People – Page 3 – Mind (and) Your Business

Personal recognition

I recently read an article “Don’t wait for rewards, pat your own back” in The Economic Times. I really liked the subject and reminded me of how many times I have been telling people about the same in many different ways. I liked the way the author Priya Kumar elaborated the subject. As a humanContinue reading “Personal recognition”

Startups pitching – what went wrong at echelon2010

I was attending the echelon2010 event yesterday. An excellent event, great speakers and wonderful audience. Greate place to be in if you are a start up company, entrepreneur, want to understand what entrepreneurship is all about, meet up with potential investors and mentors. The last session of the day was pitching by the startups whichContinue reading “Startups pitching – what went wrong at echelon2010”

Singapore, consider the open source way to achieve “quantum leap in productivity through pervasive innovation”.

Recently, the leadership in Singapore has stated its intent to grow the productivity by 3% and it has also identified, rightly so, that if it wants to make this happen it has to encourage the innovation. Very true. Gone are the days when you could through more cheap labour to manufacture some thing or youContinue reading “Singapore, consider the open source way to achieve “quantum leap in productivity through pervasive innovation”.”

Powerful selling lessons from ordinary people

It was year 1990. I was new in the city of Mumbai, was travelling in a 3 wheeler Auto Rikshaw with my fiance’. The rikshaw stopped at the busy junction and all of a sudden, popped in a dark face from the open side, with coarse voice and typical sound of clap and hand inContinue reading “Powerful selling lessons from ordinary people”

Dad, you too ?

After coming from school my son was telling me about his day in the school. He was in excited state (as usual) and he said, “I will tell you a joke” “Ok”, I said. ” There was one boy and he always used to tell lies”, he continued, without waiting for my ok, “One dayContinue reading “Dad, you too ?”