Boss waking up

Ashwin Goyal

Apr 19, 2024

"Hey, everyone! The boss is awake!" someone shouted across the office.

"Not again," a voice muttered. "I thought we had another decade before this happened."

"Apparently not," came a reply. "Better get our reports ready."

Showing bravado

"I can do better than that," he thought, eyeing the successful founder on stage. But the weekend was almost over, and it was time to organize his office shirts by color and fabric.

Negotiating big numbers

“We can offer $5 million," they said. "I need $10 million," he pleaded, tears welling up. "Every dollar is the difference between my children eating or starving." "$6 million is really all we can do," they responded. "$9 million, I'm