Log 10,000 hours
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Monday, September 06, 2010
Call of the Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is the creative force in economics.He looks at a desert and wilderness and sees a garden.
They could lose it all and do it over and over again.
When your butt is in the corner you will be surprised at what you can achieve.
They could lose it all and do it over and over again.
When your butt is in the corner you will be surprised at what you can achieve.
Become Legendary
Look me in the eyes. It's okay if you're scared, So am I. But we're scared for different reasons. I'm scared of what I won't become, and you're scared of what I could become. Look at me. I won't let myself end where I started, I won't let myself finish where I began. I know what is within me, Even if you can't see it yet. Look me in the eyes. I have something more important than courage, I have patience. I will become, what I know I am.
Harley Davidson Story
Focus on Strenghts
Build Slowly
Sell to big customers
Leverage big brands- who you can partner up with who knows their brand. Harley Davidson partnered up with the Police Department and the Allies
Innovate
Build Slowly
Sell to big customers
Leverage big brands- who you can partner up with who knows their brand. Harley Davidson partnered up with the Police Department and the Allies
Innovate
Monday, December 14, 2009
What Dreams May Come
In the instant that you love someone
In the second that the hammer hits
Reality runs up your spine
And the pieces finally fit
And all I ever needed was the one
Like freedom fields where wild horses run
When stars collide like you and I
No shadows block the sun
You're all I've ever needed
Baby you're the one
Bird Songs
Here are presented the following bird songs (some names sound pretty weird to a German native speaker):
00:00 blackbird
00:30 blue titmouse
00:48 great titmouse
01:08 yellowhammer
01:37 hoopoe
01:48 skylark
02:11 nightingale
02:40 thrush nightingale
03:08 swift
03:23 chimney swallow
03:43 grey wagtail
04:03 chaffinch
04:18 sedge warbler
04:35 wren
Friday, December 11, 2009
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Saturday, September 05, 2009
The Picasso Principle
There’s a story (true or false, I don’t know) about the famous artist, Pablo Picasso.
It seems a woman came up to him and asked him to sketch something on a piece of paper.
He sketched it, and gave it back to her saying: “That will cost you $10,000″.
She was astounded. “You took just five minutes to do the sketch,” she said. Isn’t $10,000 a lot for five minutes work?
“The sketch may have taken me five minutes, but the learning took me 30 years,” Picasso retorted.
And of course, we’re all horrified when someone tells us it may take several months, even years to be successful in our business. We know better, but we still fall for the super-duper-trap of ‘learn how I made $4 million in 24 hours.” We still want to know the quick and easy way of doing things.
Next time someone gives you that crappy pitch of how one tweet made them $7000, or how they made $2 million, or how they have twenty thousand surfboards, remember the Picasso Principle. That they’re hiding the years of toil and slog. And that you will end up paying the $10,000— only to find out that hard work is indeed inevitable.
Psychotactics.com
It seems a woman came up to him and asked him to sketch something on a piece of paper.
He sketched it, and gave it back to her saying: “That will cost you $10,000″.
She was astounded. “You took just five minutes to do the sketch,” she said. Isn’t $10,000 a lot for five minutes work?
“The sketch may have taken me five minutes, but the learning took me 30 years,” Picasso retorted.
And of course, we’re all horrified when someone tells us it may take several months, even years to be successful in our business. We know better, but we still fall for the super-duper-trap of ‘learn how I made $4 million in 24 hours.” We still want to know the quick and easy way of doing things.
Next time someone gives you that crappy pitch of how one tweet made them $7000, or how they made $2 million, or how they have twenty thousand surfboards, remember the Picasso Principle. That they’re hiding the years of toil and slog. And that you will end up paying the $10,000— only to find out that hard work is indeed inevitable.
Psychotactics.com
Live the Problem
Be willing to make yourself uncomfortable. You have to hurt to grow, it’s been said, and in life just as in weightlifting and distance running, that certainly is what I’ve seen. The things that hurt most, help most. Trying to dodge problems only deepens them—and makes you feel worse for not having the courage to confront them.
I’ve read that the Greeks believed the greatest of all virtues was courage, because courage made all the others possible. That ancient wisdom has always felt right to me.
Harry Beckwith, author of You Inc
I’ve read that the Greeks believed the greatest of all virtues was courage, because courage made all the others possible. That ancient wisdom has always felt right to me.
Harry Beckwith, author of You Inc
Monday, December 29, 2008
When you first wake up...
The moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours. No matter how weary or dreary you may feel, you possess the certainty that, during the day that lies before you, absolutely anything may happen. And the fact that it practically always doesn't, matters not a jot. The possibility is always there.
Monica Baldwin ( an ex nun who spent 28 years in a convent freom age 17 to 45 )
Monica Baldwin ( an ex nun who spent 28 years in a convent freom age 17 to 45 )
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Key to Life - Running and Reading
The Key to Life - Running ( Swimming) and Reading
When you are ou there running or swimming , and you are tired and you want to quit if you can defeat that person who tells you to quit then you will win.
While other guys are sleeping I'm working
While other guys are eating I'm working
The person who works hardest wins.
Reading :
There is no new problem you can have that someone hasn't already solved and written a book.
Love what you do and do what you love.
When you are ou there running or swimming , and you are tired and you want to quit if you can defeat that person who tells you to quit then you will win.
While other guys are sleeping I'm working
While other guys are eating I'm working
The person who works hardest wins.
Reading :
There is no new problem you can have that someone hasn't already solved and written a book.
Love what you do and do what you love.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
The Creative Habit
Twyla Tharp, choreographer, and author of The Creative Habit,talks about creativity.
Asking Questions
Jonas Salk , discoverer of the polio vaccine on the importance of asking questions.
'You never have an idea of what you might accomplish. All that you do is you pursue a question and see where it leads. The first moment that a question occurred to me that did influence my future career, occurred in my second year at medical school.'
'You never have an idea of what you might accomplish. All that you do is you pursue a question and see where it leads. The first moment that a question occurred to me that did influence my future career, occurred in my second year at medical school.'
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
20/20 vision for 1 billion people
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/dec/22/diy-adjustable-glasses-josh-silver
Josh Silver , professor at Oxford University takes up the huge challenge of providing DIY glasses to one billion of the world's poor.
Josh Silver , professor at Oxford University takes up the huge challenge of providing DIY glasses to one billion of the world's poor.
LifeStraw Portable Water Filter
Half of the world's poor suffer from waterborne diseases and this tool contains a halogen-based resin which is claimed to kill 99.9999% of bacteria and 98.7% of viruses that can cause deadly diseases.
Trevor Baylis and the Wind Up Radio
The world famous inventor invites us into his home to give you an insight into how he got into inventing.
The Solar Cooker
This is a solar cooker workshop in Nyala, Darfur. As the women look for firewood around the displacement camps they face the danger of rape and abduction. Solar cooking offers an alternative to using firewood for cooking.
A colorful array of characters have fun as they use their solar stoves in Bosaso, Somalia.
A colorful array of characters have fun as they use their solar stoves in Bosaso, Somalia.
Jawed Karim and the Story of Youtube
Jawed Karim co founder of You Tube talks about the story of You Tube at the University of Illinois commencement speech.
Turning Dream into Fiction
Last weekend i went to see Twilight with my daughter and was surprised that I liked the film as I expected it to be a childreen's movie. Stephenie Meyer's story of how the book was conceived is also very inspiring.
The Beauty of Cherry Blossoms
sakura photoclips
BGM : Love Poem (Spring Waltz OST)
photos taken from http://www.goopunch.net/freephoto/
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Reducing Inequities
I hope you come back to Harvard thirty years from now and reflect what you have done with your talents and energy and judge yourself on not only your professional accomplishments but how well you addressed the world’s deepest inequities, how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but their humanity. Bill Gates
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Warren Buffet's stock picks
"Some guys read Playboy, I read annual reports" Says it all.
Warren Buffet says he looks at companies, not countries. When asked the secret behind his success in stock picking he replies that while other people reads Playboy, he reads annual reports.
Warren Buffet says he looks at companies, not countries. When asked the secret behind his success in stock picking he replies that while other people reads Playboy, he reads annual reports.
Bourne Ultimatum
Paul Greengrass, the director of the Bourne films explains why the character of Jason Bourne has such wide appeal.
The Mamma Mia Story
Judy Craymer's dream became a reality when she overcame numerous obstacles to bring the ABBA musical on stage which became a world wide hit and now has followed it up with a big screen movie.
The Story of 7UP
I came across this interesting story while reading Donald Trump's 'Why we want you to be rich':
Being stubborn is a big part of being a winner. [...] My father used to tell us this story about a guy who loved soda, so he went into the soda business, with a product he called 3UP. It failed. So he started again with a product called 4UP. It failed, too. So he decided to name his product 5UP and worked just as hard to make it work, but sure enough, it failed again. He realized that he still loved soda, so he tried again with a product named 6UP. It failed, and he gave up completely. Then, a few years later, someone else came up with a soda product and named it 7UP, which became a huge success.
