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“It is hard to understand yourself properly since something that you might be doing out of generosity and goodness is the same as you might be doing out of cowardice and indifference.” — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Dear readers,
Instagram started out as a whisky app, YouTube as a dating site, Netflix as a DVD rental site, and Mattel (the company that created Barbie) selling picture frames. If these companies simply kept focus on their initial goals and worked hard, they might not have survived. The business term for what these companies did is pivoting, but it basically comes down to purposeful wandering and experimentation.
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About Prerak:
I am a Senior Director of Corporate Strategy at Microsoft, where I work on new market opportunities, product innovation, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to Microsoft, I held the position of Engagement Manager at McKinsey.
A Wharton School alumnus, I possess an MBA in Healthcare and Business Analytics, completed a postgraduate fellowship in Liberal Studies at the Young India Fellowship, and earned a Bachelor of Technology with Honors in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur.
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