1. Entry of new competitors,
2. Threat of substitutes,
3. Bargaining power of buyers,
4. Bargaining power of suppliers,
5. The rivalry among the existing competitors
If you’re going to own a holding company, make sure the companies you owe 100% of are:
No-skin-in-the-game ops anyone can run – steel, groceries, basic services.
Fully mature, cash-gushing businesses that just throw off free cash flow.
Wealth is in Boring Business.
Food, nuclear, pharma, data centres.
India’s four biggest growth bets are all water-intensive, being built in states that are already running out of it. The resource isn’t priced. The metering is just starting.
Somewhere in that gap is a company worth building…
A 4-lane flyover in Mira-Bhayandar suddenly narrows into just 2 lanes.
MMRDA says this is due to space constraints and future planning.
If space was the issue, a long merging ramp could have been provided instead of an abrupt 4-to-2 lane reduction. But in India, creating “modern engineering marvels” clearly takes priority over commuter safety.
Hats off! And if anyone meets with an accident here, please don’t complain, just remember, it was all for space constraints and future planning.
Interesting insights shared on luxury opportunity
The addressable affluent consumer base in India is expected to expand from ~70 mn in 2019 to 200+ mn by FY30
India remains deeply underpenetrated on the luxury side, with 29k keys
Luxury demand is expected to grow at ~11-14%, while supply growth remains in mid to low single digits
This structural opportunity is not limited to hotels but extends to all businesses catering to premium & luxury consumption in India
“I had 225 stocks of Rs.10 crores in my account. The moment I read Warren Buffett’s letters, I brought it down to 15.”
“In the very first year, those 15 stocks portfolio doubled, Rs. 10 crore became 20 crore. That’s the power of reading Buffett.”
- Ramdeo Agarwal. 2017
Painting in India is not a do-it-yourself (DIY) segment; consumers rely on applicators.
Berger Paint signed contracts with distributors in South India.
SME IPOs are getting crazy. The recent SME IPO - Shyam Dhani Industries on NSE Emerge attracted the highest-ever subscription of ₹25,308 Cr against the offering of ₹38 Cr.
I was standing in the queue for my O-1 visa interview at the Delhi US Embassy when I realized I might be missing a couple of documents that Google says are kind of important for O-1 approval.
The queue was already insanely long even for an 8AM slot, and there was no time to run to the market. I started panicking a bit.
Just then the guard casually goes: “Ma’am, just Blinkit.” (@letsblinkit is an instant delivery app in India.)
So while still standing in the queue, I uploaded my documents on the app. They got printed and delivered to me in 15 minutes, while I was still in the queue.
Saved my panic moment lol. Visa approved and stamped. Literally saved my day and truly served the best purpose of a last-minute delivery app :) In such moments, services in India feel like a real privilege!
@SwiggyInstamart to open their first offline store in Delhi NCR.
Are q-comm now testing offline play?
An online consumer already enjoys the convenience of 10-min delivery. It would be exciting to watch the result.