Full Width [alt+shift+f] Shortcuts [alt+shift+k]
Sign Up [alt+shift+s] Log In [alt+shift+l]
3
How one of the oldest business empires on the subcontinent got started, and how one man’s values laid the foundation for five generations of business conduct.
3 days ago

Improve your reading experience

Logged in users get linked directly to articles resulting in a better reading experience. Please login for free, it takes less than 1 minute.

More from Commoncog

Cases from The Heart of Innovation

Three cases from The Heart of Innovation, picked to demonstrate the ideas of Deliberate Innovation.

6 days ago 6 votes
The Heart of Innovation: Why Most Startups Fail

A theory of demand (and product market fit) that explains it all, and does NOT require ‘pain’ to do it.

2 weeks ago 18 votes
Business with Tariffs; Business as Usual

Every Asian Tycoon we’ve examined got their start in a world with tariffs. They could thrive and adapt under severe uncertainty. So can we. Here’s how to calibrate for that world.

4 weeks ago 87 votes
Vanguard as a Demand-Side Mystery

We study the rise of Vanguard, the index fund management company, as a case study of how customer demand is not always about pain.

a month ago 18 votes

More in finance

April 2025 – balmy weather, barmy markets

Better late than never, I’m doing a quick update on April. More for the record than because anything particularly notable happened in the portfolio, ignoring the mid month gyrations. It was a lovely month, April. I did a bit of travelling, but the UK had generally lovely spring weather – as the photos illustrate. I… Continue reading April 2025 – balmy weather, barmy markets →

4 days ago 6 votes
Claude 4 Has Arrived: Anthropic’s AI Agents Raise the Bar for Autonomous Intelligence

Anthropic has officially launched the Claude 4 model family, and with it, the frontier of artificial intelligence just shifted again.

6 days ago 8 votes
Cases from The Heart of Innovation

Three cases from The Heart of Innovation, picked to demonstrate the ideas of Deliberate Innovation.

6 days ago 6 votes
Issue 84 – Rogue overseas support agents

Coinbase’s substantial data breach coincides with a convenient terms of service update, while the GENIUS Act stablecoin bill regains momentum in the Senate

a week ago 11 votes