I came across a post today and found it very useful from a lead developers stand point. One of the reasons why IT has come to become what it is...
Search owned most of this decade. Information search, product search, images, news, location based and so on. New decade will mostly be around numbers, statistics. Google is already moving towards...
This is advice I received some time back from my mentor and I am merely passing it along. Views are mostly expressed by my mentor, but I do tend to...
I have been using google wave for managing few discussions and thought it would be good to share it with every one else. First a bit of context - Most...
Vishal Gondal writes a blogpost about why he thinks that Wipro-TCS-Infy are evil and how they are converting IT talent to “outbots” , term coined by him. Now I understand from...
Been long long time since updated my blog. But as you know, I write only about things which really moves me to write and unfortunately I havent come across any...
Hello Android - Pune GTUGView more Keynote presentations from sushrutbidwai.
There has been lot of buzz about ZooZoo advertisements by Vodafone during recently concluded IPL 2009. Now I have no experience what so ever in advertising and branding. But something...
I got back from a 9 day break on Sunday. It has been a pure heaven. Well I love what I do and love to be around people I am...
After about 6 years of continuous working, I finally am giving myself a good long vacation. These last few years out of college have been a great great experience. I...
Cloud is on the rise. No doubt about it. With cloud comes SaaS. I have already said that, these are two most important things to watch out for in 2009....
I remember to read a book which discussed true meaning of democracy in depth. I can not recollect name of the book as I read it long back when I...
Punetech is a blog started by highly experienced fellow technology enthu, Navin Kabra and he is being supported by excellent team like Amit Paranjape, Manas and others. It is a must...
I have written last two posts on founders/co-founders. There are few more things I would like to write about, so thought it will be great to make a check list....
There are lot of people out there who wants to be entrepreneur. A large percentage of these people only want to be entrepreneur to become rich! That is not the...
Since the resurrection of dot com phenomenon and with astounding success of youtube likes, many entrepreneurs dream of making it big. There is no problem in such dreams. But problem...
The post which will bring some very very interesting discussions/debates/fights. Here it is. (Before starting flames on this post, do read the last line note.) When I co-founded this company...
In last few months or so, I have had debates, diplomatic way to say I had fights, with fellow geeks about how to choose technology for a product. These parameters...
Here is the presentation from my talk about How to bridge gap between Classroom and Cubicle. Classroom To CubicalView more presentations from sushrutbidwai. (tags: networking internet) Few points about the...
I have been to Proto this time around. Great people, good startups and over all a good event. Here is my thought on companies that were short listed for Proto...
There is good discussion going on around using Jute bags for shopping at Ideacamp Pune. There are various ways through which jute bag usage can be increased, there by reducing...
I have not been blogging for a long time, at least not for professional reasons. I have been blogging on my other more personal blogs Some Random Thoughts and Lyrics for some time but...
Many times techno-preneurs, specially those who are not looking to raise money do not write a good business plan. With good I don’t mean a jargon friendly, marketing pitch business...
Well not a review, but few thoughts that come to my mind after seein the film. But first of all, Ghajini is a good movie. Does what it is meant...
As year the draws to an end, I stop and think what is going to be the most important thing for me as an Indian techno-preneur in 2009? Is it...
Many times in entrepreneurship you have to say no to certain things. Be it in hiring process, in some project negotiation or while selecting a particular vendor. Also many times...
Every where I have gone, be it barcamps, be it startup events, one question asked by lot of budding entrepreneurs is “What if BIG companies decide to enter my market...
I thought it will be a good follow up from my last post. In the last post I talk about things I know are happening in 2009 and hence looking...
Well everybody is talking about what to watch out for in 2009, so here is my own list of things I am looking out for in 2009. Cloud - I...
Web 2.0 is no more a new concept. Web 2.0 is here from last few years now, all users understand it. Web 2.0 technologies are mature, stable. There few more...
Once there was a little island country. The land of this country was the tiny island itself. The total money in circulation was 2 dollars as there were onlytwo pieces...
Most of the consumer Internet startups ideas come from need of the concept to entrepreneur. Many successful startups (even Google) have been conceptualize this way. People try to do certain...
Many startups start developing their product with out a ‘development plan’. Many of the entrepreneurs I have talked to, found this as common thing. Common mistake that leads to mediocre...
Did you hear people saying this is the best time to startup? Off course you did, it is all over! Everyone wants you to startup. Every one is saying, “Technology...
Now this is completely through experience. I did not do any of the following mention things and it hurt us BIG time. Increase your online presence BIG time. Start a...
Well thanks to all the violence happening around country, I decided to write something here. Some random thoughts coming in to my mind finding way here.So its about end of...
There are always 2 way to build a great product for any startups. Assemble team of genius engineers. Give them freedom, trust their instincts and skills. Only thing is difficult...
Barcamp Pune 5 was overall a good experience. Uncoference community always put up great show and this was no exception. Few highlights- Attendance- Well lot of people did not show...
So after having a discussion on companies that shaped the Web as we see it today with Ankesh Kothari . I decided it will rather be better to write list...
I have become sort of regular in unconferences, specially in Pune. There are many reasons for attending such events, unconferences. There are many more reasons in participating in such events!...
Appraisal systems! When you are leading a services company this is the most important thing which is ignored at early stage. For product companies few things held the group together,...
Please note this is just my take on whole concept of entrepreneurship. Many entrepreneurs think and act like businessmen. I often see people who are looking to build enterprises are...
These few list of things I found out working in a startup and on a startup. Employers: Great team does not necessarily have all star players. A team in itself...
Now after reading my last post, you know you need to evangelize your platform. How to do it? Well that’s a million dollar question isn’t it? Here is some free...
There are numerous applications which are developed to take advantage of mobile and SMS penetration in India. Vakow, SMSGupShup are just 2 such examples. All these entrepreneurs read blogs, industry...
We are trying out this new method of conducting interviews of experienced technical/non-technical resources. This method is only used for 2+ years of experienced candidates. What we do is we...
As promised here is another startup idea I would like to see. Net is far reaching medium, no doubt. In India still it has not reached the masses though, but...
Web is changing. It will keep on changing more rapidlly henceforth. Newton’s laws of motion doesnt just limited to physics. But in which direction? Media management is becoming easier and...
We learn history in school and then we forget it. Thats probably the biggest failure of education system. We just dont give importance to history and lessons we can learn...
Probably the most important responsibility of any entrepreneur is to hire good people. But how do you do that? Be it product company, services, media or any other company, you...