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Posted on September 3, 2021 Leave a Comment
ANDY PETERY Life is about change. You must embrace the future and learn from each triumph and tragedy, forever determined to move onward and upward. Do not be a bystander. Make taking risks intelligently part of your repertoire. Contemplate your failures more than your successes — not to lament where you fell short, but to […]
Posted on August 21, 2021 Leave a Comment
BILL AGEE It has been said, “Happiness is achieved not by having what we want — but by wanting what we have.” This is precisely where I find myself at this time in my life. Certain practical lessons I have learned could possibly be helpful to others: First, I would recommend postponing marriage and children […]
Posted on August 18, 2021 Leave a Comment
Amazing list of life lessons from HBS present on this awesome site. “My obituary will probably include a host of awards, high positions, and achievements, — and I’m proud of them. But there is a certain joy that surpasses all understanding. I would like to have found that.” “Mistakes I’ve made:GreedDishonestySelf-delusionLack of an ethical compass“ […]
Posted on August 1, 2021 2 Comments
One night, I opened my diary and started writing “Rules to live by” – basically some principles or learnings that have served me well. This is with the hope that tomorrow if my son doesn’t see me when he grows up, he can read these as second best option. I realized I gave similar lessons […]
Posted on July 30, 2021 Leave a Comment
Thought would capture current thoughts in my head for posterity about startup because later on story always gets muddy! Positives of startup: No ceiling – you are only limited by your time, creativity and everything around you. Direct feedback – tight feedback loop from your environment. You quickly know what’s working or not working. No […]
Posted on March 3, 2021 Leave a Comment
After 14 years at Google, yesterday was my last day. I had decided to leave Google and start my own startup. It’s been interesting past few months. Bittersweet to say the least because I practically grew up in Google. Google was my first job after graduating and I stayed there for 14 years. I kept […]
Posted on September 25, 2018 Leave a Comment
Here is a great thread from Sam Altman that I found very relatable. Some good advice for anyone trying to start something from scratch. Here are excerpts: ” It’s common to have vision; it’s rare to have plans. Even fewer people are willing/able to actually execute on plans. People who have a bold vision, specific plans, and […]
Posted on September 25, 2018 Leave a Comment
Hello Ricardo! Thank you for forcing me to add a post. 🙂 Will try to update site more regularly than before with hopefully some more helpful articles. Since last post, here are some of things that I have been learning (personal, don’t really post about work stuff here): got busy with Stock algo trading. deploying […]
Posted on January 1, 2016 Leave a Comment
Wishing all of you a very happy and prosperous new year – 2016. May all your dreams come true this year. 🙂
Posted on November 24, 2015 Leave a Comment
When it comes to blog hosting, I have played with everything under the sun ranging from standard blog hosting platforms like wordpress to writing custom blog code on appengine. WordPress doesn’t work for me due to numerous security bugs in it and appengine is too heavy for something simple like blog + personal information site […]
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