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    August 25, 2025
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    August 6, 2025
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    July 27, 2025
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Goodbye, 2020: A series of year-end predictions

December 16, 2020 2 Mins Read

(Originally posted on Dec 16, 2020 on the Drishti blog) One of the most bizarre…

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Part 1: Regionalization and manufacturing neighborhoods

December 16, 2020 5 Mins Read

(Originally posted on Dec 16, 2020 on the Drishti blog) I recently reflected on what 2020…

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An Ode to Joy! 

September 28, 2020 3 Mins Read

(Or, on his transformation into a butterfly that has taken wings) I vividly recall, in…

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Process investments: As important as product, but often ignored

September 28, 2020 4 Mins Read

(Originally posted on Sep 28, 2020 on the Drishti blog) In assembly, codifying the process…

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Aboard the Airbus 380 – the world’s largest passenger aircraft!

June 8, 2011 5 Mins Read

Somewhere over Nova Scotia, June 6th, 2011 – I write this as I ride on Lufthansa’s…

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Small Businesses and Midsize Companies hit the big stage at SAP’s SAPPHIRENOW

May 17, 2011 1 Min Read

Orlando, May 17th, 2011: Bill McDemott and Jim Hagemann Snabe, SAP’s co-CEOs, just delivered their…

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AT&T = American Telephone & Texting!!

August 10, 2010 1 Min Read

I was driving Chirag and his buddy Rory back from soccer camp this evening when…

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Telecom bills… how much they (and the world) have changed!

August 7, 2010 3 Mins Read

I just got off of a telephone call with Surekha, who is traveling in India… As…

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  • Dr. Prasad Akella is a serial entrepreneur who has created and commercialized deep tech products that empower humans — in three very different areas: robotics, business social networks, computer vision/AI.
    He is a Fellow of the ASME and the SME and a Stanford PhD, Michigan MBA, and IIT BS.

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