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But does Walmart understand why FK works and how to use it? Can they take that talent and apply it to US markets to give them a long term competitive edge? Dig

But does Walmart understand why FK works and how to use it? Can they take that talent and apply it to US markets to give them a long term competitive edge? Digging further, what business decisions got them into this mess? Will FK help them address their lack of vision or clarity around the new digital world? I feel like many businesses look to some hot new tech solution for what are fundamentally pure business problems. Akka, PWA and Tensorflow will not save Walmart from Amazon, if that is indeed the plan. Anyone can buy talented engineers, but can you use them?

ravivyas 8y ago
I would not call FK talent cheap, running a service at that scale is no easy feat.
- dilipray 8y ago
  True that. In terms of technology PayTM and Ola were doing better than Flipkart.
  - jitendrac 8y ago
    +1 for mentioning PayTM, PayTM is improving silently which almost no one notices.
dilipray 8y ago
All the great tech guys are out of Flipkart long ago. Now they just have the crap.
johnydepp 8y ago
> what business decisions got them into this mess? Flipkart is head-on competition with amazon in India. And Walmart want to do the same in US. So what is your confusion? Wallmart can definitely apply the tech from FK to US market.
- jorblumesea 8y ago
  My point was, it's more than tech. It's how your business is run, it's how you apply tech to business problems, it's your vision of what your future company looks like. "Apply tech to the US market" is really just part of a larger problem. It's like moving to AWS and assuming your velocity will speed up because "cloud things". If Walmart has a vision and innovation problem, I doubt the hot new shiny is going to change that in the long term. Many companies adopt some new tech hoping it will save them, not realizing the real problems lie elsewhere.
  - johnydepp 8y ago
    May be plan is to learn a few things about running e-commerce business from FK. US and Indian market differs a lot, but combined Walmart and FK can tackle that I guess.

ravivyas 8y ago

I would not call FK talent cheap, running a service at that scale is no easy feat.

dilipray 8y ago
True that. In terms of technology PayTM and Ola were doing better than Flipkart.
- jitendrac 8y ago
  +1 for mentioning PayTM, PayTM is improving silently which almost no one notices.

dilipray 8y ago

All the great tech guys are out of Flipkart long ago. Now they just have the crap.

johnydepp 8y ago

> what business decisions got them into this mess? Flipkart is head-on competition with amazon in India. And Walmart want to do the same in US. So what is your confusion? Wallmart can definitely apply the tech from FK to US market.

jorblumesea 8y ago
My point was, it's more than tech. It's how your business is run, it's how you apply tech to business problems, it's your vision of what your future company looks like. "Apply tech to the US market" is really just part of a larger problem. It's like moving to AWS and assuming your velocity will speed up because "cloud things". If Walmart has a vision and innovation problem, I doubt the hot new shiny is going to change that in the long term. Many companies adopt some new tech hoping it will save them, not realizing the real problems lie elsewhere.
- johnydepp 8y ago
  May be plan is to learn a few things about running e-commerce business from FK. US and Indian market differs a lot, but combined Walmart and FK can tackle that I guess.