product development and their data teams, there are very few examples of folks deep in their careers who are pure data scientists...”. Data powers the world today. From innovations in supply chain management to marketing & strategy decisions, data is at the heart of everything we do.
