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The Sixth Commandment: Be Caring

Summary: Look after your colleagues, suppliers, distributors, & customers. Nurture a corporate culture focused on learning, on process, and on “means” (rather than “ends” such as financial targets). [To find out what the Ten Commandments of Indian Entrepreneurship are, please click here: https://marcellus.in/blogs/the-ten-commandments-of-entrepreneurship-in-india/] “Unless you know the individual, it’s very difficult to advise that individual as […]

Jun 13, 2025 . 8 MIN READ
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The Fifth Commandment: Be Happy ‘Standing Out’

Summary: If you do things that most others don’t, you will be criticised. Don’t abuse the haters. Enjoy the journey of ‘standing out’ from the crowd and walk down the path less trodden. [To find out what the Ten Commandments of Indian Entrepreneurship are, please click here] “Successful risk-takers are conscientiously contrarian. They have theories […]

Jun 06, 2025 . 9 MIN READ
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The Fourth Commandment: Embrace Failure

Summary: Failure & success are like summer & winter i.e., they are a routine part of business life and should not be a source of exultation or heartburn. In fact, failure is an essential milestone en route to acquiring skills & learning along the way. To find out what the Ten Commandments of Indian Entrepreneurship […]

May 30, 2025 . 12 MIN READ
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Asset Class Diversification in Investing: Like a Well-Balanced Wholesome Meal

Ever been out to dinner at a restaurant and ordered just Paneer? No rice or breads – just a few servings of the famous chef-special Paneer Special? Probably not. A fulfilling wholesome meal needs a variety of food to balance flavours, textures and nutrition. So does your investment portfolio. Think of your portfolio like a […]

May 28, 2025 . 2 MIN READ
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The Third Commandment: Be Patient

Summary: Be patient like Warren Buffett and play the infinite game. Know that is it likely that you will generate the vast majority of your wealth in the autumn of your life. [To find out what the Ten Commandments of Indian Entrepreneurship are, pls click here: https://marcellus.in/blogs/the-ten-commandments-of-entrepreneurship-in-india/] “Jamsetji Tata was born in 1839. He started his […]

May 23, 2025 . 7 MIN READ
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The Second Commandment: Simplify your life

Summary: Simplify your day-to-day life into a series of routines and processes which allow you to work hard, work intensely, work collaboratively and yet find time to relax, refresh and be creative. [To find out what the Ten Commandments of Indian Entrepreneurship are, pls click here: https://marcellus.in/blogs/the-ten-commandments-of-entrepreneurship-in-india/] “Studies of the lives of great minds tell us […]

May 16, 2025 . 7 MIN READ
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The First Commandment: Take Risks

Summary: Take entrepreneurial risks. Train yourself to take EV (expected value) positive bets early in life and then spend your life making as many EV positive bets as you can. Make small bets initially but once you realize that the odds are in your favour, load up and go as big as you can afford […]

May 14, 2025 . 8 MIN READ
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Launching Marcellus’ Goal Planning and Asset Allocation Service

  “Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.” – Thomas Edison Investing for long-term wealth creation is like setting out on a long road journey. We hop into our car with the hope of building enough wealth to reach our destination – our life goals – before we run out of time. […]

May 03, 2025 . 4 MIN READ
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The Ten Commandments of Entrepreneurship in India

Not only is entrepreneurship in India very different from what it is in the United States, but it is also a different ball game as compared to salaried employment in the world’s fifth largest economy. With stable, salaried employment in the public and in the private sector a thing of the past, the core of […]

May 01, 2025 . 9 MIN READ
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Exit the Salaryman, Enter the Entrepreneur

Even as conventional white-collar employment becomes a tricky proposition, entrepreneurial opportunities are proliferating in modern India. For educated Indians, this shift – from a white-collar professional’s mindset to an entrepreneurial mindset – requires considerable attitudinal retooling. Ironically, those Indians who are able to make this shift are succeeding not just as entrepreneurs but also in […]

Apr 07, 2025 . 16 MIN READ
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The Most Indebted People in the World

Over the past decade, not only have Indians borrowed at an increasing rate whilst their incomes have stagnated, but now they are also one of the most indebted people across the world (excluding mortgages), surpassing the US and China. Most worryingly , most of these retail loans are NOT for creating assets but for satisfying […]

Mar 05, 2025 . 5 MIN READ
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Excessive Debt and the Illusion of Wealth

The reluctance of Indian lenders to finance capex combined with the rise of automation has jammed the ability of the Indian middle class to get jobs & pay hikes. With incomes stagnant and with Income Tax & GST taking away a growing share of the disposable income of the middle class, it has loaded up […]

Feb 12, 2025 . 14 MIN READ

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