Ajeet Singh on economic cycles
From Episode 5: Lessons from Building Thoughtspot and Nutanix with Ajeet Singh · · Vidya Raman
“When you are looking at a one or two decade horizon, you are going to go through a few economic cycles in that process and you have to be ready. You always have to be able to deal with them whether you are starting a company, you are in growth phase or you're a public company. Of course, it's never easy and it's never fun, but you have to run a company in a responsible manner so that you are not overstretching yourself when you are not able to handle a correction and second when things change you have to adapt.”
On , Ajeet Singh, Cofounder at ThoughtSpot, spoke about economic cycles during Episode 5: Lessons from Building Thoughtspot and Nutanix with Ajeet Singh on Vidya Raman.
About Ajeet Singh
Ajeet Singh, cofounder of ThoughtSpot, spoke at the NextGen SCM event in Delhi on May 19, 2026, about modern supply chain challenges. He described supply chain as "meeting customer expectations with probably minimum cost and in a lean and mean manner." Singh stated that changing customer expectations, including demands for speed, agility, lower cost, and variety, are driving organizations to build more resilient and responsive networks. He noted that "technology and knowledge barriers are coming down" and that competition is widespread, creating pressure on supply chains. Singh argued that enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are often "one-size-fits-all solutions that fail to account for industry nuances," leading to siloed information and a lack of responsiveness. He said different industries face unique challenges, citing examples such as the steel industry's liquid metal conversion, discrete manufacturing's assembly of millions of parts, and the fashion industry's need for season planning and markdown optimization. Singh stated that tailored solutions are required rather than generic ones, and that technology can help with demand sensing, supply chain planning, and operations execution to improve responsiveness.