Strategy + Ventures: August 2006 Archives
Looks like Thai kids will learn to "C" faster than others worldwide. Based on this article at ABC News, Thailand hopes to distribute one laptop per child
This program was made possible by Nicholas Negroponte. Here's a link to the program: One Laptop per Child. If possible try and support it.
Will this drive tech entrepreneurship in Thailand?
I certainly hope so. Not only will kids learn computing, they'll teach their parents too, who'll realise that this is an incredibly efficient way to work and do business, and take advantage of it.
Now let's wait for news that someone rolls out a nationwide WiMAX network across Thailand and we'll really get going there..
Tags: thailand, One Laptop per Child, negroponte
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Pepsico has just promoted Indra Nooyi to be the CEO of the company. From what I've heard she's an amazing executive who deserves every accolade bestowed on her. Pepsi is no stranger to India and Indian ways. Way back, Morarji Desai, the then Prime Minister of India decided that paying license fees to Coca Cola and Pepsi for the privilege of drinking carbonated water wasn't such a great idea. He decided to ban Coca Cola in India. Pepsi however did something really smart. They went into a joint venture with the Lehar group, to become Lehar Pepsi. Coca Cola, just went away. For years, Lehar Pepsi took all the profits it could in India, in Coca Cola's absence. There was some terrific competition even here, with Thums up creating a sharper cola that really fit the Indian palate, but even then Lehar Pepsi thrived. In the 90s, barriers against the cola companies were removed, Coca Cola came back, Pepsi bought out Lehar Pepsi. Coca Cola bought out Thums up, and we had our own Cola wars.. Now Pepsi is doing something smarter than all this. An Indian lady as its CEO. Let's see how the world evolves for Pepsi in the future.
Tom Peters has a mantra: Impact is better than longevity. You can see his most recent post on the subject today here: Built To Last. Built For Impact. The thing is - I agree. But I also think that my definition of impact is very different from that of someone else. I define impact as "Value added per unit time" If one added value to an organisation, society, herself or whatever at one point in time, and didn't do any more, the value added by that person per unit time falls. The others in the organisation see her as not having much impact. So you need to keep working harder, re-imagining the world, finding ways & means and influencing people to execute on your imagination. That's how you have impact.
