Category: thoughts
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Paper Receipts. Why are they not electronic already?!
I am no fan of receipts. They suck. No matter what I shop for, I end up with one of these. I hate that I have to do something about them — shred, throw away (and unnecessarily worry about identity theft), or store them. What a huge waste of paper it is to have millions and…
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What are principles, ethics, and pure passion worth? More than a Fields medal (and possibly) a million dollars.
People like Grigori Perelman are rare. This man has solved the Poincare Conjecture, one of seven problems in pure mathematics known as the Millennium Prize Problems. These problems have evaded solutions for more than a hundred years to the greatest minds. Terence Tao, a brilliant mathematician and Fields medal winner himself, said this of Perelman…
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My thoughts on the Startup Visa bill
Disclaimer (right at the outset) – I should point out that in no way do I want to seem dismissive of an honest effort and come across as a cynic. I am an optimist and hope that only good comes out of this. I came from India and have been in California for the past…
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Good reads this week
100 Must-Read Books: The Essential Man’s Libraryhttp://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/14/100-must-read-books-the-essential-mans-library/ Profiles in Manliness: Viktor Franklhttp://artofmanliness.com/2008/08/08/profiles-in-manliness-viktor-frankl/
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Good reads this week
Five most important lessons I’ve learned as an entrepreneur – Guy Kawasakihttp://www.sun.com/solutions/smb/guest.jsp?blog=five_lessons Everyday Survival, 14 Survival Skills – Laurence Gonzales (NGC)http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/2008/08/everyday-survival/laurence-gonzales-text Shai Agassi’s Audacious Plan to Put Electric Cars on the Roadhttp://www.wired.com/cars/futuretransport/magazine/16-09/ff_agassi?currentPage=all How To Get PR For Your Startup – Jason Calacanishttp://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/jason-calacanis-on-how-to-get-pr-for-your-startup-fire-your-pr-company Getting Real – 37signals.comhttp://gettingreal.37signals.com/toc.php
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Solomon’s words
…from The Times of India’s Speaking Tree column dated 07/27/2008: What should you do with rest of your life? About three thousand years ago, a Jewish king named Solomon aired his opinion on the subject. As he put it, he “wanted to see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few…
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The Thing About Luck
Luck is probably one of the most commonly used words when people talk about success or failure. Some people try to be modest by attributing part of their success to luck, while there are the ones who downplay any role that luck played in their victories. Many blame their failures and defeats on bad luck…
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