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The Power of 7 (or 77) ! IBM Big Data, Wimbledon, and B2B marketing
What a Wimbledon this was! From slides (all around the court) to falls (of top seeds), to a dream win for a relative unknown Frenchwoman followed by the win Britain was waiting for – it took 77 years...
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StartUp Dilemma 5 - Office/ Second Office Timing
A couple of months ago, I received an invite from Anand of Persistent Systems – they are opening a new delivery office in Bangalore (their first one was in Pune), and it was party time! It reminded me...
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Start Up Dilemma - 6 (Do You Hire Sales People Sooner, or Later)
Last week I met up with an ex colleague who is now running a startup in the research and analytics space, with play largely in the U.S. He happens to be fortunate in that he is part of a larger,...
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StartUp Dilemma - 7 (How Much Smoke is Permissible For My Screen - or the new...
(Credit: Nasscom for startups) I was talking to a young duo today – they are techies, working on coding a product for the Legal Industry. Product is maybe 60% ready, and they are beginning client...
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Communication, the Hallmark of Success
Most working moms and dads recognize these little notes – i used to get about 5 a day, mostly shoved under my nose, and, most importantly, on top of the computer screen – thus MANDATING that i finally...
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I realize that the last post here was a year and a half ago. However, the good news is that this yea
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Of Habits and Hiatuses - and what they have to do with Alcoholism and...
Want to learn to play the guitar? Or tennis? Or be part of a dramatics club? Or drive a car? What does it take to learn/ be good at any new thing? Well, apart from a natural aptitude at it, it takes...
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It really is about the PEOPLE
(credit) There’s a great google search ad doing the rounds – its about reunion post partition between India and pakistan. I think by now most folks have watched it, but if you havn’t, click here. (It...
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Outlay vs. Outcome: Why I need to diet AND exercise (or, why is "purchase...
Classical scene in our house post any exam for the 8th grader child: One parent checking child’s answer against question paper. Child ofcourse answering to less-than-parent’s-satisfaction. Parent in...
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Is Excellence a De-motivator? On How to Walk the Motivation Tight Rope
(Credit) As anyone who has been reading my posts knows, I pretty much, for the first time in my life, followed a new year’s resolution – that of joining an aerobics class (and, for the cynics amongst...
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What I figured out last year
To borrow from my favorite Charles Dickens novel, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” Most bloggers probably write posts revisiting 2013, making resolutions for 2014. I thought I’d...
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StartUp Dilemma 8 - What's the Magic Number of Founders?
Entrepreneurship is a bit like marriage – you get married (willingly that is) either because you really like a person and would like to spend the rest of your life with him/ her; OR (seen less often in...
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Leadership Change - Dealing With It
So Microsoft finally decided who their CEO should be, and all of the world has an opinion on it. Ofcourse, so does all of India – most are proud, some contemplative. I haven’t come across a lot on...
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Come on, Own Up, it IS your Monkey after all!
Classic situation at home: regular domestic help off sick, temp one hired. Big clash with housekeeper – about who should be doing what. I ask housekeeper/ nanny – why a certain thing didn’t happen –...
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Limiting Factors, Outliers, Managing Perception; and... Parenting!
Parenting is, arguably, world’s toughest job! The next probably is working out/ losing weight And ofcourse, after that is managing a large work force :) The correlation is not apparent – but, will be...
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Entrepreneurial Lessons from Dr. Myles Munroe
Faith Ministries Inc. pastor Dr. Myles Munroe, his wife and seven others, died in a plane crash on Nov. 9 2014. “The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without purpose,” said...
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How opposites attract, or, what makes a successful partnership
Two interesting things happened to/ around me this year-end: a) My husband turned 50 (we had a lovely celebration with family and friends). b) I completed two years of retired life. Got me thinking...
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The Sudden Rise of Social Conscience; OR; How incentives work
– Yesterday, a neighbour came to me and asked – do you remember the name of the lady who was running a “clean up your neighborhood” drive? My daughter has to do some community service for her higher...
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Whose Sale Is It Anyway; or; come onnn - Differentiate!
Seen on front pages of a newspaper, and its supplement yesterday. Made me think about what competition does to one. A few thoughts: a) Media is amazing! No conflict of interest obviously right? Front...
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On Prevarication, JIT, and Acorns & Oaks
So, it’s true – the acorn doesn’t fall far from the oak. I just read this article on early risers vs late night owls, roughly 10 mins after my daughter finally got up this morning/ afternoon – at...
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Start-Up Dilemma 9: Board of Directors/ Advisors
Credit A problem I have been seeing very often of late (more now when I meet many start-ups as mentor/ advisor, than when I ran my own) is – when should I appoint a Board? How many people? What should...
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What's Common Between A Broken Down Road and Greece! (Or, The Art of Patchwork)
I’m deeply disturbed (and have been for a while). This picture shows a scenario I pass daily on my way to and from home – I live in one of the so called posh residential areas with million dollar...
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Size Matters? How Does App-Only Fit In?
Last week, my Facebook newsfeed was filled with posts like these: – As an inveterate online shopper, (can’t remember the last time I bought at a physical store/grocer/mall) I am appalled to read...
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8 Entrepreneurship Lessons From The Intern
For most people films are sheer entertainment. You have a good time and you go back to life as usual. But films also have another important role – they can get you to think. Think of things you might...
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StartUp Dilemma 4 - Pricing; OR How to Make Sure You Get Full-ish Value For...
Was reading a blog a couple days ago – this is a consultant who is rightly advising folks to never sell their services for free. As a corollary, one of the 2 newspapers we take, had a front page story...
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