Photo Courtesy: Tim Patterson The Game Bob and John had ring-side seats. Bob was very unhappy with the way his team was playing. Bob had detailed comments on how the team should really play. After listening for an hour, John said, “Relax, Bob. Being close to the game is not the same as playing the… Continue reading
Date Archives → October 2008
Diwali Wishes and a Related Thought
Photo courtesy: Ribhu Dey For all my readers who are celebrating Diwali, I want to wish you a very Happy Diwali. Diwali is the festival of lights. As we know we all need LOTS of lights to get out of the economic darkness that’s looming 🙂 Now, a quick related thought. I was reading John… Continue reading
Things that make me smile #44 – When the reverse is true TOO…
You have all heard of those words that can be read backwards and they remain the same. Here are a few quick examples: 1. Dad 2. Mom 3. Radar 4. Rotor 5. Madam 6. Level There are hundreds of them. However, this can apply to ideas too. I received the RedBox newsletter. Yes, I am… Continue reading
Love and Entrepreneurship – Right from Bollywood
Love and Entrepreneurship go hand-in-hand I think. Think about it – you can’t be an entrepreneur if you can’t be TOTALLY PASSIONATE about your idea. Over the weekend, I saw this Bollywood movie “Jab We Met” (meaning: When we met) starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor. Here is the video of the one of the… Continue reading
HARP – Having an Attitude that's Recession-Proof!
HARP v. – Having an Attitude that’s Recession-Proof If recession is here, you have been given a free-admission 🙂 None of us can be totally recession-proof. However, we can all strive to have an attitude that’s recession-proof. None of us have to be reminded that how we come out of this recession will be largely… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #197 – Be comfortable with "Nothing"
Take a dot. Put some “nothing” in it and.. You get a doughnut! Take a doughnut. Put some “nothing” in it and… You get a zero. Take a zero. Put some more “nothing” in it and… You get a bowl. Take a bowl. Put some more “nothing” in it and… You get an arc. Take… Continue reading
"Behind The Car" now behind the car (literally)
A quick progress report on my little project (background) with my son Sumukh. Quick Background “Behind The Car” is a community project to collect cool and interesting bumper stickers from across the world. An example of one such bumper sticker is here: The project was launched on his 10th birthday. So it has now been… Continue reading
Things that make smile #43 – UnIntended or Pun Intended :)
Entrepreneur Journeys – A conversation with Sramana Mitra
I have been following Sramana Mitra‘s writings for a long time now. She has a new book called “Entrepreneur Journeys” that was published earlier this month. It is a collection of in-depth interviews with movers and shakers in the technology world. Quick bio of Sramana Mitra Sramana Mitra has been an entrepreneur and a strategy… Continue reading
Powerful Platform + Passionate People = Endless possibilities
The idea is simple (but hard to execute, of course) Build a simple and powerful platform and get passionate people to get engaged. Watch new possibilities emerge. I have taken a simple example here. Fortunately or unfortunately, the example is that of a Hindi song from the movie “Jaane Tu” on YouTube. First, please watch… Continue reading