Linkfest: July 20, 2018

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What I am reading today

Outliers 64: How Infosys founder Narayana Murthy makes decisions (FactorDaily)
Creating good B2B content marketing strategies is tough (afaqs!: Guest Articles)


How Warren Buffett's 34-year-old protégé scored her job at Berkshire Hathaway (Buffett Watch)
A new way to measure women's and girls' empowerment in impact evaluations (J-PAL News)
Why Proposed Tax On Chinese Solar Cells May Hit India's Clean Energy Ambitions (IndiaSpend)
Retirement complexities (Subramoney)
Winning brands are taking six steps to reshape the future and make the most of New Retail in China: http://spr.ly/6018DqiRE  (Bain Alerts)
Moving Beyond LinkedIn: A Better Strategy for Switching Careers (Knowledge@Wharton)
Let's talk value, not price (Forbes India Magazine)
When a tribunal gets benched (Somasekhar Sundaresan)

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