Pragmatic Marketing

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

It’s very easy to confuse actual progress with intentions to make progress. Why point out the obvious? I’ve had too many Agile conversations where executives confused “we want to build better software faster” with “we hope that some new processes will instantly catch us up on years of slipped deadlines and missing features.” The Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu is credited with saying: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” But that

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Sachin Rekhi

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Alec Baldwin’s epic performance in Glengarry Glen Ross is a great reminder that selling is all about confidence. And it’s equally important when selling yourself when first meeting someone. Having strong conviction and confidence will signal that you are certainly someone worth remembering.

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Product Management and Strategic Marketing

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

In aviation there is an acronym called the 5 C’s: Climb, circle, communicate, confess, comply. All these are meant to assist a pilot who has lost orientation; they give you an opportunity to look at things from a different view - hence the climb and circle. However, if that isn’t sufficient, you need to admit you are lost and contact flight control where you communicate your situation, confess your mistakes and comply with their instructions.

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SidsAvenue

OCTOBER 20, 2012

I was on a business trip last week. Post a hectic day, I went to the Hotel room, switched ON the TV and what I see " Rocky IV" is in action. I got glued to the TV and the 1.5 hours were well spent. I got completely refreshed and I feel I became more fit to be in the ring of Life. I thought why not I share this fitness tips with you all… For those who have not seen the movie, this is the context.

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Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

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Bryce York

APRIL 4, 2012

1. It saves you time. I hated having to wait two weeks for a book to arrive from Amazon. By the time it got to my door, I’d lost the excitement. With my Kindle I can buy a book and have it ready to read in 2 minutes! 2. It saves you money. You can use your kindle to read free ebooks and articles as well as kindle books which are up 80% cheaper than the softcover versions, especially if you include the cost of shipping. 3.

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 23, 2012

Those who know me know that outside of software, music is a great passion of mine. But not just any music. More specifically, music from up and coming unsigned artists on YouTube. What excites me about artists at this stage is you see them acoustic and raw, often just a guitar or piano and their own vocals. By following them over time, you also watch them grow in confidence and mature over surprisingly short periods of time.

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 14, 2012

I often get asked what motivates me as an entrepreneur to do what I do. For some it’s fortune, for others it’s fame. But for me, it’s this: Seeing the positive impact the software I’ve built has on real people every day. That’s what motivates me. That’s why I do what I do!

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Sachin Rekhi

JANUARY 9, 2012

I recently went through the thought exercise of trying to define my professional identity on the web. When thinking about the various components that make up my professional identity, I thought about it in terms of what I’d like people to know about me and what best represents myself and my work. My Primary Identity. The following four online presences represent the core of my professional identity. 1.

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SidsAvenue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

This is the second last post in this series that all dedicated to everything about books. To set the context of this series, the preface post was focused on pointing out the importance and benefits of Reading Habit and Books. In then next post, the tools that help you buy books were embossed out. In this post, I will talk about the tools will help you manage your library.

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Product Management and Strategic Marketing

AUGUST 23, 2012

On the opening night of the Olympics, we decided to make popcorn to enhance our viewing experience. As we’ve done many times before, we placed a colored paper bag in the microwave with kernels, hit the start button and lo and behold-- the bag caught fire. As a person who plans ahead, I had a fire extinguisher in the kitchen. I attempted to use it when everything went haywire; I pulled the stopper off and pressed on the lever, and nothing happened.

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SidsAvenue

AUGUST 15, 2012

So after defining the importance of having a library in my last post, I wanted to come up with ideas to help you and of course my self to get the Library loaded up in a cost effective way. This post is aimed to serve that purpose. I will be covering the 3 best places that I use to purchase books and fill all the shelves of my Library cupboard. To keep the post crisp and relevant, I am will concentrate only on the places where you have to shell out money to buy books.

