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Date Archives → March 2006
Ways to distinguish yourself – #113 Fine tune your accountability structures
Living in the Silicon Valley gives you some perks that is hard to be matched by any other place. The other day I had to walk to the hotel next to our office to listen to a fantastic speech by Pramod Haque. Pramod Haque is a Managing Partner at Norwest Venture Capital. He has been… Continue reading
Ways to distingish yourself – #112 Drop "One time use" policy
Imagine this scenario. You are down in Disneyland for a family vacation. Its a beautiful morning and the kids are excited about what they are going to do and see on that day. Suddenly, you realize that you forgot to bring your camera. Your spouse is not happy but has a simple solution – you… Continue reading
Busy with ebook; Quick announcements
Hope you all had a great weekend. Thank you for the overwhelming support for my latest eBook “When you can’t earn an MBA: Thoughts on getting ahead without an MBA” In the last ten days, about 4000 copies have been downloaded. For those of you who have sent me an email regarding the book, I… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Holy Bible
Timing is important. Check what Holy Bible has to say —————————————————————————————— To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under the sun. A time to be born and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill and a… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #111 Don't look to get drowned in positive feedback
The last four weeks it happened thrice. It may be just a coincidence or there is something more to it. So, I thought it was high time I write about it. I met three young entrepreneurs in the last four weeks. While their ideas were all very different, these were the common things: * None… Continue reading
Selling the right stuff vs Not selling at all
Today morning the shower in the bathroom started acting funny. Sometimes it would work and sometimes not. Just like some features in several software products. I am an idiot when it comes to fixing those things. But I am also optimistic. I tried to fiddle with it for a while and actually messed it up… Continue reading
Announcement – Delta P Delta T workshop: Moving from coding to leading
I have been blogging less in the last few days because I am completing an eBook on “Personal Branding for Technology Professionals” to be released soon. I have also been working on finalizing this workshop. So here is the announcement. I have been working on this program for a few months ensure that participants have… Continue reading
Interesting thoughts on Social bookmarking
My new friend Javier Marti has written an interesting article on the effects of social bookmarking – good and bad. As you will discover, the article touches on things way beyond social bookmarking. I am sure you will enjoy reading it. Here is the link: Javier Marti: The power of Social bookmarking and how it… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #110 Contribute to the growth of your entire network
Yesterday I had the privilege of sharing the stage with Dr.Prasad Kaipa at an event organized by SIPA. Dr.Kaipa talked about several interesting topics on that evening. One story that touched my heart was about giant pumpkins of Half Moon Bay in California. Every year there is a contest and whoever grows the largest pumpkin… Continue reading