Interesting acquisition by Saurabh Varma. So we thought we’d ask a question. Without further ado, here’s Dr Bhaskar Das in the Dec 10 edition of Das ka Dum…
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Q. Amidst all the gloom of the Mumbai Mirror daily shutting, there’s news of Saurabh Varma’s Wondrlab acquiring What’s Your Problem? Obviously, there’s some money in the market. Your comments?
A. I am not very clear about the linkage of two discrete incidents except availability of resources are relevant for all economic activities. So let’s confine my response to the new acquisition of Wondrlab. There are two key routes to a growth strategy of an organisation: DIY or acquisition. In today’s day and age, growth hackers quite often opt for the second route as it reduces the gestation period of skill build-up and expanding partner servicing ability.
For growth hackers the only resource constraint is lack of imagination. But by the very nature of this kind of organisation, strategic vision guides deployment of resources. Cost optimisation is usually not a starting point for strategic leap.
Knowing Mr Varma’s passion and vision for cutting-edge capabilities to differentiate in the marketplace, such blitzscaling appears logical to me.