Anthony Scaramucci, Managing Director of SkyBridge Capital, considered whether he should officially greenlight the launch of SkyBridge''s own NFT platform - Flatter NFT. He had led the investment firm to push first into Bitcoin and then Ethereum to make SkyBridge a central node in the crypto industry. He further believed SkyBridge could differentiate itself from OpenSea and other platforms by tying non-fungible tokens with fungible experiences. .....more

In April 2020, Rachel Jarrett, President and COO of wedding technology company Zola, called a meeting with the organization''s key decision-makers. The company had previously launched three business expansions: a vendor marketplace, a wedding apparel division, and a honeymoon-planning service. However, the March 2020 onset of COVID-19 had prompted many couples to delay or cancel their weddings, and it was unclear how long the pandemic would .....more

Though they''ve been warned for decades about the dangers of overrelying on gut instinct and personal experience, managers keep failing to critically examine--much less challenge--the ideas their decisions are based on. To correct this problem they need to think and act like scientists. That requires doing five things: (1) being a knowledgeable skeptic and relentlessly questioning assumptions; (2) investigating anomalies--things that are unexpected .....more

For years business leaders have turned to peer forums--groups of four to 10 people with similar interests who meet regularly for confidential conversations--to share their problems, find support and insights, and learn and grow. But because such forums are small and private, many people don''t know much about them. In this article two authors who have studied forums extensively open a window into them. Drawing on their research, Groysberg .....more

Do you keep postponing work you need to do? The problem probably stems from one of three things: your habits and systems (or lack thereof), your desire to avoid negative emotions (like anxiety and boredom), or your own flawed thinking patterns (which can make a task seem harder than it is). Luckily, there are simple strategies for managing each. To develop good habits, for instance, do your important work in a consistent pattern daily: After I do .....more

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Interpreter of Maladies" talks about the surprising arc of that book, why she''s now writing in Italian, the writers who have most influenced her, and more.

Blu-Smart Mobility Pvt. Ltd. (BluSmart) was India''s first company to foray into the electric mobility space. Launched in 2019, BluSmart offered ride sharing, car sharing, and shared charging services, and aimed to make India a pollution-free country by providing customers with a complete urban mobility solution. Within a year, BluSmart had garnered investors'' attention and received millions in funding to grow its fleet. It also planned .....more