I wonder if it is true.
Being stubborn is a big part of being a winner. [...] My father used to tell us this story about a guy who loved soda, so he went into the soda business, with a product he called 3UP. It failed. So he started again with a product called 4UP. It failed, too. So he decided to name his product 5UP and worked just as hard to make it work, but sure enough, it failed again. He realized that he still loved soda, so he tried again with a product named 6UP. It failed, and he gave up completely. Then, a few years later, someone else came up with a soda product and named it 7UP, which became a huge success.
I wonder if it is true.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
The role of the mobile phone in ending poverty
Iqbal Quadir is an advocate of business as a humanitarian tool. With GrameenPhone, he brought the first commercial telecom services to poor areas of Bangladesh. His latest project will help rural entrepreneurs build power plants.
As a kid in rural Bangladesh in 1971, Iqbal Quadir had to walk half a day to another village to find the doctor -- who was not there. Twenty years later he felt the same frustration while working at a New York bank, using diskettes to share information during a computer network breakdown. His epiphany: In both cases, "connectivity is productivity." Had he been able to call the doctor, it would have saved him hours of walking for nothing.
Partnering with microcredit pioneer GrameenBank, in 1997 Quadir established GrameenPhone, a wireless operator now offering phone services to 80 million rural Bangladeshi. It's become the model for a bottom-up, tech-empowered approach to development. "Phones have a triple impact," Quadir says. "They provide business opportunities; connect the village to the world; and generate over time a culture of entrepreneurship, which is crucial for any economic development."
"GrameenPhone has increased the country’s GDP by a far greater amount than repeated infusions of foreign aid. "
The New Nation
As a kid in rural Bangladesh in 1971, Iqbal Quadir had to walk half a day to another village to find the doctor -- who was not there. Twenty years later he felt the same frustration while working at a New York bank, using diskettes to share information during a computer network breakdown. His epiphany: In both cases, "connectivity is productivity." Had he been able to call the doctor, it would have saved him hours of walking for nothing.
Partnering with microcredit pioneer GrameenBank, in 1997 Quadir established GrameenPhone, a wireless operator now offering phone services to 80 million rural Bangladeshi. It's become the model for a bottom-up, tech-empowered approach to development. "Phones have a triple impact," Quadir says. "They provide business opportunities; connect the village to the world; and generate over time a culture of entrepreneurship, which is crucial for any economic development."
"GrameenPhone has increased the country’s GDP by a far greater amount than repeated infusions of foreign aid. "
The New Nation
Hans Rosling and Global Trends ( The seemingly impossible is possible)
Hans Rosling (b.1948 in Uppsala, Sweden) is Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institutet and Director of Gapminder Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden. From 1967 to 1974 he studied statistics and medicine at Uppsala University, and in 1972 he studied public health at St John's Medical College, Bangalore. He became a licenced physician in 1976 and from 1979 to 1981 he served as District Medical Officer in Nacala in northern Mozambique.
On 21 August 1981, he discovered an outbreak of a formerly unknown paralytic disease and the investigations that followed earned him a Ph.D. degree at Uppsala University in 1986. He spent two decades studying outbreaks of this disease in remote rural areas across Africa and supervised more than 10 PhD students. His research group named the new disease konzo, the local designation by the first affected population. Outbreaks occur among hunger stricken rural populations in Africa where a diet dominated by insufficiently processed cassava results in simultaneous malnutrition and high dietary cyanide intake [1].
His research has also focused on other links between economic development, agriculture, poverty and health in Africa, Asia and Latin America. He has been health adviser to WHO, UNICEF and several aid agencies. In 1993 he co-founded Médecins sans frontières in Sweden and he is since 2005 member of the International Group of the Swedish Academy of Science. At Karolinska Institutet he was head of the Division of International Health (IHCAR) from 2001 to 2007. As chairman (1998-2004) of Karolinska International Research and Training Committee he started health research collaborations with universities in Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America. He started new courses on Global Health, co-authors a textbook on Global Health and promotes a fact based world view.
He co-founded the Gapminder Foundation together with his son Ola Rosling and daughter-in-law Anna Rosling Rönnlund. Gapminder developed the Trendalyzer software that converts international statistics into moving, interactive and enjoyable graphics. The aim is to promote a fact based world view through increased use and understanding of freely accessible public statistics. His lectures using Gapminder graphics to visualise world development have won awards by being humorous yet deadly serious'. The interactive animations are freely available from the Foundation's website. In March 2007 Google acquired the Trendalyzer software with the intention to scale it up and make it freely available for public statistics.
