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
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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
Watching the bestseller lists…
I love books and I enjoy visiting the bookstores at least once a week. One of the things that I love to watch is “what is on the bestseller lists.” While I watch this list to see if I have missed anything recently, there is a lot more one can learn from watching the bestseller… Continue reading
Quought for the day #54 – Gary Sage
Gary is a value strategist & coach. He heads a busy executive coaching practice spanning 5 countries. He is the originator of the Unplugged Model, which delivers extraordinary value strategies to the world of sales, communication, personal achievement and leadership; with a bit of help from an NLP-centric influence methodology. He has 25 years of… Continue reading
Quought for the Day #53 – Karen Kang
Karen Kang is a recognized expert in positioning and brand strategies. A 25-year veteran in marketing and communications, she founded Karen Kang Consulting in 1994. She has helped more than 100 companies, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, develop successful corporate and product positioning and brand strategies. A former newspaper reporter, she has held executive… Continue reading