Ketan Nayak

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  • Old School Cool – Lessons on building a lasting business from an 89 year old trucking company

    An 89 year old has been kicking ass and taking names. Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL) was founded in 1934. In the last decade, their stock is up 1300%. That is 2x the growth of any company in FAMGA. In the last 5 years, they are top 5 in the S&P 500 in terms of […]

    Ketan Nayak

    January 22, 2023
    Business
    Business, growth, leadership, outlier
  • Executive Coaching in a Box: The Mochary Method and my Takeaways

    Every professional athlete has a coach. Why don’t all leadership professionals do? With the right coach, you can be the greatest version of yourself. Coaching though, is expensive and inaccessible for many. The next best alternative? Executive Coaching in a box. That’s what I called Matt Mochary’s exec coaching curriculum when I came across it. […]

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    Ketan Nayak

    January 12, 2023
    Product Management, Productivity
    executive coaching, leadership, Productivity
  • 2022 Rewind: What did I manage to do? Where did I fail?

    Keep writing every day and your mind will only get clearer. -@orangebook_ As a personal experiment, I want to write more in 2023. A good start would be to recap my 2022. Things I did, I didn’t, and lessons learned. Highlights 1. Family First big highlight this year. We welcomed a new baby boy to […]

    Ketan Nayak

    January 1, 2023
    Personal
    annual review, fitness, reading
  • My first Toastmasters experience

    I’ve never been a great public speaker and it has always bothered me. In the limited times I’ve had an opportunity to talk to an audience in the past, I have felt very nervous and only extensive preparation has given me the ability to actually finish the talk. Even in those cases, I have mostly […]

    Ketan Nayak

    December 29, 2015
    Toastmasters
    Personal, Toastmasters, washingtonDC
  • 5 lessons from Startup Weekend on Social Impact

    I participated in the DC Startup Weekend on Social Impact at ImpactHub organized by UP in Washington DC from June 12-14. It was my second Startup Weekend and here are the 5 lessons that I learnt from the whole experience.

    Ketan Nayak

    June 21, 2015
    Startups
    social, startups, washingtonDC, weekend
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