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

June 26, 2011
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…

Uncategorized June 8, 2011

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…

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

May 17, 2011
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SAP’s Best-Kept Secret….

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

Blog April 19, 2011

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)…

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Sphinxes — Egyptian and otherwise

March 31, 2011
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Philanthrophy—An approach

I have been reading, with great interest, the path that the Gates and Warren Buffett…

Blog August 10, 2010

AT&T = American Telephone & Texting!!

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

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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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