Nov 23, 2012 Read this interesting quote on a tweet from P Tarkonnen (one of the best motivational business Tweeters I have come across). “Every successful enterprise needs 3 people – a Dreamer, a Businessman and a Son-of-a-B (let’s call him the ToughMan for this article)”. Was amused and later on intrigued by it...enough to … Continue reading A dreamer, a businessman and a son-of-a-B…
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The Last Lecture…Remembering what your Childhood Dreams were
Nov 20, 2012 As a staunch resistor of “How to...” books, I was surprised to find myself picking a book “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch. I am a bit of a smug entity, thinking that I know what has to be done with life and how to live life well. Ergo, these “how to...” … Continue reading The Last Lecture…Remembering what your Childhood Dreams were
How Microsoft almost missed the bus..again.
Oct 30, 2012 There have been a few interesting stories of huge corporations re-inventing themselves - IBM’s example of going into software services from personal computing being the most striking one. The other such example was Microsoft dismissing the Internet as a fad and then later clambering back on track with Internet Explorer, one of … Continue reading How Microsoft almost missed the bus..again.
Dreamy Dinner and Food for Thought
Oct 23, 2012 I recently read an amazing article by Richard Branson – on his dream list of guests he would like to have dinner with. He had as his dream set of invitees, inter alia, Churchill, Clooney, QE 1 (Lizzie, not the Quant Easing one), N Armstrong (since L has become a persona-non-grata after … Continue reading Dreamy Dinner and Food for Thought
Diminishing marginal innovation
Oct 13, 2012 I was reading an article by Steven Strauss on the current era being one of Diminishing Marginal Innovation – the impact of new innovations are diminishing with time. He rightly pointed out that of late, most of the innovations / inventions have been in the computing / Internet area. He mentioned that … Continue reading Diminishing marginal innovation