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Why Startups Don’t Need an HR Team
Overhead should be the most scrutinized line-item of Business ...
How My Childhood Made Me a ‘Tweener’
My unusual mix of religion, education, and gender roles shaped my future self and trajectory ...
Rebounding: An Essential Founder Skill
How Resilience and Persistence Can Turn Setbacks into Successes ...
Getting Over Confidence: Why Self-Assuredness is Highly Overrated
Confidence is a delicate balance ...
Systemic Decision Making
" I've had choices, Since the day that I was born. There were voices, That told me right from wrong" ...
New Year’s Resolutions Not So Precise
Like life.."All the waves and water hasten towards goals; to the waterfalls, to the current, to the sea" Hermann Hesse ...
Musk’s Firing of Twitter Board & Effective Corporate Governance
Does the Board lead the CEO or the other way round! ...
Letting It Go
“It's funny how some distance makes everything seem small And the fears that once controlled me can't get to me ...
Artificial Intelligence : Revolutionary without being Evolutionary
AI may become something we cannot live with or without ...
Hero or Scapegoat? Elizabeth Holmes, Part 2
Criminal charges cannot be taken lightly ... but it also mandates a deeper dive into Silicon Valley ...
Getting at the Top of Your Game
Both in Bridge and Investments consistent performance is hard to deliver ...
America in Need of Purpose
Hyper-intentions are not enough to solve personal, political, and intellectual malaise of the country. We need National Identity ...
A Brave New World: The Game of Bridge
One will not regret taking the thrilling ride where fear, joy, and learnings come together ...
With Vinita Gupta – Raji Pillai of IBPW’s chat on Alpha Girls
Vinita Shares: Derive strength from who you are - As an immigrant woman trying to make her mark in Silicon ...
Opportunity and Advancement of Women – A Forward March
They can be the vanguard of social and economic change ...
Why, Mr. President, Should We Re-Elect You?
The ballot choice this year is more pressing than ever ...
US Healthcare – Beauty and The Beast
People of means fly to the US to get the best medical treatment ...
Lifting the Shelter in Place – The Tradeoffs
Policymakers can focus on educating the public, developing cures and vaccines. I hope we get to decide when it is ...
Lifting the Shelter in Place – why?
Presently getting the virus is associated with ventilators, consequent hospitalizations, and deaths. We all want to know the real chances ...
Marching Forward And Moving Upwards
It is something we can and must do when external and social pressures seem to derail us ...
2020 US Presidential Elections — Upholding The Democracy
Our choices will also entail the compromises that we are willing to make ...
Being Resolute – New Year Goals
We may not be able to look inside our brains, but a concerted effort lifts the fog ...
Be A Learning Machine
It is the idea of not being on auto-pilot but being insistently persistent ...
Physics, And Its Awards – The Nobel Prizes
Learning the beginnings of innovation of modern conveniences is the fundamentals of physics ...
With Barbara Tyler – #1 Residential Real Estate Agent
Barbara Tyler gives her perspective on what helped her get on top of the real estate game. It's the little ...
Assimilating In America – A View From Silicon Valley
It starts happening when going to cocktail-parties gets easier. It is when the guards go down and the conversations just ...
Immigration Issue – In Need of Leadership
Perhaps the learnings of the European Union and the Marshall Plan can help ...
Why Screw It Up: Keep Democracy and Capitalism Alive
The interplay between Democracy and Capitalism is the strength of America ...
College-Education Needs Paradigm Shift
Incremental changes in regulations or merely focusing on bribery scandals, may not be enough. Colleges need to re-invent themselves and ...
Great Re-Immersion in India
In India, religions are omnipresent but occasionally clash. Mahatma Gandhi was shot and killed by a Hindu because he preached ...
A Journey of Transformations
Continued transformation can make life purposeful at every juncture. Reliance on my instincts has enabled me to conquer personal fears ...
An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg
We should be worried about the 2020 elections. No one other than you, Mark, understand the problem the best, so ...
A Holiday Gift — Be Kind to Yourself
We can benefit from being gentler with ourselves like we are with others. Calmer demeanor can increase our capacity to ...
Only in America
We have much to be thankful for as we have jointly worked hard for the greater good of humanity through ...
Being a Tiger and a House-Cat at the Bridge Olympics
Emboldened by my three US National bridge titles in eight years, but rattled by my own bridge-slump earlier this year, ...
Patriotism Without Borders
The late Senator John McCain’s plane, as a naval aviator, was shot down in the Vietnam war. He was widely ...
