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Date Archives → October 2007

Entrepreneur Support Program Launch event – Nov 15, 2007

posted in Life on October 30, 2007 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

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 →

Nov 3, 2007: Speaking at SIPA Annual Event – Building and super-charging lasting relationships

posted in Life on October 20, 2007 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

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"

posted in Life on October 17, 2007 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

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

posted in Think on October 14, 2007 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

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

posted in General on October 13, 2007 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

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

posted in Think on October 8, 2007 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

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

posted in Think on October 7, 2007 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

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

posted in Think on October 7, 2007 by Rajesh Setty 2 Comments

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…

posted in General on October 6, 2007 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

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…

posted in General on October 4, 2007 by Rajesh Setty 0 Comment

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 →

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