2 Great Commencement Speeches ….

One is very recent. Penn Commencement Address given Monday, May 16, 2011 by Denzel Washington, Academy Award-winning and Tony Award-winning actor and director. He makes a good point about falling to see what you will hit rather fall back on General wisdom is to create a “Fall back option”. I’m sure in your experiences—in school… [...]

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A Society Let Down

India is one of the most corrupt nations in the world. Why corrupt should be investigated and researched. (via kirtimukha) there is an attempt to answer this. The Bhagavad Gita states that this happens when eminent, prominent persons in Society who are supposed to lead peoperly, themselves commence to adopt corrupt practices to enrich themselves. [...]

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Pune Shala: Unshackling the The Indian Entrepreneur

I had an opportunity to present at Pune Shala, an event hosted by Takshashila Foundation. The objective of the foundation is to build a community of informed and influential individuals, that will help transform India for a better tomorrow. I had the chance to talk about the Indian environment for entrepreneurship. First of all in [...]

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There is no Life after Death

(via guardian) Stephan Hawking talks about life after death. He rejects the notion of life beyond death and emphasised the need to fulfil our potential on Earth by making good use of our lives. In answer to a question on how we should live, he said, simply: “We should seek the greatest value of our [...]

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Tips on raising money from VCs

(via Chris Dixon) Chris is a personal investor and has raised a number of VC rounds personally and observed many more as an investor or friend, he has distilled a set of dominant best practices that entrepreneurs should follow. He shares some of the best practices in raising a VC round >>>

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The Interface

I am a big believer in “the interface”. If one goes back in history, anything that solved a arduous task with a simple interface, did well, very well. You have to not only solve a problem, but provide a simple interface to it. In the last 20 years, the following products provided an interface that [...]

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Startups are Hard, Sorry Very Hard!

(via Chad Etzel) startups are hard. At times they are soul-crushingly hard. I am not afraid to admit this anymore. Some key points to note: You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You, Jealousy… is a mental cancer, having a support group is critical, sacrifice-sacrifice-sacrifice, depression, and more >>>

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Why Indian retail sucks ?

Lets start with the very beginning: listen to what Amit Paranjape has to say about Indian retail via his blog post, 10 points on which Indian retail can improve. He recommends ten points that need to be addressed: Inventory Management, Merchandizing and Assortments, Customer Service, Store Layouts, Store Lighting and Ventilation, Cleanliness of Stores, Quality [...]

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India: Navigate the Deceptions

When I moved back in 2003, India was a country that held a lot of promise. A promise to be the next IT global super power, a military super power, a economy that in a couple of decades will be the second largest economy. On budget day 2011, Pranab Mukherjee quoted that India will overtake [...]

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Keen Observations

The prime minister’s own credibility, as the relentless barrage of WikiLeaked cables attests, is coming under increasing strain. Manmohan Singh has absolute accountability but not absolute power; UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has absolute power but not absolute accountability. This arrangement of convenience lies at the heart of India’s governance deficit…. Minhaz Merchant. >>>> What works [...]

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