By Tapas | Published:
September 30, 2009
WARNING: Analogy coming up. If you don’t like analogies, hit the back button, now.
In my skewed worldview, here’s why I think startups are like rockbands.
They both essentially start of with one unit (could be one founder, two founders with a single goal etc.) I see this as a lone singer, either singing acapella or [...]
By Tapas | Published:
September 26, 2009
Of all the things that have caught my attention, this one ranks right up there. While it had Shivku jumping up and down, I’m still trying to work it out.
All things point to this entrepreneurial gentleman here. Even more fascinating, he seems to have something also to do with Tempostand.com, an Indian startup that promotes [...]
By Tapas | Published:
September 23, 2009
You see this all the time — and for some of you who don’t present yourselves for job interviews very often (and that’s a good thing!) — MTV Roadies (or the reality show of your choice) is the best approximate example.
Grace Under Fire, Grace Under Pressure
This is essentially what a “stress test” looks to [...]
By Tapas | Published:
September 21, 2009
There’s a lot of talk around about this, so might as well. Before you hear of it from elsewhere. I’m not sure I should be revealing all this … don’t even think I’m authorised to reveal this … but I’m going to go ahead and do it anyway. All you journalists, feel free to quote [...]
By Tapas | Published:
September 17, 2009
While Robert Langdon was probably running around finding clues where none existed (all over the course of 12 hours), we were doing more or less the same - packing the 600 or so backorders as fast as we could! That’s 50 books an hour, no matter how you slice it.
Not to mention all the other [...]
By Tapas | Published:
September 5, 2009
Turns out, you can now download Flipkart on Rapidshare … I could never have guessed!
I’m mostly misinformed about such things like iPods and xBoxes and Guitar hero and … I don’t have an account with these people either. If anyone out there does, could you please do me a favour and download this, [...]
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