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

April 19, 2011
Blog March 31, 2011

Sphinxes — Egyptian and otherwise

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

Blog November 22, 2010

Philanthrophy—An approach

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

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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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