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Silicon Valley entrepreneurs — starting them young!

February 26, 2014
Blog December 12, 2013

The 5 parts of a truly secure password

My middle-schooler is amused with the “complicated” password on my iPad. “Why don’t you make…

Blog October 6, 2013

A lifetime’s investment gives the lease of a lifetime

We are thrilled and thankful that my aunt, Parvathi, headed home this week after spending…

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Unshackled by mobility — and liberated by SecuriSync

August 20, 2013
Blog October 24, 2011

Changing the world from the bottom — one village at a time

As an engineer and closet sociologist, I love stories about cultural change — especially those…

Blog August 16, 2011

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

Teardowns are the bread and butter of the consumer electronics and automotive industries. (An example…

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

August 10, 2011
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 —…

Blog June 29, 2011

Questions SMBs should ask when going mobile

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal (July 28, 2011; page B5) had an article by Joe Mullich…

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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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