InPursuitOfZen

Joining Openwave Systems

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:58:00 +0000

Yes, it's official! I am joining Openwave Systems as of this week. While this post is going to be light on detail until I start to get into the thick of things, here are a few thoughts on how this...

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Indee.TV - an alternate destination to discover content

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:38:00 +0000

According to IMDB, over 21,000 films (legit enough to get a listing on IMDB) were made in 2006. Of these less than 2% received any type of distribution. Ever wondered where those amazing shorts, film...

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Rajeev Motwani - In Memoriam

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:11:00 +0000

It's not an overstatement to say that I get most of my news from Twitter these days! Admittedly some of those "scoops" turn out to be rumors, and not to be taken seriously. That is how I initially...

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PnP's "Entrepreneur Brunch" Series

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:34:00 +0000

Pleased to announce that I'm putting together (in partnership with the Plug and Play Tech Center, Palo Alto) a series of monthly early-stage entrepreneur focused events - "Entrepreneur Brunch" -...

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Producers' Guild of America, ToH wins excellence award, ReelSurfer

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:23:00 +0000

It's again been a little while since I blogged, so I wanted to share a few updates: Producers Guild of America: Just this week I got an email inviting me to join the Producers' Guild of America....

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FROM ETHICS TO TRUTHINESS

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:30:00 +0000

I had decided to take an early flight from Mumbai to Chennai for meetings during my trip earlier this year to India. I had no idea what kind of shocker lay in store for me and over a billion other...

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In Memoriam!

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:10:00 +0000

This one goes out to all the innocent Mumbai citizens, who went about their day making the city what it is - only to be killed, wounded or taken hostage. Having born and spent countless summers in...

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Cowboy Bob (the story that almost got away!)

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:06:00 +0000

This is a heart-felt personal story of Mike Bonifer, a good friend and Chief Game Changer at Game Changers. It is in response to a question on how entrepreneurs can survive and thrive in a down...

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Life expands or shrinks in proportion to one's courage...

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:18:00 +0000

As promised, here is a brief compilation of some of the resources I received in response to a note to several entrepreneurs who have built companies and started new ones during a downturn or a...

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Weekend reading list...

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:04:00 +0000

I have been meaning to assemble a list of resources that several company founders and entrepreneurs sent back about surviving (and even thriving) in a downturn. This is in response to an email I had...

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After stocking up on food... (tips to build a business during a down economy)

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:36:00 +0000

What started off as a series of Tweets, has morphed into an actual blog post. It is also a sorta response to the gloom and doom posts around building a small, growing company in a down economy....

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What can you learn about personal discovery from 3 children's books?

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:23:00 +0000

For my birthday this year, I received several gifts that one can expect - cards (one of which is worth seeing), pranks (wait until I get you guys!) and wishes from several friends. Among the gifts I...

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Small is beautiful

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:42:00 +0000

It's been a while since the last post. not like there aren't topics to write about. Things have been crazy busy, and as Gaping Void recently tweeted, "the online world exists to make the offline...

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Mobile data is the new black!

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:56:00 +0000

The Q2 Update on wireless data by Chetan Sharma Consulting is out, and underscores the continuing trend that carriers are making an increasing % of revenue from mobile data services. In the early...

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swayam

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:40:00 +0000

I have signed on as advisor to Swayam, a new effort focused on eliminating the financial barrier to education. Part micro-finance institution and part financial analysis engine (to ensure that the...

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Gamechangers features Tapestries!

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:32:00 +0000

Mike Bonifer, author and former Chief Storyteller of the Live Earth concerts produced by Kevin Wall and Al Gore, wrote this piece featuring Tapestries. An excerpt: Tapestries of Hope has become one...

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The documentary genre + my all-time favorites

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:31:00 +0000

UPDATE: Among the ones that got away: Metallica: some kind of monster, Hoop Dreams, Roger and Me, Wordplay, Comedian, Capturing the Friedmans, Why we Fight, The Kid stays in the Picture and Jesus...

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feedburner down!

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:52:00 +0000

It wasn't until I read the forum posts that I realized it wasn't me... hmmm, no word at all from them about the fact that the service was down! ZDnet blog caught it as well. Pic: ragamuffinsoul.com

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TAPESTRIES UPDATE + love from the blogosphere...

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:50:00 +0000

It's disconcerting that powerful storytelling is sometimes motivated by injustice and abuse of resources (both natural and human). The recent documentary Greatest Silence (it's now available on...

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i love this game

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:10:00 +0000

A long-standing rivalry has so been renewed. Game on: Here's hoping that Kobe and Public Enemy #1 take the remaining 6 games to the Celtics this year! Boy, do I love this game...

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the moments before starting a blog post...

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 05:57:00 +0000

Reading BW's "Beyond Blogs" story made me think about what one chooses to share with the world. For me, one of the hardest things to do is to share much about myself beyond work and my interests,...

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Marketing, Decision making and learning - the Munger / Buffett way

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:16:00 +0000

I was recently invited to give a guest lecture at the NUS Overseas College in Silicon Valley. Since the topic was somewhat open, I decided to talk about approaching marketing, decision making and...

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ETL talk

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:02:00 +0000

UPDATED: videos from the talk are embedded below! it was fun to be at stanford ETL with michealene. it was a little like coming home - having sat through ETL lectures in 2001 as a graduate student....

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Betty Makoni in SFO

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:47:00 +0000

Last week, Betty Makoni (the key subject of Tapestries of Hope) was in SFO to accept the 2008 Ginetta Sagan Award for Women's and Children's Rights. Thanks to assemblywoman Sally Leiber and...

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couple of key insights

noreply@blogger.com (anandc) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:25:00 +0000

After our meeting in san francisco a week ago, Rajesh pointed me to an interview that agencyfaqs! did with him a little while ago. His breakdown of the various campaigns advertisers do through mobile...

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