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San Bhaskaran

Certainty

If you develop an absolute sense of certainty, you can accomplish those things other people are certain are impossible. - Tony Robbins

If you develop an absolute sense of certainty, you can accomplish those things other people are certain are impossible. – Tony Robbins

Attitude Determines Altitude

Start slow, never give up and keep going. This guy is going places with such great belief systems. A bad attitude is like a flat tire; it won’t get you anywhere unless you change it. A positive attitude is like… Continue Reading →

Design is the solution

A Product is something we build to achieve an outcome. But there is something bigger that can be done using a product – Alter human behaviors to make their own lives better. It can either start as an outcome you… Continue Reading →

Boundaries of the mind

I have a great liking for my friend and CTO of UPilot, Srikanth. We make sure we spend time meeting and talking every day. This is by design to ensure we stay aligned with the vision of the company. Too… Continue Reading →

The art of making predictions and getting them wrong!

About a year ago, we were at an Italian restaurant in Palo Alto with our lawyer who is a wise man. We were talking about our kids and other topics the discussions also touched American politics. What is your opinion… Continue Reading →

How to build a GEM? Think EGM

To build a GEM – Implement it as EGM I will explain what I mean: When we look at products or companies or brands that break out and grows, three ingredients are common. Unprompted user engagement – User Growth and… Continue Reading →

Going home to Mauritius

I am the counting days remaining when I will take the plane and go to my 2nd home…18 more days to go! waking up to see beautiful mountains and beach from the bed, which I had been doing for last… Continue Reading →

Scale yourself first – or step aside

Everyone is in a hurry, hurry to make money, hurry to capture market share, hurry to see ROI. The consequences of scaling your company faster than scaling yourself is what we see when people like Parker, Travis, etc. are kicked… Continue Reading →

Having experience is not longer an advantage. It could mean you are an expert of the past.

TEDx talk of my friend Vidia Mooneegan. “Having experience is not longer an advantage. It means you are an expert of the past” – Vidia Mooneegan Here is his TEDx talk: . PS: Yes, the image on top – that… Continue Reading →

I am a fan of Shawn Corey Carter

Jay-Z was inducted the Songwriters Hall of Fame, a historic achievement which marks the first time in history that a rapper has been accepted into the prestigious organization. Here is what Obama, a friend of Jay-Z, had to say about… Continue Reading →

Timeline view of books read this year

I was tinkering this morning with the timeline solution developed by Northwestern University Knight Lab, and started making a timeline of the Men in Men of Mathematics – a book I have been reading. Then I started playing with it… Continue Reading →

Where am I from? Where do I feel like I am from?

Bernadette Jiva invited me to join her slack group today. Something she promised she would do for pre-ordering her book Hunch. Once I Joined, I saw a lof of people introducing themselves starting with where they are from. Where do… Continue Reading →

The Power of Perspective

There are a lot of pictures explaining the power of perspective, the classic glass half empty, half full, boat and land, etc. There are two images however that I have seen in the past few months, that completely changed my… Continue Reading →

The real impact of AI

This used to be a private internal video. The realization that I should share it openly came when I was reading the book from Jay Samit called Disrupt You. If you are buying a Kindle edition – purchase a hardcover… Continue Reading →

What is your question?

Curiosity is a culture you have to consciously build in kids, my way of doing that is leaving a voice message for my son on WhatsApp – what is your question today? Yesterday I got two questions from Ethan, (we… Continue Reading →

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