Sanjiv Goyal, CEO of Droisys is spearheading an interesting program called ESP. He sent a note this morning explaining what the program is and the registration details. Here it is.. ==== Entrepreneurship is a journey and not a destination. To all you would-be entrepreneurs hidden in woodwork and the ones who are already on your… Continue reading
Date Archives → October 2007
Nov 3, 2007: Speaking at SIPA Annual Event – Building and super-charging lasting relationships
You know that what you get out of networking events depends on how much you put into it. In other words, the more you bring to the networking event, the more you can take back home. In this two-part networking clinic (15 minutes each), I want to outline a simple approach to build and super-charge… Continue reading
Oct 25, 2007 – Speaking at San Francisco; Topic: "The Next Level"
I first met with Edith Yeung when we worked together on a project to bring one of my heroes Seth Godin to the bay area (which was a big success). Edith is also the organizer of the SF Entrepreneur Meetup Group (apart from a dozen other things she is involved with). In the next group… Continue reading
The Extra-mile Exercise: Selling scented candles
Disclaimer: I am not involved in selling scented candles nor do I know anyone that is involved in that business. I picked this example so that we can brainstorm the concept of “walking the extra-mile” Scenario: Lisa is an entrepreneur who has just set-up a business of manufacturing and selling scented candles. She approaches you… Continue reading
The cookie story told in pictures
A few days ago my niece Seema sent this in an email. It is a simple story with a message that is applicable to all of us. Enjoy and have a great weekend! ================== The Cookie Story Thank you Seema for sharing the… Continue reading
Columbus and All About Steak
Today we celebrate Columbus Day in the US. Now what has All About Steak got to do with Columbus? On a lighter note, both are about discovery. Columbus set out to find something but really found something else. In fact, he found something WAY bigger than what he originally set out to find. The point… Continue reading
iPolipo presenting at SIIA OnDemand – Nov 2007
iPolipo is one the twelve companies presenting in the SIIA OnDemand event this November. Here is the link: iPolipo presenting at SIIA OnDemand – Nov 2007 iPolipo helps making scheduling simpler. In simple terms, if you are a subscriber of iPolipo, you can selectively and securely publish your available time slots in the form of… Continue reading
Behind the Scenes: The Story of Suggestica
This issue of Business Development Outlook magazine features a story of Suggestica. This is behind-the-scenes story covering what really happened until now in the life of Suggestica. You will see how it all began and watch the journey as we morphed our strategy based on market feedback (actually, we were forced to morph our strategy)… Continue reading
One challenge to get your story noticed…
I took a snapshot of latest news on CNN at around 10pm (PST) on Oct 7, 2007. 90% of these news items were related to crime, sex, killings, scandals etc. Not even one of them was related to some major achievement or a breakthrough. Does that mean that there are no big breakthroughs and achievements… Continue reading
Why bother when it's easy to automate…
Last week I attended the Dreamforce expo at Salesforce.com. There were a wide variety of companies (partners or Salesforce.com) that were exhibiting there. I probably talked two about two dozen companies trying to understand their offering. With about fifteen of those companies I gave them my business card and asked them to follow up on… Continue reading