On 21 August 1981, he discovered an outbreak of a formerly unknown paralytic disease and the investigations that followed earned him a Ph.D. degree at Uppsala University in 1986. He spent two decades studying outbreaks of this disease in remote rural areas across Africa and supervised more than 10 PhD students. His research group named the new disease konzo, the local designation by the first affected population. Outbreaks occur among hunger stricken rural populations in Africa where a diet dominated by insufficiently processed cassava results in simultaneous malnutrition and high dietary cyanide intake [1].
His research has also focused on other links between economic development, agriculture, poverty and health in Africa, Asia and Latin America. He has been health adviser to WHO, UNICEF and several aid agencies. In 1993 he co-founded Médecins sans frontières in Sweden and he is since 2005 member of the International Group of the Swedish Academy of Science. At Karolinska Institutet he was head of the Division of International Health (IHCAR) from 2001 to 2007. As chairman (1998-2004) of Karolinska International Research and Training Committee he started health research collaborations with universities in Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America. He started new courses on Global Health, co-authors a textbook on Global Health and promotes a fact based world view.
He co-founded the Gapminder Foundation together with his son Ola Rosling and daughter-in-law Anna Rosling Rönnlund. Gapminder developed the Trendalyzer software that converts international statistics into moving, interactive and enjoyable graphics. The aim is to promote a fact based world view through increased use and understanding of freely accessible public statistics. His lectures using Gapminder graphics to visualise world development have won awards by being humorous yet deadly serious'. The interactive animations are freely available from the Foundation's website. In March 2007 Google acquired the Trendalyzer software with the intention to scale it up and make it freely available for public statistics.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Compassion
Author and scholar, Karen Armstrong talks about the three Abrahamic faiths of Islam , judaism and Christianity and the important role of compassion in these religions.
Monday, November 03, 2008
The Story behind Parliament House in BD
Louis Kahn, the architect behind the Parliament Building in Dhaka, his story is explored by his son.
Rickshaw Advertising
Faisal Farooqi of Mouthshut.com , pioneer of rickshaw advertising , talks about his company.
Young Entrepreneurs
Gurbkash Chahal founder of Blue Lithium and author of 'The Dream' talks about his entrepreneurial journey.
Six Senses
Reminds me of my trip to the Maldives. I love the sea when it is turquoise as it was when I first saw the sea in Patayya, Thailand and also the beach opposite Umm Sequiem Park in Dubai last month.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Overcoming Insurmountable Odds
The amazing story of Nando Parrado ... a story of courage , leadership and passion for survival.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Night jasmine
“True love is night jasmine, a diamond in darkness, the heartbeat no cardiologist has ever heard. It is the most common of miracles, fashioned of fleecy clouds -- a handful of stars tossed into the night sky.” Jim Bishop
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Make your heart an open highway
Listening to my six year old niece do a rendition of Bon Jovi's 'Its my life' put a smile on my face as I took in the meaning of the words. 'I wanna live while I'm alive'. Its so important that we do not take our living for granted but to feel alive as much as possible. One should always have an open heart for different experiences.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
An evening at Porsche Dealership
Last night I was at Mayfair's Porsche Dealership and won a day at Silverstein racing a Porsche :)
Will I become truly afflicted?
The purest expression of who we are ?
There is no substitute.
Will I become truly afflicted?
The purest expression of who we are ?
There is no substitute.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Future Files
www.futureexploration.net
Sneak preview: Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years by Richard Watson
Ross Dawson, August 30, 2007 9:40 PM US PT
Do you want to have your brain vigorously shaken? Those in search of serious provocation on what the future holds need look no further than Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years, by the inimitable Richard Watson, Chief Futurist at Future Exploration Network. The book is not out until next week, so you’re privileged to get a sneak preview at the book website. Don’t miss the free download of Chapter 1 of the book.
The heart of the book is 11 chapters, each exploring the future of a key aspect of our lives and future.
