Siddhartha Oza
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Horace Dediu wrote a piece on Tesla and SolarCity. He starts the article with a very simple explanation of what is meant by mergers, integrations, spinoffs and acquisitions. A merger is the result of two entities in the same business joining forces. It is usually justified through “synergy”, a euphemism for removing redundancies from their unity. Arithmetically,…
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A few days ago, I came across the following article on Nietzsche on Maria Popova’s excellent brainpickings.org website – https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/09/30/nietzsche-find-yourself-schopenhauer-as-educator/ The article quotes Nietzsche’s essay “Schopenhauer as Educator”, on how to bring forth our gifts and find ourselves. That to achieve true happiness, our soul needs to be unshackled from the chains of opinion and fear.…
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Apple’s acquisition of Beats Music and Beats Electronics has perplexed the inter webs. Some say this is a clear indication that Apple’s best days are over. Others say this is proof that Apple is getting smarter. Many have admitted that they have no idea why Apple would acquire Beats as there is nothing about Beats that…
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The big news this week was Facebook acquiring WhatsApp for a cool $19 billion dollars. That is $19,000,000,000. In full glory. For perspective, it is exactly 19 times what Facebook paid for Instagram a while ago, or just a fraction of Facebook’s current market cap. Whichever way you look at it. Here is my take…
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In the month of December, I had the privilege of visiting Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore) for attending a 5 day residential leadership program. Needless to say, it was absolutely brilliant. After 10 years in the corporate world, the academic program was a breath of fresh air and revitalized me and most of my fellow…
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(A little bit of inspiration for all of us from William Ernest Henley) Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of…
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How do we define success? Ben tells us that the definition of success is not about wealth, fame or fortune. Its about the shining eyes. Find below an amazing talk given by Benjamin Zander. It taught me a lot in a mere 20 minutes than all I have learned till date from my education, my…
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Google, Amazon, Wikipedia, YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, Myspace, WordPress, LinkedIn, Skype, Netflix, Craigslist etc etc… The list of successful products on the web is huge, but what will be the next big thing? Given above is the table of Top 10 sites for the month of October 2009 in terms of unique visitors (Source…
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Like many of you, I carry a smartphone (Nokia 5800) in my pocket. Whether you have a Nokia, a Blackberry, an iPhone or any other smartphone in your pocket, you will find these applications useful : 1. Mail for Exchange 2. Opera Mini 3. Gmail Client 4. Google Search 5. Google Maps [I have purposefully…
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The mobile/cell phone is the hot thing right now as far as software and hardware is concerned. The recent spate of high profile launches by Google (G1 and Android), Apple (iPhone & SDK), Palm (Pre & WebOS), Blackberry (Storm) and Nokia (X6) tells the action is in this market. With the success of the App…
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