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Blogging and Beyond: Meet Guy Kawasaki, Chris Pirillo and Ramit Sethi – Aug 9, 2006
< Re-published for folks in Silicon Valley >Meet three superstars in the blogging world. I am excited about this event. For those of you who are attending, I look forward to meeting with you on that day. Thanks.====================================I will be moderating a panel on the above mentioned topic with some of the blogging rock stars… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #157 – Pay for ideas
One of your close friends comes up with an idea that has the possibility of making a big impact on your future – may be in terms of money, career or any other kind of success. You may take that idea and do something about it or you may decide to pass on it. Whatever… Continue reading
Unveiling Suggestica; Thanks to everyone who played a part!
The day has come. Finally. What started off as a simple idea took on a “larger than life” size over the last few months. Vijay and I are blessed to be surrounded by so many bright people that made it happen. A project of this magnitude cannot be brought to life without the involvement of… Continue reading
The Paradox of Experience
Here is the paradox. We are always chasing experience and want to get it and show people that we have GOT IT. However, we are really unconfortable with the experience of experience. Think about it. We want to try something new and gain experience. We try it. We fail – sometimes or many times. We… Continue reading
What could a meeting do – A brief story of Suggestica
Regular readers of this blog may be wondering whether I have become lazy as there are not many posts on the blog. I have not been lazy – in fact, I have been busy preparing for the launch of a new venture that I am involved with called Suggestica. A brief story of the genesis… Continue reading
The elusive trap: Work experience!!
Technology professionals can relate with this very well although I think this applies to any knowledge worker. When you start your career, the biggest disadvantage you have is that you don’t have “enough experience” on the job. Seems like a fair assessment so you agree to work under the guidance of “more experienced” people. As… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself #156 – Manage perceptions of you
I know you should not judge a book by its cover. People do. So if the book is good, why not spend some time to get a good cover? I know that first impressions can be wrong. You should not judge a person just by the first impression. People do. They may not give him… Continue reading
Latest eBook – "Lasting Relationships" on sale now
Finally, this eBook is ready! I have spent months on this one. It is a 19 page eBook that outlines a simple, yet powerful framework for building long-term relationships. I have spoken on this topic at various companies including but not limited to Cisco, Sun, Oracle and Agilent Technologies. The price for this eBook is… Continue reading
Raising your awareness
It was the second half of 1997. I had just relocated to the Bay area (California) from Singapore. One of my first projects as a project manager for a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) company was to implement a new support application for the Lincoln Telephone company (at that time) That was my first trip to… Continue reading