1 Society and Culture: why we’ll take longer baths in the future
2 Government and Politics: us and them
3 Science and Technology: the rise of the machines
4 Media and Entertainment: have it your way
5 Money and Financial Services: everyone is a bank
6 Automotive and Transport: the end of the road as we know it
7 Food and Drink: faster and slower
8 Retail and Shopping: what we’ll buy when we’ve got it already
9 Healthcare and Medicine: older and wiser
10 Travel and Tourism: ‘Sorry, this country is full.’
11 Work and Business: the new right-brain economy
Each chapter is filled with startling facts from the present, from which Richard derives staggering insights about the future. As with much of Richard’s work, it shouldn’t all be taken overly seriously, but being prepared to make a few supersonic flights of logic is what helps take us into new ways of thinking about the future, and responding to it more effectively.
Go out and get a copy! For now, I’ve snatched a few paragraphs from the first chapter to whet your appetite:
What will people be running away from in the future? What will we be afraid of in the year 2050? The answer is reality. People will be disorientated and uncomfortable due to the level and speed of change, so they will seek refuge in other places (holidays, books, games, films, and so on). The entertainment industry will therefore become the biggest game in town. Add to this the natural human inclination to see what’s next, and you have a society that will refuse to tackle current problems such as debt, education, healthcare, and transport, while simultaneously worrying about things that happened in the past or might happen in the future (such as asteroid strikes). We will be afraid of not knowing. We will be afraid of things that are outside our control. We will be afraid of uncertainty. Most of all, perhaps we will be afraid of ‘them’ — people who come from somewhere else, and I don’t mean the planet Mars. These fears will drive the accumulation of information. We will crave ‘scientific’ data on the statistical probability of everything while simultaneously seeking out the personal stories of people, products, and organisations as some kind of faux reassurance.
By the year 2020 people, products, and organisations will have reliability ratings. These will be ratings of honesty, integrity, and transparency created by and available to everyone. You will be able to rank everything from politicians to personal computers based on past claims, actions, and performance, much in the same way that buyers and sellers are currently rated on eBay. Reputations will therefore be actively managed and, in some cases, even traded or stolen.
However, as an interesting counterpoint, it will be almost impossible to maintain a perfect record because everything you say and do and everywhere you go will be monitored and recorded. Secrecy will be history, in the future. People, products, and corporations will therefore be assumed guilty until investigated. This will eventually give rise to the idea of ethical bankruptcy, which will be a clean slate for reputations.
Courtesy of www.rossdawsonblog.com
Sneak preview: Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years by Richard Watson
Ross Dawson, August 30, 2007 9:40 PM US PT
Do you want to have your brain vigorously shaken? Those in search of serious provocation on what the future holds need look no further than Future Files: A History of the Next 50 Years, by the inimitable Richard Watson, Chief Futurist at Future Exploration Network. The book is not out until next week, so you’re privileged to get a sneak preview at the book website. Don’t miss the free download of Chapter 1 of the book.
The heart of the book is 11 chapters, each exploring the future of a key aspect of our lives and future.
1 Society and Culture: why we’ll take longer baths in the future
2 Government and Politics: us and them
3 Science and Technology: the rise of the machines
4 Media and Entertainment: have it your way
5 Money and Financial Services: everyone is a bank
6 Automotive and Transport: the end of the road as we know it
7 Food and Drink: faster and slower
8 Retail and Shopping: what we’ll buy when we’ve got it already
9 Healthcare and Medicine: older and wiser
10 Travel and Tourism: ‘Sorry, this country is full.’
11 Work and Business: the new right-brain economy
Each chapter is filled with startling facts from the present, from which Richard derives staggering insights about the future. As with much of Richard’s work, it shouldn’t all be taken overly seriously, but being prepared to make a few supersonic flights of logic is what helps take us into new ways of thinking about the future, and responding to it more effectively.
Go out and get a copy! For now, I’ve snatched a few paragraphs from the first chapter to whet your appetite:
What will people be running away from in the future? What will we be afraid of in the year 2050? The answer is reality. People will be disorientated and uncomfortable due to the level and speed of change, so they will seek refuge in other places (holidays, books, games, films, and so on). The entertainment industry will therefore become the biggest game in town. Add to this the natural human inclination to see what’s next, and you have a society that will refuse to tackle current problems such as debt, education, healthcare, and transport, while simultaneously worrying about things that happened in the past or might happen in the future (such as asteroid strikes). We will be afraid of not knowing. We will be afraid of things that are outside our control. We will be afraid of uncertainty. Most of all, perhaps we will be afraid of ‘them’ — people who come from somewhere else, and I don’t mean the planet Mars. These fears will drive the accumulation of information. We will crave ‘scientific’ data on the statistical probability of everything while simultaneously seeking out the personal stories of people, products, and organisations as some kind of faux reassurance.
