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Anatomy of a Good Layoff

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Jason Calacanis of Mahalo has a great article on the right way to do the layoffs
living through the valley cycles since 1998, i’ve had the distinct displeasure of traversing many layoff situations. so much so, this time it actually is boring. at the risk of sounding like the wise/gray old man (that may be i […]

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How Not to Look Like F.O.B

September 5th, 2008 · 12 Comments

f.o.b stands for ‘fresh off boat’, mostly used by a.b.c.d (american born confused desi’s) to describe desi travelers/students that make their first trips to the u.s. it’s considered a derogatory term, but it doesn’t bother me. i was a f.o.b once.
i have come across quite a few folks that have the telltale f.o.b signs. the […]

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Tags: Chai · Silicon Valley · Bangalore

Awesome Web Search Experience - SearchMe.com

July 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

from what appeared as a cheap marketing tactic, i discovered an awesome search experience at SearchMe.com. i was looking up my followers on twitter, and it’s pretty usual to see random guys following me, two such people were tweeting about their company. just to check out how even junk like this works (and always curious […]

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Steve Job’s Commencement Speech at Stanford

June 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

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Tags: Silicon Valley · Spirituality

A Network Approach to Gloabl Product Management

June 9th, 2008 · No Comments

having worked in a product-based multinational company from the united states and from india, i have come to experience first-hand the practicalities of the globalization process. in many ways, it’s like a long-distance relationship : you have to keep nurturing it, else it falls apart before you know it. here are a few thoughts to […]

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