start-ups
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5S Tech Strategy
Giving some break to my Tech Hacks writing and getting back to strategy again ( it is about switching gears all the time !) . I have been working through the years on many initiatives and they have varied in scale as well complexity but there are common pieces to the over-all strategy that are… Continue reading
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No-Code Airtable Integration
A quick blog on how no-code approach can be taken using @airtable to quickly address multiple use cases related to data storage , aggregation & presentation Continue reading
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Reflections By Steven Sinofsky
I chanced to read following article Steven Sinofsky on Building Your Product Team published on the MixPanel blog. It had some great insights which , I have captured for my readers and fellow companions who cross their path with product management. From the above blog “Steven Sinofsky is known as one of product management’s earliest champions.… Continue reading
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Qualms Of Product-Awareness
Product is a very generic term and changes its meaning depending on the context. As various stakeholders working to deliver an experience it is important to know how interactions impact your consumer space. This is more-over important for product managers operating in different context :- marketing versus technical product ownership. Every interaction with consumer in… Continue reading
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Good Better Best – Quality of Decision
You might heard following phrases several times : “This is a wrong decision , we should not made this call” “Why did you not inform us , otherwise we would have made right decision” “I think if we would have collaborated , we could have made a right call on this issue” Being a programmer at core… Continue reading
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Choice of MVP : Evaluate Your Options
Many a times MVP(Minimum Viable Product) and what definition it carries get clouded with lot of factors. To start with , let me refresh couple of aspects of what a MVP(Minimum Viable Product) may stand for: “It is a core artifact in an iterative process of idea generation, prototyping, presentation, data collection, analysis and learning. One seeks to minimise the… Continue reading
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Startup Culture or something else …
We have & continue to observe numerous articles as well inspirational content on how one should have start-up culture , mindset or spirit. All in different dimension & context. Irrespective of maturity business model & age of enterprise , it has become a fad to call oneself having a start-up mindset or calling the enterprise… Continue reading
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Make Process The Winner!
We encounter problems statements everyday and there are ‘n’ number of ways to solve them. In addition to this there is no good or bad way of solving them ! Over a period of time I have come to see that we generally get into conflict due to internal workings and although we do arrive… Continue reading
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Start-Up Operations…What Works
While I was sitting back and enjoying a cup of coffee , I thought to reflect back on some of the exciting things that I have done in my previous roles…objective was to try and come up with common elements running across these experiences that enabled me to deliver successfully. Generally I have worked for… Continue reading
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3P & Evernote
In one of my previous posts titled efficient collaboration , I had talked about using Evernote and Dropbox for getting head start in agile collaboration. I use a 3P model ( Progress , Priority , Problem ) limited to not more than 4 points per section as a note structure in Evernote for every team member to remain on top of their priorities and report… Continue reading
About Me
Over 20 years of experience developing software to support multi-million dollar revenue scale and leading global engineering teams. Hands-on leadership in building and mentoring software engineering teams. I love History as a subject and also run regularly long distances to keep myself functional.
Everyday Reflections 