How do you feel when you get fired from your job? Obviously not very great. Especially when you're a CEO of the organization you co-founded. It requires a very different level of self-cognizance to think similar to Groupon's former CEO … [Read more]
February 2013 Redux
February 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
February 2013 was again a busy month. On work front, several important release dates were to be met, new people to be hired, and lot other work was to be done. Writing this month requires a conscious effort and still the posts number is less than … [Read more]
What Do You Create?
February 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Products. You don't get better otherwise. Your job is to make products. The point is, the street food vendor who prepares hot-dog or cheese burger has absolute clarity about what his product is. He doesn't avoid buying bread loaf and cheese and … [Read more]
Transform Your Dream Into Reality 7
February 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
So you want to transform your dream into reality? Here's how you can: dream, you will have a plan plan, you will have motivation motivation, you will have a mission mission, you will have a deadline deadline, you will have … [Read more]
What Triggers Your Impatience?
February 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Reading an insightful post from Michael Wade. Title of the post is "Patience and Impatience". The post is about human behavior. How we choose to be patient or impatient in given situations and what triggers our that very act. Michael has … [Read more]
The Money Talk
February 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Last week, I was conversing with two guys who are the CXOs of their own software organizations. We were discussing about how the Software industry looks like in early 2013. The common point of view was: The industry has become more challenging and … [Read more]
On Unwanted Advice
February 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Do you really need an unwanted advice? You don't, do you? Still you will get a plenty of it...from your friends, family and well-wishers. Here's the problem with unwanted advice: it never works. Your friends, family members and well … [Read more]
The “Caste” Question
February 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Which caste do you belong to? As offending and silly as it sounds, I have seen people asking this question even in 2013. Yes, even in 2013! A couple of days ago, an elderly local businessman, asked me this question. "I'm a human being … [Read more]
Defending Vs. Solving
February 7, 2013 By 1 Comment
You have done an okay job but client feels the software build he has got is crappy and she's angry with you and have shoot your boss an escalation email. Your boss calls you and you start giving information that is nowhere near to the facts but … [Read more]
Taken for Granted
February 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
You can’t take everything for granted. Of course you can, but then the world also will do the same with you. The possessions you have, the life partner you have got or the business relationships that you are proud of...did you know that you … [Read more]