Musk Is Firing on All Cylinders — Even Though Tesla Has None!
Silicon Valley is filled with pioneers but Elon Musk — the main force driving four companies with advanced technologies — ...
Generational Change for Women – A Tribute to my Mom
The recent passing away of my 91-year-old mother helped me realize how well she had prepared her three daughters for ...
Artificial Intelligence – The Trade Secret Of New Era Companies
Technology has unleashed Artificial Intelligence (AI) on us. Early adoption of AI by the big four — Amazon, Apple, Facebook ...
Ballot for June 5th – California Primary Election
For busy Californians, this is an attempt to help narrow down the choices. The task of coming up with my own ...
Do Not Listen To Everything That Warren Buffet Says: Invest In Yourself And Go To College
I have used only 20% of what I learned in my engineering college and 5% of what I learned in ...
What China Fears – Beyond Trade Deficit
A closer examination of economic interdependencies of world markets makes many economists feel that US trade deficit with China may ...
To Retain Risk Taking Well Into Adulthood — Adopt A Teenager Mindset
Risk aversion starts setting in after we turn forty and beyond. Conversing over dinner with a fellow board member, Mike, we ...
Making California Great!
2018 is a big election year for Californians. We will elect a new governor, all of California’s 53 congressmen, one ...
For Extraordinary Results Look Further Ahead Of ‘You’
When learning to drive on a highway at highs-speeds — a complex information-processing task — we are told to look ...
When Women Think Of Women ‘The Change’ Happens
Americans people are now replacing “the alleged victim” with “we believe the woman.” Thanks to the two female journalists, Jodi ...
Giving – Is A Problem Of The Rich
Bill Gates will spend much of his life figuring out how to give away the money that he has made. ...
Make New Graduates And Startups A Win!
As college seniors begin signing up for job interviews, ‘startups vs not’ might be their first dilemma. Working for a ...
Who Can Shape America ? – We The Electorates
It perturbs me when I read news with provocative and inflammatory headlines. It’s not a good start to my day ...
Connecting With OurSelves
Connecting and networking have become buzzwords in business circles. Business schools aggressively promote them. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter are great ...
For Silicon Valley Indians – Neha Rastogi Has Initiated A Social Transformation
On June 15, in Santa Clara County Superior Court in Palo Alto, Judge Allison Marston is expected to deliver the ...
Why Silicon Valley Must Get Engaged In Legislative Process And Vote
Last November’s presidential election results were a wakeup call for Silicon Valley. For the first time we, the Siliconeers, felt ...
How To Accelerate Learning by Deliberate Reading:
Through reading books or reading on the web, we immerse ourselves in another world. We are incredibly fortunate how easily ...
In Search Of Talent? Look Under “Hard-Work”, The New Paradox That Has Changed My Trajectory
If you feel like an underdog in your professional journey, and are discouraged because others seem naturally brilliant while you ...
A Tech-Immigrant’s Perspective On President-Elect Trump
Donald J. Trump, in ten days will be sworn in as the 45th president of the US. For the most ...
How I “STEAMed” Ahead In Silicon Valley
Start-ups of Silicon Valley have been the engine of new economy for the past 50 years. Technical innovations have made ...
It’s No Longer Hillary Vs. Donald: It’s About American Women
The 2016 presidential race has imbued in us a renewed sense of urgency to seek action against unjust treatment of ...
How Rising To The Challenge Of National Bridge Championships Has Transformed Me
I started playing tournament bridge the year I was turning 60. I had spent my life as a nerdy engineer ...
Why B-School Education Is A Misfit For Silicon Valley
How MBA education helps prime the entrepreneurial economic-engine, is unclear to Siliconiers. I am an engineer by education and was ...
Why I, A Woman Tech-Entrepreneur, And Immigrant, Am Voting For Hillary
Hillary Rodham Clinton is a decent human being, hardworking, and refuses to feel sorry for herself. I am a woman ...
Is Starting Your Own Company Your Cup of Tea?
Are entrepreneurs born or raised? Should I start my own company or try to make headway in the one I ...
Dear Donald Trump: Immigrants Like Me Make America Great
Silicon Valley is a place where boundaries of race, color, traditions, religions melt, and the multiplicity of cultures strengthens the ...
After College Graduation, What? Cultivating How to ‘Think-Beyond’
After providing the basic foundation, universities launch us in the real world with an inspiring keynote address at the commencement ...