Gurmeet Naroola wrote a book called The Entrepreneurial Connection: East Meets West in the Silicon Valley, and did a chapter on me. With permission from Gurmeet, you can read…
Startups rarely get in trouble because the upside happens but they quickly do when downside happens. Entrepreneurs do not spend time worrying about potential downsides. They always worry…
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View All“Narasimha Rao ka yehi Vaada, Baten kum, Kaam Jyaada”. This roughly translates to: Narasimha rao promises to talk less and do more. It was…
1995 was the year of the Internet – the start of the Internet as we know it now. By the end of 1994, Mosaic…
1988 Started with the stock marked still depressed, but off the bottoms it had hit in the year before. For Excelan, the year started…
TiE delegation had a visit with President Mukherjee on the 15th evening. Pranab Mukherjee had been a part of Mrs. Gandhi’s cabinet almost from start and…
1995 was a watershed year for me. I seamlessly transitioned from the corporate life, to the life of a free spirited angel investor. Also,…
1987 started with a bang. The stock market had been surging. Dow crossed 2000 for the first time. Microsoft and Sun MicroSystems had gone…
By the year 2000, having an Indian boss in Silicon valley was finally seen as a normal thing. At Excelan in 1985, I used to…
An Agenda for a New India This post originally appeared in SiliconIndia on February, 2001 Indians are smart and creative people. They have also proven to…
DOT Hatao, Desh Bachao: Get rid of the Dept of Telecom to save the country This was my clarion call to reform telecom sector.…