During my speaking engagements, I keep bumping into people who have an ambition to pursue an MBA program. Some of them are serious and some of them are not. Upon probing further, I find that many people: a) don’t know why they want an MBA or b) want to pursue an MBA because it will… Continue reading
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Help – Getting it and giving it!
I want you to consider two scenarios. In both the following scenarios John is the CEO of a successful software company. Scenario #1 Fred, an old friend of John calls up John out of the blue. Fred has a compelling offer for John to consider. Jack, one of Fred’s friends has suddenly become available. From… Continue reading
Browser plug-in idea: Launching a group of websites simultaneously – Updated: solution already exists
I hope somebody will create this plug-in for Firefox or any tabbed browser. Here is the background and the idea. RSS changed the way we browse for information. Earlier you to go to an individual website and read stuff. Now, with a good blog reader (or RSS aggregator or whatever) we don’t have that problem…. Continue reading
Built my first lens on Squidoo
I had a beta account on Squidoo for a few weeks and had done nothing with it. Last night, I started working on my first lens and it took me less than 45 minutes to build and publish one for Beyond Code. Take a look when you have a moment and better yet, start planning… Continue reading
Got carried away by the web? – Now, take back your life!
Web was and is one of the best things to happen to all of us. However, there is a danger in getting carried away. If you are one of those who have already been carried away, here’s your chance to take back your life! A couple of disclaimers to start with: 1. This is going… Continue reading
Ways to distinguish yourself – #72 Be willing to step back to move forward
First time entrepreneurs (especially if they are bootstrapping) have a first hand experience in this – they willingly step back before moving forward. I have a personal experience too. I remember this clearly – When I co-founded CIGNEX five years ago (66% pay cut, lifestyle changes, smaller office and a ton of uncertainty) everyone would… Continue reading
To Ning or not to Ning
I have been exploring Ning, a simple framework for building social apps. The promise of Ning is compelling and it appears like it should be easy to create applications like Craigslist, Flickr or Del.icio.us. Ning was founded by Gina Bianchini and Marc Andreessen. I was tempted to get a beta developer account and get my… Continue reading
Finding new opportunities – gada.be
The company you work at and the company you keep both make a big difference. Being in the silicon valley, I get to meet and talk to entrepreneurs almost on a daily basis and get to hear about cool things that they are working on. It’s amazing to see how these folks look at the… Continue reading
When to compete and when to collaborate?
My friend Ravi has an interesting post called “Compete and Collaborate” on his blog Musings on Information Security, where he explains how two competitors such as Cisco and Juniper Networks can actually partner (at appropriate times) for mutual benefit. I think in the new world everything changes. The line between competitor and partner is blurred…. Continue reading
Killer app on top of a killer app :)
I am of the firm belief that email is still the killer app and there are many more killer apps that will come out based on email. Feedblitz is one of them. In a nutshell, Feedblitz provides a painless way to get blog content into an Inbox. Brad and Phil helped me setup an email… Continue reading