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http://www.businessinsider.com/nick-bostrom-hopes-theres-no-life-on-mars-2014-9 But India’s MOM was more a defence mission than simple space odyssey. Right? Imagine you can launch a rocket deep into space and change direction to land/blast at a specific target. Remember star wars? Who needs ICBMs and other missiles?

Finished reading “Hard Thing About Hard Things” by Ben Horowitz. I couldn’t keep it down till I finished reading!! This is a “must read” book for all leaders, CEOs, CxOs and would-be entrepreneurs. With a great mix of funny quotes and rap snippets, he has narrated the story of how he built his companies and

Whats app got sold for a cool $19Billion to Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB). But why should Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL  ) stock jump? There are some 450Million users of Whats App. So their CLTV (Customer lifetime value) works approximately $55/user. Apple has SOLD at least 500Million+ iPhones. All of them comes installed with iMessage. And most users use this app anyway. And

I had predicted earlier that Netflix may lose out. That was in 2012. I was wrong on this prediction. What a change 2 years can make! Last few hours watched House of Cards – 2 on a binge. Frank Underwood will make NetFlix win! Netflix will emerge as the unique leader of content creation and distribution.

I had predicted that by 2015, google would sell Motorola by taking a $9.5Billion loss!! http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/29/technology/mobile/motorola-lenovo/  

As we come close to the end of 2013..I wanted to look at my predictions for 2015. In 2011 I had made 10 predictions for 2015. (https://giridevanur.com/innovation/tech-predictions-for-2015) Lets see how they have fared: 10. 3-D TV as a concept would have failed – Sony would be the hardest hit in this.  Does anyone want to sit at home and

Just finished reading 2 interesting books: 1. On sales http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Sale-Learning-Business/dp/B00B1L8M3E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382788463&sr=8-1&keywords=art+of+the+sale When Philip Delves Broughton went to Harvard Business School, an experience he wrote about in hisNew York Times bestseller Ahead of the Curve, he was baffled to find that sales was not on the curriculum.  Why not, he wondered?  Sales plays a part in everything we do—not

We created a new game. Instead of visiting pre-decided places to visit, we decided to pick a random number. It was 5 in our case. We then picked the 5th nearest attraction on our GPS. Landed in a beautiful location which I am sure we would have never discovered. I am amazed by the “Beauty

Genetic lottery – is it a must for success of a start-up? (continued article on Luck) In my last blog I tried deliberating the value of “Luck” in business. While having a conversation with a young friend, I realized how dis proportionately some people are luckier. Let’s take this picture …….. . see Mr. Ambani’s