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Diligent Delegation | The Decision to Entrust

By: Dipa Sanatani January 15, 2021January 15, 2021

My Business Journal, My Leadership Journeybusiness culture, corporate culture, delegation, entrepreneur, family business, managing people, team leadership, trust6 Comments

Delegation comes down to trust. Can you trust the people in your team to do more together than they ever could alone?

The Entrepreneur | A Creative Economic Force

By: Helios January 14, 2021

Investments, The Creative Entrepreneurangel investor, corporate world, economy, entrepreneur, family business, financial success, industrial revolution, small business8 Comments

Entrepreneurship is the transformation of inventions, ideas and systems into an economic force that benefits society.

Venture Forth | The Merchant of Stories

By: The Mercantile January 14, 2021

The Creative Entrepreneur, The Traveller's Diaryadventure, books on entrepreneurship, entrepreneurs, family business, risk, travel, venture7 Comments

And hence began her life’s greatest adventure. A journey that awakens the soul within as it goes along…

Kinokuniya | The Business Journey Behind Books

By: Dipa Sanatani July 14, 2020July 14, 2020

Japan, My Business Journal, Singapore, The Creative Entrepreneurauthor, books, bookstores, business journey, earthquakes, entrepreneur, family business, kinokuniya2 Comments

The Kinokuniya flagship store is located on Orchard Road–Singapore’s iconic shopping district. I’ve always found the entrance to the bookstore rather modest and inconspicuous. The moment I walk in, however, I am always spellbound by the impressive 33,000 sq. ft. space that houses an extensive collection of more than 400,000 titles from all over the world.

The Journey from Bookkeeping to Poetry

By: Dipa Sanatani May 7, 2020May 7, 2020

My Business Journal, My Leadership Journey, The Creative Entrepreneur, Thoughts on Lifeaccounting, author, books, business school, childhood, family business, gujarati business, leadership, poetry, Rumi, tagore11 Comments

Apprentice-style learn-by-doing is a trademark of Gujarati businesses. I had learnt under a master from the day I emerged from the womb. Business school felt trivial and theoretical in comparison. During my first year, I gave my lecturers a hard time by misbehaving and sleeping in class. My good grades came as a surprise to them. Who needs school when life is our best teacher?