Indian middle-class ethos are pretty clear. There are constant exhortations: Beta Doctor Bano ( Son become a doctor); Beta engineer Bano (son become an engineer). No parent ever…
Only one in fifty people in general population succeeds as an entrepreneur. Not very good odds, I must say. No wonder parents are not in favor of it.…
This presentation was done in 2008 for a conference at Kellogg and I later updated it in 2012 for a prsentation somewhere. Since then, image of India is…
Indian middle class ethos are pretty clear. There are constant exhortations: Beta Doctor Bano ( Son become a doctor); Beta engineer Bano (son become an engineer). No parent ever says “Beta entrepreneur Bano”. There is further advice to settle down, find a good job, time to get married,…
Only one in fifty people in general population succeeds as an entrepreneur. Not very good odds, I must say. No wonder parents are not in favor of it. But if you take the first step of leaving your job and sustaing your dream for about a year, your…
I am often asked if experience is helpful? Simple answer is yes. I have worked with thousands of entreprenurs. I have been directly involved in almost 200 startup. But I am still surprized from time to time. I can never tell who is going to succeed but I…
John Bosch was a board member at Excelan. He was rough and gruff character but he was very matter of fact in his approach. After I started to get my sea legs as the CEO and started to feel good about things, I got very excited about business…
Customer satisfaction/customer success functions are fairly common now. Novell had a customer satisfaction unit (separate from customer service) in the CEO’s office back in 1989 when Excelan first merged with Novell. Ray Noorda, Novell CEO, was obsessed with the customer satisfaction. I, as a part of the my…
This plaque was displayed widely at Excelan.