Category: Ideas

Business Model, Ideas

Unfortunately, my prediction about Facebook comes true…

In January this year, in my blog post titled “Why is Facebook planning to go public now?”, I had predicted that all is not well with facebook and that is the reason for the timing of the IPO. I was way off mark in the speed that I thought things would pan out, only goes on to point out that the pace of change around us is astounding to say the least. Already, there are predictions being made that Facebook could die. I think it is a bit pre-mature to predict their death. They still have the people who could […]

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Relevance of large format events…

I have attended many large conferences, where there are 1000’s of attendees who participate. In my opinion, the reasons why someone would like to attend a conference could be: They seek information which can help them decide on a decision that they are currently deliberating. They want to network with others in the community. They want to network with key executives of the organizers so that they can finalize a deal or similar. Some combination of the above. Now, the questions to ask are the following: Which of the above is the main reason for the organizers to organize the […]

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The myth of RoI for IT investments

What is the most important 2 words that you will hear when you listen to a salesman trying to sell an IT solution to a prospective customer? RoI – Return on Investment TCO – Total cost of ownership These are two holy cows that are omni-present in any investment. In my opinion, the time has now come to slaughter these holy cows, at least from an IT investment perspective. How many times have we seen that an organization is slow in adopting new technologies which have the potential to create substantial gains in the market place due to the consideration that their […]

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Self-induced power-cuts and some other ideas to help energy crisis..

Simple questions that could lead to better usage of electricity:  What happens if all the homes with UPS (inverter) get off the main grid between 6PM & 8PM accross the country and run on their UPS? (Self-induced power-cuts) What if we can add intelligence to our UPS so that they can detect the usage of electricity and decide if it is   required to stay connected to the grid or not?  What if we can program these UPS so that they automatically cut off from the grid and power the home till they have a specific amount of charge (say […]

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Give it five minutes

Today I came across a post by Jason Fried (37Signals.com) on their Signal Vs Noise blog that was an eye opener for me. You can read the post here. Do read the wonderfully written post if you work in a team and effective communication is an important skill to succeed (which covers almost all roles of the modern organization). Hope you learn as much as I’ve learned from the post.