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Category Archives: Pondering
Piggybacking on other distribution systems?
I’ve been ruminating over the challenge of getting a vital product out to those who need it the most in developing countries, the overlooked and the underserved at the base of the pyramid, ever since I read Rob Katz’ post … Continue reading
Posted in BoP, Bottom of the pyramid/Poverty, Business, Marketing, pay as you go economy, Pondering
Tagged 5Ds of BoP marketing, bop marketing, distribution
An open letter to my teachers of design
Photo credit: James Hicks Dear NiD, I walked out on you without a word of explanation just over 18 years ago, one day. Perhaps the time has come to talk about many things, as the Walrus said, including cabbages … Continue reading
Affluenza by Oliver James and thoughts on mainstream consumer culture
The title caught my eye in the local Borders the other day – I’d gone to look for Zakaria’s Post American World which they still can’t find any. I suppose I’ll have to pop into Kinokuniya in the city to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, BoP, Bottom of the pyramid/Poverty, Culture & research, Design, Pondering
Tagged design, social impact
Pondering the flux
Its been a very long time since i’ve either felt the urge or given in to the fleeting impulse to ramble on in a late night post, circumlocuting my way to my heart’s content. Perhaps I haven’t felt like circumlocuting … Continue reading
Posted in Pondering
How the next billion (or two) customers will influence industrial design
More than one billion cellphones were sold on the planet Earth in 2007. In the year 2009, almost 65% of all the human beings on this planet will have a mobile phone. Nokia estimates that there will be 4 billion … Continue reading
How the next billion (or two) customers will influence industrial design
More than one billion cellphones were sold on the planet Earth in 2007. In the year 2009, almost 65% of all the human beings on this planet will have a mobile phone. Nokia estimates that there will be 4 billion … Continue reading
Its not as simple as trust
Just came across this article in the Business Standard – “The New Holy Grail” – a long rambling incoherent report on a recent presentation by The Boston Consulting Group on the ‘The Next Billion‘ (PDF) customers. One wonders if its … Continue reading
Posted in BoP, Bottom of the pyramid/Poverty, Business, Culture & research, India/Asia/China, Marketing, pay as you go economy, Pondering
Tagged bop
Transporting South Africa
Three weeks traveling through the back end of South Africa – considered the most advanced nation on the African continent – has been an unusual journey in many ways, particularly for an Indian. My mother opened my eyes today when … Continue reading
Encountering Africa
Today is not only my fourth full day in Africa but also the first day that I have managed to the get eeePC online for a significant length of time. This is my first time here on this continent and … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Culture & research, Personal, Pondering
Pondering the mobile innovation divide
Vanderbeeken has an interesting post up on Putting People First today, one that made me think about the possible reasons why mobile services and application areas in the developed world (read the United States) are a bit behind the rest … Continue reading
Posted in BoP, Mobile platform, Pondering
Tagged bop, global, innovation, mobile
