Name it!!!

I write this blog to request you to suggest a name to our Team that can match up to the below listed Qualities...We are an energized Software Team and I think a good aggressive label to our Team can help us evolve our qualities better... We dont want to be called our selves as yankees or Red Sox.. because...

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Of Teams and Trusts

I was told/asked today... "Trust Me, I can do a Good job" I said "We Do"He said "Thanks, do you mean the whole Team trusts in Me?"I said "We do"A Happy man goes out and on his desk to create innovations, those innovations that can change our lives. So does the word has so much weight in it, that it can make a sad face Happy? Yes it does...specially when it is being used beyond friends, families and...

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Please dont Rape good Ideas!!!

We all have one beautiful thing called brain, and this beautiful thing helps us create several , several thousand ideas every day , every month , every year... eventually all those beautiful, unpolished, crude yet energizing ideas dont make it to the big reality... Well not only that several of them...

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You need Business, Not just a Business Plan?

My sister spoke to me yesterday asking me to put my opinion on something very important... She said "I want to quit my Job, Want to start a business with some partnership ideas and friends who are interested" I said "OK, Good Idea, have you thought of this?" 1. Do you and your partners vision what you plan to Sell?2. Do you have a Business Plan?3. is there a Business Model? Short term and Long term...

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My Time Sucks!!!

I am getting busier and busier everyday, Each of the days I tried Pomodoro's they worked well, eventually you need a discipline to follow pomodoro days .. and I suck at it... Honestly in the last few weeks I had no UN SCHEDULED TIME FOR MYSELFPeople ask Me on how I can spend time on blogging every day, still being active on FB or twitter .. I always say "I got 25 hrs a day" the secret is that this...

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Why does the world hate you Mr. Obama?

I am impressed... Video worth a watch...

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Build it or Buy it?

This is the second time in as many as 6 months that we stand ahead to take a decision whether we build or buy.. eventually the first time we chose to go a SEMI approach.. pick something that can be integrated and partially built.. but it was more of a buy decision this time we havent made the decision yet, but we are about to...I am sure this is one of your favourite question that you get every now...

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You either love your job or you're a Porn Star

I am just about to finish my day, a long day after being off sick for the last 2 days and being in transit for the former 2 (I started on Thursday from the UK and halts at Heathrow, Connecting at Paris and Travel to Pune made me back only by Saturday). On my way back got a chance to see this movie "My Life in the ruins" a movie about how a tourist guide not so passionate about her job ends up making...

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How to turn the negativity into positivity?

With my last post Winning Habit 2 - Kill the Negativity... I mentioned that it is very important that you Kill the negativity within you so that you succeed on your own... however its not just you who can spread negativity, its the whole world around that spreads it... And yes this can be 1 or more...

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What Makes a Great Company!!!!

Fred Wilson the noted VC wrote on his blog ... Ten Characteristics of a Great Company I agree to a greater extent... This post is really worth a read... however I think there are few more things that really keep the great companies really great...yet I expand his thoughts....Fred says 1) Great companies are constantly innovating and delighting their customers/users with new products and services.That's...

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Value Proposition

2nd October, amidst all the fears of the production issues we had this week... I ended up in the Management meeting in Paris... nice office, nice wonderful people and of course nice lunch... The meeting went well and the last topic to cover was "Value Proposition" for some a buzzword, for some a stand of the company... to me it is what would define you!!!.. how many of us know what to talk when asked...

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My Stars are great!!!

I am not really talking about the stars in reference to Astrology .... No, I am also not talking about the stars that are in Galaxy, No No No.... I am also not talking about the Film Stars.... I am talking about the Stars that I work with every day, Yes those members of our Team who every time show that they are the best for various reasons.... Why I say that????We had a rough last week, imagine the...

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