By the year 2020 people, products, and organisations will have reliability ratings. These will be ratings of honesty, integrity, and transparency created by and available to everyone. You will be able to rank everything from politicians to personal computers based on past claims, actions, and performance, much in the same way that buyers and sellers are currently rated on eBay. Reputations will therefore be actively managed and, in some cases, even traded or stolen.
However, as an interesting counterpoint, it will be almost impossible to maintain a perfect record because everything you say and do and everywhere you go will be monitored and recorded. Secrecy will be history, in the future. People, products, and corporations will therefore be assumed guilty until investigated. This will eventually give rise to the idea of ethical bankruptcy, which will be a clean slate for reputations.
Courtesy of www.rossdawsonblog.com
Monday, September 29, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Michael Gerber of E-myth
Selling is a system, building a house is a system and of course business is a system.
What's missing in this picture? Inspired by people who are confused than people who know.
80% of businesses go out of business before their fifth year.
What's missing in this picture? Inspired by people who are confused than people who know.
80% of businesses go out of business before their fifth year.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Davos
What's on the Mind of Asia's New Business Giants?
Chinese and Indian business leaders are reshaping industrial sectors while creating a new dynamic in the global competitive landscape. As corporate Asia continues to expand its global reach, business leaders must confront a new range of global opportunities and challenges.
1) What key concerns do Chinese and Indian entrepreneurs face in taking their businesses global?
2) What are the unique strategies to mitigate risk? How are they reshaping their corporations to take on these challenges?
3) How might Chinese and Indian businesses leaders play a role in addressing global concerns?
Richard S. Fuld Jr, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Lehman Brothers, USA
Nandan M. Nilekani, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Infosys Technologies, India; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum
Azim H. Premji, Chairman, Wipro, India
Edward S. Tian, Vice-Chairman, China Netcom (Group) Company, People's Republic of China
Chaired by
Maria Bartiromo, Anchor, CNBC's Closing Bell, and Host and Managing Editor, Wall Street Journal Report, CNBC, USA; Young Global Leader
Chinese and Indian business leaders are reshaping industrial sectors while creating a new dynamic in the global competitive landscape. As corporate Asia continues to expand its global reach, business leaders must confront a new range of global opportunities and challenges.
1) What key concerns do Chinese and Indian entrepreneurs face in taking their businesses global?
2) What are the unique strategies to mitigate risk? How are they reshaping their corporations to take on these challenges?
3) How might Chinese and Indian businesses leaders play a role in addressing global concerns?
Richard S. Fuld Jr, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Lehman Brothers, USA
Nandan M. Nilekani, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Infosys Technologies, India; Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum
Azim H. Premji, Chairman, Wipro, India
Edward S. Tian, Vice-Chairman, China Netcom (Group) Company, People's Republic of China
Chaired by
Maria Bartiromo, Anchor, CNBC's Closing Bell, and Host and Managing Editor, Wall Street Journal Report, CNBC, USA; Young Global Leader
The Importance of Failing
Randy Komisar on hoe the biggest successses are often bred from failures.
April 28, 2004 presentation by Randy Komisar for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program Entrepreneurship Corner in the School of Engineering at Stanford University.
According to Randy Komisar, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, what distinguishes the Silicon Valley is not its successes, but the way in which it deals with failures. The Valley is about experimentation, innovation, and taking new risks. Only a small business that can deal with failure and still make money can exist in this environment. It is a model based on many, many failures and a few extraordinary successes.
April 28, 2004 presentation by Randy Komisar for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program Entrepreneurship Corner in the School of Engineering at Stanford University.
According to Randy Komisar, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, what distinguishes the Silicon Valley is not its successes, but the way in which it deals with failures. The Valley is about experimentation, innovation, and taking new risks. Only a small business that can deal with failure and still make money can exist in this environment. It is a model based on many, many failures and a few extraordinary successes.
Observe the masses and do the opposite
I just finished reading James Caan's book 'The Real Deal'. Its a fascinating read and full of inspiration.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Experience the Extraordinary
I came across a book recently called The Geography of Bliss which discusse the correlation between a certain place and how happy we are. Demark is supposedly the happiest nation on earth. Right now, I would like to be in Ras Al Khaima which is 45 minutes from Dubai, a place of extreme scenic beauty with the mountains and sea and yet the vibrancy and energy of Dubai is close by. If UK is my parents, and Bangladesh is my grandparents , then Dubai is my exciting older brother who is always doing grand projects and Ras Al Khaimah my best friend.
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