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(Product) Teardowns — a necessary and critical tool in every product manager’s/marketer’s arsenal

August 16, 2011
Blog August 10, 2011

Monetizing Mobile Enterprise Apps — What’s in it for the players?

Mobility and mobile apps for the enterprise space have been on my mind and on…

Blog July 22, 2011

America re-discovers Intelligent Assist Devices and cobots! (Or, Obama professes a love for robots!)

About two decades ago, General Motors dangled an intriguing problem in front of me —…

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Questions SMBs should ask when going mobile

June 29, 2011
Blog June 26, 2011

Writing in the internet age — “calisthenics for the brain”

In the “10 Questions” section of the June 20, 2011 issue of Time Magazine, historian David McCullough shares…

Blog June 8, 2011

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

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

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Lady Gaga, the mythical Indian middle class, and the SMB (software) market

June 8, 2011
Blog May 17, 2011

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

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

Blog April 20, 2011

SAP’s Best-Kept Secret….

While I have always enjoyed writing, it’s been a while since I have written professionally.…

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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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    Drishti’s manufacturing leadership — and influence — recognized

    By Prasad March 16, 2021

    (Originally posted on Mar 16, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Earlier this week, the National…

    Part 3: The growing imperative for practical AI

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