This applies to everything in life
you do not get many chances to speak to non deaf ears so
Born in India, somehow ended up in the Bay Area only to attended Georgia Tech which left me to ponder around Austin while coming to the conclusion I missed the Bay Area, innovation and passion.
You have been warned: There will be opinionated statements about tech, life and tv shows. Sometimes anger towards Georgia Tech sports as well
Looks like Groupon insane growing days maybe behind it as this article: http://goo.gl/irP3i shows less people are buying groupons resulting in less revenue per merchant. The image below for revenue per merchant (Boston)looks like it nose dived in Q3'10.
I do not make plugs for any events, but its hard not to promote an event that lets you impact the underprivledged in India while partying. Hence why not venture out on July 16th (7:30 PM -1:00 AM) to Kaama Lounge at Santana Row to dance, drink and party like a rock star while donating to education. You should click here to find out more!
A close friend of mine was debating for months/years about starting his own endeavor. And we would have tons of discussions around the positives of it and how to start it, why it makes sense or doesnt make sense.
I am proud to say he has taken a jump into the unknown and finally said "screw it I want to go forward with it". He just put up a good blog post regarding the thoughts he went through before and is currently going through right now.
Take a look http://www.trevormcleod.com/2011/06/some-difficult-questions/
These are questions I believe many startup folks are thinking and asking as well.
I am sure most people already do this, but I have started to more often then not reflect on my life personally and professionally. I guess this occurs when unexpected actions happen or events unfold into sitautions you are not prepared for. Thus in the last few days with regard to most things in life I have come to the conclusion:
Great insight on US open (tennis) and players playing into their 30's and hanging around by adapting their games:
http://straightsets.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/for-older-players-30-is-more...
Sometimes in case of James Blake adapt or die the later becomes reality
