April 2012
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A Short Story For Engineers - and Other Assorted...
A toothpaste factory had a problem: they sometimes shipped empty boxes, without the tube inside. This was due to the way the production line was set up, and people with experience in designing production lines will tell you how difficult it is to have everything happen with timings so precise that every single unit coming out of it is perfect 100% of the time. Small variations in the environment...
Miles to go - doing business in #India
The IFC/World Bank ranks India 134th out of 183 countries in ease of doing business; 166th in ease of starting a business; 179th in getting a construction permit; and 182nd in enforcement of contract. These are barriers that should be attacked by any drive for inclusion. Yet, our political discourse on inclusion hardly touches on these issues.via economictimes.indiatimes.com Posted via...
March 2012
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The Secret to Dynamic #Presentations via...
Getting unstuck requires two things: a goal and the next step. Perfection kills progress. Leverage strengths more – fix weaknesses less. Believe in others more than they believe in themselves. “What’s next?” is the most powerful question leaders ask. via leadershipfreak.wordpress.com Posted via email from ksrikrishna’s posterous | Comment »
Effectuation - How Super #Entrepreneurs Think...
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Synchronized Motorcycle Team Drill -1950's
Enjoy watching their perfectly synchronized moves! Amazing, in black & White photography!! 1950_s_Italian_Police_Motorcycle_Drill_Team.wmv Watch on Posterous Posted via email from ksrikrishna’s posterous | Comment »
February 2012
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My 17-Point Checklist For Teaching Good #Writing...
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Origami - art contributing to science #video
via ted.com Origami - art contributing to science #video @ted Robert Lang’s incredible demonstration of how #origami and math are changing science Posted via email from ksrikrishna’s posterous | Comment »
Tools to measure social influence via @actwitty
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Apple sells more iPhones in 4 yrs vs. Macs in 28...
via vator.tv Take a look at the slope of the iPad line - steeper than the iPhone! Posted via email from ksrikrishna’s posterous | Comment »
Make It Happen #video @timoreilly #maker...
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What's your favourite parable? - Quora
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He continued, “The other is good - he is joy, peace,...
December 2011
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Recipe for a Happy New Year 2012
Take twelve whole months, Clean them thoroughly of all bitterness, hate, and jealousy, Make them just as fresh and clean as possible. Now cut each month into twenty-eight, thirty, or thirty-one different parts, but don’t make up the whole batch at once. Prepare it one day at a time out of these ingredients. Mix well into each day one part of faith, one part of patience, one part of courage,...
RT @berniceklaassen: The Ten Most Annoying Management Terms Of 2011 http://t.co/SohyZqQw via @bi_contributors
RT @nenindia: U.S. government is running an audacious experiment in #entrepreneurship for #engineers & #scientists http://t.co/woOvjfGG …
We are the same till we are different #irony...
I was walking across a bridge one day, and I saw a man standing on the edge, about to jump off. So I ran over and said “Stop! Don’t do it!” “Why shouldn’t I?” he said. “Well, there’s so much to live for!” “Like what?” “Well… are you religious?” He said yes. I said, “Me too! Are you Christian or...
Engineers as #founders - things to watch out for http://t.co/x9gksIfA
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Engineers as #founders - things to watch out for
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Design for dummies, mummies and others - why can’t we #design things to be simple? http://t.co/paBMDOZ6 #book @livemint
#Women still start fewer businesses than men and are less likely to achieve business success http://t.co/TGZ11upc #entrepreneurship #survey
RT @mukund: The case for old #entrepreneurs by Vivek Wadhwa http://t.co/2lZca9rr present company exempted?
Artists going direct to market with video via @fredwilson fit for @indianstage http://t.co/U9a4PfhN #marketing #disruption
November 2011
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Selling v Marketing - does this definition still...
“Selling is preoccupied with the seller’s need to convert his product into cash; marketing with the idea of satisfying the needs of the customer by means of the product and the whole cluster of things associated with creating, delivering, and finally consuming it,” Theodore Levitt “Marketing Myopia,” Harvard Business Review 61 (July–Aug. 1960): 50. Posted via email from...
October 2011
4 posts
Poem Thursday - I did not die
Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circling flight. I am the soft starlight at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die. Mary...
A Glorious Life - a poem
For years you had been suffering Something you did not deserve The good deeds you had done are innumerable Your legacy will be preserved. You helped many fulfil their dreams Yet you strived on your own You worked hard throughout your days Your wisdom has helped me and continously grown. When I think of all that you went through And still came out the way you were People like you are very few I...
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Lessons from failed businesses #entrepreneurship
While it’s tempting to think that each tale of entrepreneurial woe would be unique, that’s not the case. As a failed American dreamer myself, I saw in all the books, chapters, and posts the same core set of “mistakes”: I didn’t have enough experience—now I know. I thought I knew everything—I did not. I thought it (selling toasters, watering lawns) was going to be easy—it was...
