Showing posts with label Innovation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Innovation. Show all posts

Friday, December 3, 2021

OBQ 1660: The Quiet one

He is one of those person who started the start-up culture in 20th century unlike his fellow entrepreneurs he is not a cannonball, he is quiet and persistent and has started and funded dozen of successful firms in last 25 years.

Who is he?

Answer:Pierre Omidyar

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

OBQ 1659: Too big to ignore.

Even I hadn't heard about them till recently, but then I learned they are the most valuable company in Europe, so one can't ignore it. 

With that as clue identify this firm from its logo.

Answer: ASML, one of the largest manufacturer of machines that are used for making semi-conductor chips.



Thursday, October 28, 2021

OBQ 1647: Immigrants to the rescue.

The immigrants are a nation of their own, in many cases though the rescued immigrants become the rescuers for the human society.

Connect the images to an immigrant couple that did just that. Name them or the company they started.

Answer:BioNTech and its founders Dr.Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci



Tuesday, October 26, 2021

OBQ 1646: Masterpiece turns 20

Wheels are considered to be amongst the greatest inventions of all time, here is one such "wheel based" design that came in existence some 20 years ago and millions of users will swear by its design.

Identify the product that caused a revolution thanks to the humble wheel.

Answer: iPod and its clickwheel


Friday, October 8, 2021

OBQ 1639: On the money.

Identify the mavericks who started a firm that lets the common man make money before they make the money themselves. 

Its a start-up that is truly for "Bharat".

Answer:Ashneer Grover and Shashvat Nakrani


Sunday, October 3, 2021

OBQ 1637: One in a billion.

Even in 21st century there are very few woman technologist who can prove their mettle in laboratory as well as in boardroom.

Here is one who not only took on some of the most devious silicon valley monopolies but did that with smile on the face and won.

Identify the lady who is literally one in a billion.
Answer: AMD CEO Lisa Su




Tuesday, September 21, 2021

OBQ 1633: The Newsmakers

There are those who are on page3 and then their are those who are on the front page, this power couple has come under tremendous pressure in last one year or so for the kind of venture they run has lots of expectations set-up on it.

They have come out on top of it and made India proud.

ID them and the powerhouse of a company they run.

Answer: Krishna and Suchitra Ella of Bharat Biotech.


Sunday, September 19, 2021

OBQ 1632: Power_Shift.

In these crazy inflationary times its not enough to be just a billionaire and a daredevil pilot, you also need to grab good PR opportunities to grab everyone's attention and give cold feet to competition.

He is a billionaire who just did that and his fame literally shot through the roof.

Connect these images to a man who is king of all trades.
Answer: Jared Isaacman! Now go google it :)


Monday, September 13, 2021

OBQ 1630: Its a liquidity problem.

When you have lots of money you can do anything with it, this has been true from the time of the king of Lanka (Raavan) , here we have a 21st century tycoon doing something similar.

Connect these two images to one of the red hot start-ups that is just a month older than the Taliban Government in Afghanistan.


Answer: Altos a start-up that plans to make humans immortal!


Saturday, July 10, 2021

OBQ 1615: Mother of all necessities.

They say necessity is mother of all inventions and these last few centuries war is mother of all necessities, connect and identify the organization that is a gift to mankind from the cold war era.


Answer: DARPA




Saturday, July 3, 2021

OBQ 1613: The revolutionary.

The revolutionary is dead (most likely murdered) but the revolution has just started, identify the greatest of the silicon valley icon, he was so good as a technologist and humanist that his peers had to get him jailed!

Connect to an icon whose name will be more famous after 50 years when his contemporaries like Bill Gates and Larry Ellison will be no more!!

Answer: John McAfee






Thursday, June 24, 2021

OBQ 1609: Can you see the future?

 Identify the character, AI personality. She can not only see the future but also create it.

Answer: Cortana


Monday, June 21, 2021

OBQ 1608: Quiet revolution

 Connect these images to a revolution that is happening in the world of mobility.

I need a very specific answer!

Answer: Formula E


Saturday, June 5, 2021

OBQ 1602: Homegrown.

India surely has a lot of IT crowd but it hardly has products/apps that can compete with the likes of Whatsapp, Twitter or Microsoft Office. That is starting to change thanks to companies like this started by some mavericks that are not just redefining what India can do, but also how technology company can run without any need of glass and steel offices.

Connect to a company.


Answer: Zoho Corp


Wednesday, June 2, 2021

OBQ 1601: The rebel.

Unfortunately the message of Gandhi is lost in 21st century, people have gone about abusing power and exploiting poor and natural resources, the results are for all of us to see. Here is one person though that Gandhiji would be proud of regardless of his violent tactics...because it is for a just cause and net sum of his efforts is overall less violence against nature.

Identify the rebel who is fighting a just cause.


Answer: Paul Watson of Sea Shepherd project.


Friday, May 28, 2021

OBQ 1599: She/Her/Legend!

Some real life stories are even more amazing than the fiction, here is one such story of a person of Indian origin breaking it through the "white glass ceiling".

Identify the woman with guts and glory.

Answer: Anjali Sud of Vimeo


Thursday, May 13, 2021

OBQ 1593: Unlikely savior.

Connect these images to a groundbreaking venture that intends to make us immortals!


Answer:Google's Calico


Saturday, April 17, 2021

OBQ 1585: Building the base.

Coin base has gone ballistic and the world cant have enough of bitcoins enthusiasts, there are people however working on less sexy but far more effective things that make financial inclusion and digital money reach farther.

Identify this entrepreneur who is doing this in India and beyond for last two decades+ and has built quite a huge base of customers and investors.


Answer: Amrish Rau of Pine labs



Wednesday, April 7, 2021

OBQ 1584: Geeks Inc.

This almost feels like history repeating itself, where the upstarts from two decades ago are now billionaire investors and they have found their alter egos in two nerds who will go on to revolutionize more than one industry.

Connect these four gentlemen to a company...unfortunately its not called  Geeks Inc.


Answer: Patrick and John Collison of Stripe






Thursday, March 25, 2021

OBQ 1578: Art is eternal.

 A ridiculous amount of money is spent on upkeeping some of the masterpieces by artists of acclaim, just so that the future generation can savor and appreciate it. However there is a new art form that is inherently eternal and doesn't need anything apart from a constant supply of electricity.

Here is one such example of this art form, identify this new "art form".


Answer: Digital art that are paid for by Non-fungible tokens (NFT) this is Picasso's Bull.