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SidsAvenue

JULY 17, 2012

I recently happened to attend a training program conducted by Dale Carnegie Training Institute. The Skill cycle The trainer talked about a Skill cycle that says Practice is what transforms knowledge into a skill.Very valid point. Follow this link to access the Presentation I am referring to. I thought for a while and a question popped up in my mind… Is it really possible to practice and experience everything that is needed for mastering a skill, to transform knowledge into a Skill… I don’t think

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Product Management and Strategic Marketing

JULY 16, 2012

As one of the organizers of product camp Boston last month, I was pleased to see so many attendees. We had nearly 40 sessions ranging from marketing to product management to running a start up. With so many takes and aspects of product management, it got me thinking: Can product management ever be standardized? Those of you familiar with PMI probably heard of the PMP certification.

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Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

User Testing

SidsAvenue

JUNE 19, 2012

One of the factors that stops or I should say discourages people like us from doing what we like, what we wish, what we cherish,what we dream is the fear of failure. According to Wikipedia, People develop specific fears as a result of learning. That’s quite strange, isn't it? When we learn something ,we acquire knowledge and Knowledge is power, we all are living in the knowledge era.

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SidsAvenue

MAY 18, 2012

I started using Twitter to promote my blog as its one of the mostly widely tips given by blogging experts. I discovered, apart from boosting traffic to my blog, Twitter has kept me inspired since the time I am on Twitter. This post is all dedicated to the top 20 Inspirational tweets from my favorites. You could follow me on Twitter, my handle is @charmingsid… Top 14 Inspirational Tweets… @GreatestQuotes: You just can't beat the person who won't give up. @ Notebook: I am NOT shy.

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SidsAvenue

MAY 7, 2012

For me, Technology is an Enabler. It should enable people to have a better life, enable to communicate better, enable to perform better, enable to socialize better, empower people to make this world a better place to live. Internet is one such technology. I have experienced its power when I was abroad sometime back and now in India, I experience Internet using my Data card.

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SidsAvenue

APRIL 24, 2012

Internet has a whole lot of services to offer that can help us to automate, to organize, to manage, to synchronize, to backup, to share, to track things that impact us at both professional and personal levels. This post is all dedicated to find 15 such Online Services that are I feel are must for an individual. In the list, I have excluded the champions of Internet namely Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube for obvious reasons.

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

Data Visualization

SidsAvenue

APRIL 15, 2012

1. Knowing what to do is important, knowing what not to do is critical – Its my belief 2. Don’t expect a lion not to eat you because you are a vegetarian –unknown 3. We are creators of emotions and not logic –unknown 4. Brevity is the soul of wit –unknown 5. Be a visionary and also a fire-fighter- Ratan Tata 6. The best way to kill competition is to partner it – Its my belief 7.

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SidsAvenue

MARCH 17, 2012

I have been blogging for around 2 years now and like every blogger, often Google to find out ways to increase traffic on my blog. The ideas were very common like Comment on others articles in your niche, build a strong social network, write guest post etc. These techniques works pretty well. Still it was not good enough and I was looking for something else.

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SidsAvenue

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Liked a product, grab it and Share it Online shopping is an integral part of lives these days. The shopping sites wants to make use of the social media to accelerate there sales. And so they have Affiliate programs. As a part of the program, you are paid a part of the sales revenue generated by you as a commission. All you have to do is, share the product you purchased, share the service you liked, share the deal that made you shout wow, share the book that made your day and you are on for a few

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SidsAvenue

JANUARY 24, 2012

So, till now the options explored were Fun oriented. Here, in this post, we will get into a more serious mode. We will explore the option that should will excite the people who like to put their brains to work, people who like challenges, people having loads and loads of creative juices. I am going to touch upon the Crowdsourcing element from the list of avenues that could become your second source of income.

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SidsAvenue

JANUARY 10, 2012

The Internet age which we all are living very aptly epitomizes the old and known saying " Knowledge is power ". We all need to have some kind of expertise. The expertise to be excellent at the job, the Expertise to carry out the business activities, Expertise to make a great leader, Expertise to be a better home maker, expertise to be a better dad, a better husband!!

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