Personal

February 14, 2010

  • Winning Strategies – A career perspective from Arun Agrawal

    Last week, my friend Arun Agrawal agreed to do a guest post on my blog. I found the subject interesting and aligned to the taste of my readers. So here it goes:
    Winning Strategies
    What is your formula for incredible success in any field that you decide to work in? Technical skills, right connections? If you ask [...]

February 10, 2010

September 7, 2009

  • A short interview

    I got a very interesting interview (questionnaire) from TiE Delhi. I think this is smart and I enjoyed answering it. So here it goes:

    I was born in Kolkata.
    When not in office, I like to be at home.
    Favourite holiday destination – Darjeeling.
    The quality that impresses me most in [...]

August 31, 2009

  • Seeders – Angel fund and incubation for the tech startups!

    I had precisely three envelope entrepreneurial ambitions! I call them envelope as each of them encompass several small ambitious projects. All three are aimed to change the world in my small way and make it a better place:

    To build a successful Internet technology company which can enable millions of businesses
    To bring mass scale change in [...]

August 10, 2009

  • Kolkata Bloggers’ Meet

    Hello Friends,
    A fortnight back, I was having some communication with Kamanashish Roy (@doubts) and he told me about his interest in organizing a Kolkata Bloggers’ Meet. The idea struck a chord in my mind as I always wanted to organize an “Internet Strategy Summit” in Kolkata. So I thought let us start with the Bloggers’ [...]

April 24, 2009

  • Talking @ Internet World on Three Dimensions of Internet Strategy

    Friends,
    I will be speaking @ Internet World in the Web2.0 theatre on 28th April 2009 from 16:40 hrs on “Three Dimensions of Internet Strategy”
    The talk will revolve around an approach that let businesses put together a comprehensive Internet strategy order to optimize their revenues and profitability by connecting – communicating and collaborating more effectively with [...]

March 12, 2009

  • Technology is as good as its implementation

    There are so many people working to get a new technology out to masses – a new invention to make things better. However, in my experience I firmly believe that:
    Technology is as good as its implementation.

    Many a time, little imagination is put into implementation of the technology which is existing. If the existing technology is [...]

February 21, 2009

  • Why am I enjoying the downturn?

    I was wondering last day –
    Why am I enjoying the downturn?
    Today I got the answer at Seth Godin’s blog.
    Because it brings around change. Status-quo is being challenged.
    Things will not work the way they used to work. Innovation and hard work will score over luck and speculation.
    It is a problem for those, [...]

February 9, 2009

January 27, 2009

  • Slumdog Millionaire – a sadistic satire

    The hype around Slumdog Millionaire hit me and I ended up in the theater to watch the Anglo-Indian movie which bagged the Golden Globe and is nominated in several categories (ten nominations to be precise) for the Oscars. To be honest, I went with high expectations. But it turned out to be a sadistic satire. [...]

November 13, 2008

  • Vocational Excellence Award by Rotary

    Hello Friends,
    I am glad to let you all know that I have been honored by the Vocational Excellence Award by Rotary International District 3291. It was presented to me at a function at Rotary Sadan, Kolkata on 25th October, 2008.
    I will like to thank Rotary International District 3291 for their recognition. My heartfelt thank you everyone, [...]

October 4, 2008

September 12, 2008

  • Will you like to save a child’s life?

    I will not wait for your answer. I know you cannot see a child die when he can be saved with medical intervention.
    But the fact is that millions of newborn infants die worldwide due to Congenital Heart Defects (CHD). These are a lethal constellation of birth defects of the heart. Eight of every 1000 [...]

September 3, 2008

  • How not to write a business plan?

    I am always interested in investing in new venues. Few days back, I stumbled upon a bunch of entrepreneurs who wanted to develop a 3D action game. It looked like a freaky idea and I was all game for it. I asked them to put together a basic business plan. Nothing monstrous. Just a simple [...]

June 6, 2008

  • Travel, travel and travel

    Hello Friends,
    Sorry for not updating my blog for quite some time. I had a hectic schedule for last one month with Internet World in London, followed by a family holiday in Dubai. Before I could recover, I am visiting the NASSCOM BPO Strategy Summit in Bangalore. To be frank, I am not used to so [...]

April 11, 2008

  • Is he really a business baazigar?

    Guys,
    Recently some of my employees got unsolicited call from a gentleman called Manish Gupta, who wants to woo them away from my company to his startup. Of course like every normal human being, my colleagues also need a reason to go and work for a relatively unknown and small company.  So they need convincing. And he [...]

November 27, 2007

  • Take a positive attitude to work

    I often hear from people:

    I hate my job.
    I don’t feel like going to work.
    I have no excitement in my career. It is the same old grind.

    This happens more so often because most people are doing things that they never wanted to do in their professional life. I have written about this problem in [...]

October 8, 2007

  • Visiting London from 13th October till 23rd October 2007

    Hello Friends,
    I will be visiting London from 13th October till 23rd October for some business meetings.
    If you –

    are an existing client of Indus Net Technologies (or any of our service brand) OR
    are a business considering outsourcing your web design, web development or Internet marketing business OR
    just want to meet up for a friendly 1-2-1 [...]

September 24, 2007

  • The Hari Sadu advertisement – Instilling the right culture?

    Everyone who watches television in India must have come across the "Hari Sadu" advertisement aired by Naukri.com. This ad became very popular for its creativity and also won the award from the Advertising Club Kolkata. Here is the full story board followed by the video of the ad.

    There has been a lot of controversy around the advertisement [...]

August 20, 2007

  • Why should you network online?

    I think online networking is the best thing that has happened on Internet in last few years. I see several benefits of networking and spending time to meet new people and build professional and personal relationships.

    You can make new friends in new places.
    Someone might be of great help to you in a given situation. You [...]

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