Blogs

The blogs section is a source of information about the management thoughts in entrepreneurship and leadership in start-ups. Also, find the latest trends and thoughts on technology in this section.

Featured Blogs:

A blog by V. V. Ranganathan focusing on the latest technology trends and their impact in the market place. Visit www.vvranganathan.com to know more about his thoughts.

What is CSR really?

In the quest for determining as to what is it that is unique about any program that can be described genuinely as a Corporate Social Responsibility Program, one needs to look each such program and determine its sustainability and the impact it has created. I am looking at such projects and to give you a perspective so that you can judge what CSR really means.

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A blog by Rajesh Setty focusing on the latest technology trends and their impact in the market place. Visit blog.lifebeyondcode.com to know more about his thoughts.

Dating Business: Pursuit of perfection in something that can never be perfect

Some background first:

We will be working with a few dating companies as there is an OEM opportunity for one of my portfolio companies. So I started thinking about this business a bit.

Fundamentally, the promise of a dating website is to find the “right” match for you.

Let’s think about some other businesses who also promise to provide you the “right whatever they are selling” for you.

Dell built a business on customization but it is Starbucks took it to the next level. You can go to Starbucks and order a “Grande with whip and glaze Oranges and Creme Frapuccino LIGHT Blended Creme” (courtesy: WikiHow article - How to Order at Starbucks)

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A blog by Ramesh Rajamani focusing on the latest technology trends and their impact in the market place. Visit www.techmasala.com to know more about technology.

Programming - Is it a child’s play?

I stumbled upon the site c-jump. It is a site that markets the board game c-jump. c-jump is for children to learn the basics of programming languages such as C, C++ and Java. Interestingly not just children, even grown ups who enter the software industry would need to play this. There is this blind programming culture, wherein developers create programs not understanding the basics and using code copy paste.

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A blog by Naveen Lakkur, focusing on the aspects of start-ups and leadership. Visit www.start2lead.com to know more about leadership and startups.

Leading the Way!

This quote is a famous one and suite well for a leader or want-to-be a leader. So, the question is how a leader commands respect.

One needs to cover all the four directions to command respect.

# Walk the Talk – Signifies East (indicates ‘Forward Movement’) The Thoughts, Speech and Action are all aligned.

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