I read Randy Komisar’s “The Monk and the Riddle“. I just could not stop when I started reading it. By the time I finished reading it, the clock struck 4 AM. I think it was a night well spent.
Randy Komisar is a Venture Capitalist with Kleiner Perkins. This book tells Randy’s evolution (thus the word [...]
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The MONK and the MONKey
Posted in Balance, Book, Bottom of Pyramid, Coaching, Creativity, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship, Happiness, HoMe, Leadership, Life, Personal, Professional, Psychology, Review, Spiritual, Venture Capital on June 6, 2007 | 4 Comments »
My Evolution As A Sketcher – Part 2
Posted in Art, Balance, Bottom of Pyramid, Creativity, Drawing, Entrepreneurship, Fun, Happiness, Leadership, Life, Personal, Perspective, Sketch, Spiritual on May 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Here is the next sketch that I tried. This is the second one in my series of posted sketches – first one was a view from my patio. This one is a Baby Hauman sketch based on Indian animation film Hanuman. Pardon some of the shade which is because of scanner issues. More sketches to [...]
Khosla’s Pursuit of HappYness
Posted in Balance, Bottom of Pyramid, Coaching, Creativity, Entrepreneurship, Happiness, Life, Personal, Professional, RandomThoughts, Venture Capital on May 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I met and listened to Vinod Khosla, a renowned Venture Capitalist, at a US-India Venture Capital Association meeting. His speech gave a glimpse inside his mind. It was a very personal speech unlike his previous speeches. Khosla talked about some of the decisions he made in life and why he made those decisions.
Move to India [...]
How green is my purchase?
Posted in Balance, Bottom of Pyramid, Decision Making, Entrepreneurship, Happiness, Leadership, Life, Personal, Professional, RandomThoughts, Spiritual on March 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When we ask this question about “How green is this purchase of mine?” – Remember this -
There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.
Give away and keep forever …
Posted in Bottom of Pyramid, Happiness, Personal, Spiritual on November 12, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Ben Bernanke’s Speech about Global Integration
Posted in Bottom of Pyramid, Entrepreneurship, Professional on November 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some excerpts …
By almost any economically relevant metric, distances have shrunk considerably in recent decades. As a consequence, economically speaking, Wausau and Wuhan are today closer and more interdependent than ever before. Economic and technological changes are likely to shrink effective distances still further in coming years, creating the potential for continued [...]
Poverty in Africa vs Povery in Asia
Posted in Bottom of Pyramid, Entrepreneurship, Happiness on October 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I heard Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa (Former Rwandan Ambassador to the US) speak in the Management of Technology lecture series at Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley). One striking thing he talked about was how African countries did not buzz much during last three decades in terms of the health standards and the per person [...]
India’s Growth: Is it helping the poor?
Posted in Bottom of Pyramid, Entrepreneurship, Happiness on October 19, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Economic growth may have been spectacular since 1993 — that is, post-economic reforms — but it seems to be trickling down rather slowly.
A soon-to-be-released official report has estimated that poverty declined by a mere 0.74% during the 11-year period ended 2004-05. Although there are signs of things moving a little faster, at 0.79%, between 1999-2000 [...]
Yunus from Grameen Bank gets the Nobel Peace prize
Posted in Bottom of Pyramid, Entrepreneurship, Happiness on October 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
A great day for those who aspire to make this world a happier place – one person at a time – with small contributions.
Yunus is an ispiration for many of us. Yunus getting the Nobel peace prize endorses the view that development and peace are both linked to each other.
Here is an inspirational article by [...]
