Black Swan

When a health epidemic or pandemic impacts the way your business operates, it can feel as if things are completely out of your control. The coronavirus outbreak is the most recent example. The results will be short term and long term. How do you manage such “black swan” events? It’s…

Deep Kalra, founder & chairman, MakeMyTrip, Rajan Anandan, managing director, Sequoia Capital and Yashish Dahiya, co-founder & CEO, Policybazaar at ET GBS.Startups are constantly grappling with uncertainty ranging from changing investor sentiment around funding, business environment and a competitive landscape. But the outbreak of Covid-19 is an unprecedented event which…

As of this writing, COVID-19 has killed more than 3,400 people around the globe and the coronavirus has infected tens of thousands more. But its impact has gone much further, causing major disruptions in public markets and leading corporations to pull out of conferences and delay travel. Big tech companies…

Photo: GettyAs the novel coronavirus continues to spread—thanks in part to the disastrously inadequate response by failing governments like those in Iran and the United States—events are being cancelled faster than reporters can keep track of them, and employees in various industries are being asked to postpone all travel and…

Sequoia Capital, the seminal Silicon Valley venture fund, has urged its startups question every assumption about their businesses in order to survive the coronavirus threat. “Coronavirus is the black swan of 2020,” said Sequoia in a letter to founders and CEOs published to its Medium blog Thursday evening. “Black swans”…

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Here is a note that we sent to Sequoia founders and CEOs today to provide guidance on how to ensure the health of their business while dealing with potential business consequences of the spreading effects of the coronavirus.Dear Founders & CEOs,Coronavirus is the black swan of 2020. Some of you…

BTS dropped a music video for “Black Swan” and reached 7 million views in the first few hours, with no prior announcement. Most releases in the K-pop industry come with a release calendar for teaser images, tracklists and music video releases that fans  anticipate and count down the days toward.…

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors targeting declines in U.S. stocks saw sizeable gains during last week’s sell-off, as markets plunged on concerns that the spread of the coronavirus was accelerating beyond China. FILE PHOTO: A Wall Street sign is seen outside of the New York Stock Exchange September 19, 2008.…

Sew! Sew like the wind! This photo taken on February 28, 2020, shows workers sewing hazardous ... material suits to be used in the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, at the Zhejiang Ugly Duck Industry garment factory in Wenzhou. (Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images China’s coronavirus…