For decades, premium commercial real estate has remained an exclusive club of HNIs, institutional investors, pension and sovereign funds. Unless of course, you had crores to invest, specialised market knowledge, and the patience to manage complex properties, you were effectively…
Following the footsteps of Apple (quite literally), Tesla is set to open its first showroom in India in Mumbai’s BKC. The electric giant has signed a 5-year lease deal for space in the Maker Maxity building. This marks a turning…
Every Wednesday at Dezerv, we hold a product and design open house. Members of our product, design, and growth teams showcase new features and design directions to anyone interested. It’s optional but always valuable – people walk away having learned…
Remember the time we relied on Netflix to watch the latest season of a favourite show? The time when only one streaming service held the keys to all our favourite shows? Those days feel like a distant memory now. In…
In 2020, in a small San Francisco apartment, Chuck Feeney, the Irish-American co-founder of Duty-Free Shoppers, the travel retailer of luxury products, quietly achieved what he had set out to do 38 years ago – giving away his entire $8…
In 1700, India produced 25% of the world’s textiles. Our muslins, particularly from Bengal, were so fine that a 50-yard piece could pass through a wedding ring. But everything changed in June 1721, when the British Parliament passed the Calico…
In an intriguing twist of metallurgical history, the same titanium that now sits in your wallet as a status symbol was once so rare and precious that the Soviet Union used it exclusively for their military aircraft. In the 1950s,…
While researching for our Newsletter edition no. 179 on luxury residential projects, we uncovered something fascinating – a niche that’s rapidly emerging as a sleeping giant in India’s real estate sector. I’m talking about premium assisted senior living communities, and…
A conversation with one of our relationship managers last week turned to something fundamental to wealth creation – the value of consistency over perfection. As we discussed what makes people consistent, we arrived at a simple truth: discipline is the…
Hope you and your loved ones have a prosperous and happy new year! The team and I took a short break last week, and we are back with an exciting line up of podcasts and newsletters. This week, I am…