Should you? Probably not. During my speaking engagements and while attending conferences, I meet a lot of people to whom I give my business cards. To my surprise, I see that, very soon, I am on one or more of their mailing lists. Most often, their mailings are of no relevance to me. When I… Continue reading
Date Archives → February 2007
Lisa Haneberg interviews me for her Fireside Chat Podcast Series
Few days ago, I had a chat with Lisa Haneberg over phone. It was a podcast interview for her Fireside Chat Podcast series. I really enjoyed talking to Lisa. It was interesting in many ways. At least twice I felt that brought greater clarity to ideas that I have been talking about for a while… Continue reading
Quotes worth recording – Edmond Rostand
Things that make me smile #30 – Behind every successful man…
Note: I swear that I didn’t make it up. I won’t dare to. Also, my friend who sent this to me doesn’t want to be named for reasons that will become obvious 🙂 [ Hint: He is married ] There is a common saying which goes something like this “Behind every successful man there is… Continue reading
Jade Oolong Tea – Distinguishing and commanding a premium
Lawrence Chang, founder of ActiveVibe (not live yet) today showed me the famous Jade Oolong Tea (Link to the product at Vital Tea Leaf store) that sells for about $237 per pound. Clearly, they are commanding a huge premium by distinguishing themselves. From whatever little I could understand, this tea is grown by only one… Continue reading
Learning from "side effects"
One of my startups iPolipo is currently in controlled beta. We are excited about all the feedback that we have received so far from the users who are participating in this program. We will be announcing public beta VERY soon. What we are promising with iPolipo is that we will streamline scheduling meetings with people… Continue reading
Get inspired by Invincibelle interviews
Deepika Bajaj is featuring interviews with successful multicultural women through her new venture Invincibelle. Whether you are a multicultural woman or not, you are bound to be inspired by what these accomplished women have to share. She has five interviews up on the site and here are the links: Yoshiko Roth Yoshiko’s fascination with skin… Continue reading
Quought for the day #56 – Rob Crawford
Rob Crawford is Director of Development at The Park School, in Brookline, Masssachusetts, an independent school that two of his four children attend. He presents to and advises educational advancement professionals across the country on possibility-thinking, delighting philanthropists, andtaking action on what matters most. Earlier in his career, Rob was a dedicated middle school Englishteacher… Continue reading
New project from Phil Gerbyshak and Liz Strauss – Relationship Bloggers Conference – SOBCon07
My friends (I am yet to meet both of them in person) Phil Gerbyshak and Liz Strauss are putting together an event whose main purpose is to educate bloggers to take their blogs to the next level. I have known Phil and Liz for quite sometime know and they definitely walk the talk. If you… Continue reading
Quought for the Day #55 – Jnan Dash
Jnan Dash is a technology visionary and executive consultant in Silicon Valley. He focuses on enterprise solutions such as integration, real-time events, real-time Business Intelligence, Service Oriented Architecture, Web Services, open source, and transactional Web (Web 2.0). He spent ten years at Oracle Corporation and was the Group Vice President, Systems Architecture and Technology till… Continue reading