CHAPTER 3: FINANCE –WISDOM OR INDIFFERENCE?

Madhu stood with his back to us, scribbling something illegible on a whiteboard that ran the full length of the wall behind the desk in his office. He was completely oblivious to my knock on his open door.

He was the first person I’d seen at the company wearing a suit. It was wrinkled grey wool with a white shirt that looked like he had slept in it for a week. Leather suspenders hung loosely down from his shoulders and were apparently strictly sartorial decorations, as they played no role in keeping his pants from sagging. His suit jacket was balled up on his chair, while all of the other chairs in the room were stacked with irregular piles of loose papers and bound notebooks. His enormous desk was ...

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