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

June 8, 2011
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Lady Gaga, the mythical Indian middle class, and the SMB (software) market

I’ll start off by admitting that I am a big fan of Lady Gaga’s — more for…

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…

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SAP’s Best-Kept Secret….

April 20, 2011
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Oppenheimers, move over. It’s time for the Betanabhotlas & Dholakias!

Chirag participated in the Santa Clara County Science Fair (aka the Synopsis Science & Technology Fair)…

Blog March 31, 2011

Sphinxes — Egyptian and otherwise

I learned something (of questionable utility) today… Something fascinating, nonetheless. I chaperoned Pooja’s 3rd grade…

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Philanthrophy—An approach

November 22, 2010
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AT&T = American Telephone & Texting!!

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

Blog August 7, 2010

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

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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