Archive for the 'Ideas/Work' Category

Man is always selling

« 16 April 2007 at 2:32 pm | 3 Comments
Personal, Ideas/Work | Tags: Business Startup customer service competition selling »

You are always selling. You are always pitching.
When you are not selling your product/service to a customer, you are still selling.
In school, you pitch your youth and earnestness to earn some knowledge and intellect.Among peers, you pitch your ideas and recommendations in exchange for being identified and getting membership.During an interview, you are pitching your […]



My first sand castle in a decade

« 15 April 2007 at 1:24 pm | 2 Comments
Personal, Ideas/Work | Tags: florida startups life lessons »

And how I re-learnt some life lessons that all kids should have known all along.
Saturday was another great, warm, sunny and calm morning. Which could only lead to one thing … books, umbrella, towels, salsa, guacamole and sunscreen lotion. On, and the sand, surf and water, of course.
An hour into the outing, I decide […]



Homophonous phrases

« 2 April 2007 at 3:56 pm | 3 Comments
Cool people, Ideas/Work | Tags: Funny buffalo homophonous »

Ok, so the title doesn’t suggest the lightness of reading it all … but once you get the idea, it’s hard to stop repeating this …
 
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
Now, repeat this to yourself “that was a valid English sentence”
And go write this in your term paper and if the teacher gives […]



Living in Florida

« 25 March 2007 at 12:34 pm | No Comments
Personal, Ideas/Work | Tags: florida weather »

I’ve just moved to Florida this week … and what a week! For starters, check out our new digs … view google map! The weather’s holding steady in the 20 to 25 degrees centigrade range! And the water’s nice and warm for awesome swimming! And when it’s cloudy, the boardwalk is quiet enough for long […]



All those personal posts I promised

« 5 March 2007 at 3:51 pm | No Comments
Personal, Ideas/Work | Tags: »

I recently (ok, almost a month ago) promised more personal posts filled with wild-eyed-excitement. And the last three posts are all related to business, startups, funding, etc. What gives?
Well, for Surabhi and me … our business is our life. Whatever time we’ve had … we’ve spent thinking about our future, about our work and how […]



Reva Electric Cars gets funding: $20 million

« 22 December 2006 at 6:00 pm | No Comments
Cool people, Ideas/Work | Tags: REVA electric car DFJ »

Reva Cars just got an additional $20 million in funding from a couple of big investors.
This is pretty cool news for a car company that is trying to do the right thing and make it easier for people to use fuel efficient vehicles that are economical (cheap to buy) and easy to use.
 
Read the Reva […]



Offline mode: the next frontier for AJAX web applications

« 28 November 2006 at 5:15 pm | 2 Comments
Techy, Ideas/Work | Tags: Google Docs offline data web applications »

Thanks to Scrybe for showing us how powerful and easy offline modes can be for web-applications (AJAX, flash, anything else).
I just started using Google Spreadsheets a week ago to collaborate with a friend who moved out of the office and back to Bombay … and without Google Spreadsheets, life was hell. Sure there are the […]



Ice Cricket, or what I’m going to do at Lake Placid

« 17 November 2006 at 9:39 am | 1 Comment
Personal, Cool people, Ideas/Work | Tags: Lake Placid Cricket »

So my friends and I are gearing up to spend the next long weekend at Lake Placid at a cozy wood cabin (unlimited firewood!!! No … I won’t let you environmental types stop me … I do this about once a decade, so let me burn some wood for a change!!! I even turn off all […]



Tata Group featured in Time magazine

« 16 November 2006 at 10:50 am | No Comments
Cool people, Ideas/Work | Tags: India Tata Time »

Time magazine has a very nicely written article on the Tata group and it’s various accomplishments in the industrial and economic development in India over the last so many decades.
I like the way Time magazine (like many other US publications) has a nice mix of facts with aggressive writing.
Read the Time magazine article here.
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Naming Names - A timesink

« 14 November 2006 at 5:02 pm | No Comments
Ideas/Work | Tags: website naming creative »

One of the biggest timesinks for a product company is getting to choose the right name for the various products/websites we keep launching.
There are so many factors that affect what can be considered a good name. Chiefly, getting a group consensus. Choosing a name that everyone likes or agrees on. My solution to this problem […]




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