Everything Shiv Shivakumar said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Shiv: Nokia scaled Indian retail outlets beyond China's mobile phone industry
“So we went from about 40 distributors to about 400. We went from I think, 10, 15,000 outlets to more than a lakh outlets or two lakh outlets, which is more outlets than China mobile phone industry.”
Shiv: Mobile phone makers die without 40% yearly revenue from new models
“Then suddenly you are in an industry like mobile phones where if half, 40% of your sales don't come from new models launched that year, you are dead. It's over.”
Shivakumar: 2003 pricing strategy drove 43% quarterly volume growth at Unilever
“And when we did that, the first quarter, when we put this whole strategy in place, we grew 43% volume growth.”
Shivakumar: Rare Rabbit has done a fantastic job over past six years
“A rare rabbit, ok, in Aparil, in the last five, six years, they've done a fantastic job.”
Shivakumar: Faster-Drying Fabrics Are a Key Unmet Need in Sarees
“One of the biggest unmet needs for poor women on sarees is faster drying sarees. Because a number of those sarees are polyester sarees. They wash it. They want it to dry fast.”
Shivakumar: Only 5% to 7% of business school grads become mid-to-large company CEOs
“If you look at empirical data of mid-sized to large-sized companies, not startups and people who start their own company, about five to seven percent of a batch makes it to CEO.”
Shivakumar: Aging parents and teenage children trigger diaspora returns
“When I interviewed those people, there were two, what I call crossroad points. The first crossword point is, my parents are getting old Shiv, I want to come back. I need to take care of them. Ok, whatever I've done is enough, fine, but I want to come back. If …”
Shivakumar: India has 5,200 bookstores for 10,000 live authors
“We have more authors in India than bookstores. There are 5200 bookstores. Live authors, we have at least Thousands, 10,000, all languages put together.”
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