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Changing our education paradigm #video - Ken...
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September 2011
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Getting accounting to speak plain English #cartoon
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Facebook Changes Getting Out of Hand [COMIC]
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What a CEO does from @fredwilson
I asked him “what exactly does a CEO do?” He answered without thinking: A CEO does only three things. Sets the overall vision and strategy of the company and communicates it to all stakeholders. Recruits, hires, and retains the very best talent for the company. Makes sure there is always enough cash in the bank. I asked, “Is that it?” He replied that the CEO...
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Poem Thursday: What Teachers Make
Taylor Mali does a phenomenal job of reminding us what great teacher’s do! Catch this video and share it with any folks as you can. Posted via email from ksrikrishna’s posterous | Comment »
August 2011
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Poem Thursday - What do teacher's make?
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Etymology of Titles - a literal interpretation -...
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What Do Women Want? Brian Scott McFadden reveals...
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July 2011
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Poem Thursday - Winter Ocean by John Updike
Many-maned scud-thumper, tub of male whales, maker of worn wood, shrub- ruster, sky-mocker, rave! portly pusher of waves, wind-slave. Posted via email from ksrikrishna’s posterous | Comment »
Cool calculator for interest u/s 234A, 234B and 234C http://su.pr/2FDbmo #tax #resource #India
What value will you bring vs what you’ve done thus far - articulating “benefits” not “features” http://su.pr/75EfBi #interviewing #hiring
Discretion - a skill founders and CEOs need in spades http://ksrikrishna.com/hq40 #startup #lessons
Where Does Charisma Come From? http://t.co/euREJwN via @forbes - Accomplishment is the horse - charisma is the cart! #leadership
Startups Don’t Die, They Commit Suicide |...
When startups commit suicide, often the root problem can be traced back to a lack of product traction — it’s rare to find people willingly quitting companies with exploding metrics. But one thing that many entrepreneurs don’t realize is that patience and iteration are critical in achieving product market fit. Overnight successes might happen fast, but they never actually happen overnight....
How Long Does It Take To Build A Technology...
Oracle Corp., one of the world’s largest software makers, reached $50 million in revenue in its 10th year. It took software king Microsoft Corp. eight years to hit that milestone. Yet many technology start-up business plans typically project revenue of $50 million in the first five years. The reality, according to research supplied by data visualization company Tableau Software, is that most...
RT @shilparathnam: Don’t single the single boy out by @localteaparty http://localparty.tumblr.com/
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Poem Thursday - Dulce et Decorum Est
Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind; Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots Of tired,...
RT @ronaldskelton: New marketing is about the width of your brain not the width of you wallet
June 2011
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Poetry Thursday: Brahma, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
BRAHMA by: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) IF the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near; Shadow and sunlight are the same; The vanish’d gods to me appear; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly, I am the...
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Poem Thursday: If I should have a daughter ...
via ted.com My daughter introduced me to this 22-year poet - this week I decided to go for spoken poetry - check this awesome performance! Posted via email from ksrikrishna’s posterous | Comment »
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The Hardest Part of Marriage with Batman is...
He doesn’t need much in the way of clothes. Beyond pajamas, he’s content to wear the Batsuit around the house. I’ve tried getting him to switch into jeans and sweaters—the bulletproof body armor isn’t exactly comfortable to recline against—but he insists that it makes things simpler if he doesn’t have to bother changing on a moment’s notice. So over the years, he’s accrued ridiculous amounts of...
April 2011
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Flipside - a business comic - raginiART
via raginiart.posterous.com My daughter and I have begun publishing a business cartoon Flipside in the Hindu Business Line. Check it out. Posted via email from ksrikrishna’s posterous | Comment »
March 2011
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Poem Thursday - Richard Cory
As we try to teach our children or at times our spouses or ourselves, that appearances can be deceiving, the poem Richard Cory pops up in my head. It has never ceased to grip me, every time I have read it. I hope you enjoy it too. Richard CoryWhenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean-favoured and imperially slim....
Continual and fearless sifting and winnowing - via...
via scholarcitizen.williamcronon.net It is well worth observing the events happening in Wisconsin and the shenanigans of the Republican Party - there are lessons for all of us. Posted via email from ksrikrishna’s posterous | Comment »
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Poem Thursday - I emptied my wallet
It is always treacherous to read the writings of friends and particularly family and have to comment on the same. Similarly trying to make out what is being said in modern poetry is at times only slightly less difficult that interpreting modern painting. Yet ocassionally something hits you between the eyes, as did this poem about emptying a wallet, by a friend Aditi Das Patnaik. If you like it,...