Category: technology
The Power of Us
Summer in India brings not only juicy mangoes but also the prospect of frequent planned and unplanned power cuts. The euphemism “load shedding” tries …
Start-ups do not need a marketing budget, or do they?
Two deservedly well-regarded investors, Fred Wilson and Brad Feld, have written about why they think start-ups do not need a marketing budget. Both are …
Do More Faster
Link: This review now appears on Amazon-UK here where, if you like, you can vote for it. Thanks. The “entrepreneur” is, to many, a …
"Women in tech": what gives?
(Long post alert!) The meme is old but the current phase may well have started with Tereza’s idea of starting an XX Combinator, an …
A Passage To India (2010 ed) and the other R-word
When EM Forster wrote A Passage To India, the Indo-British relationship was one of the ruler and the ruled, of imbalances in power. Things …
Honest Signals
Link: You can vote on my Amazon Review here. Thanks. This book belongs – very, very broadly – with Dan Ariely’s Predictably Irrational and …
On walls and winning
Walls fascinate me. They signify territoriality – such as firewalls keeping desirable people or data in and keeping undesirables out, or even the Great …
Where did you come from and does it matter?
This weekend, Clay Shirky wrote on Twitter: Nokia products say “Made in China” on the back. Chinese-made Nokia-knockoffs say “Made in Finland.” Interesting point, …
Four For Friday (7)
This occasional series of good readings from around the web appears when the week’s readings have been thought-provoking. The themes are strategy, technology, investment …
Four For Friday (6)
This occasional series of good readings from around the web appears when the week’s readings have been exceptionally good. The themes are strategy, technology, …