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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

Both Sides of the Table

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. I said that I felt that Micro-VCs were the most important change in our industry. You know what I’m talking about. You feel it, too. It’s surreal.

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Most Overused Buzzword On LinkedIn Profiles? Creative.

YoungUpstarts

Saudi Arabia: Motivated. “Every day potential business partners, clients and employers are searching for professionals on the Web,” says Nicole Williams , LinkedIn’s career expert. France: Responsible. Germany: Creative. India: Effective. Indonesia: Multinational. Italy: Responsible. Malaysia: Motivated.

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This I Believe: A Manifesto for a Magnificent Career

Occam's Razor

My professional career spans three countries: India, Saudi Arabia and the United States. With the web, there are so many avenues to express your passion. Nothing seems to be going your way from a product/hiring/deadlines? The web has broken down traditional job silos in companies. Too many meetings at work?

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Out of the Crisis #16: Robert Schooley on why we weren't prepared, long-term thinking, and how to make decisions for the greater good.

Startup Lessons Learned

Instead of having US universities hire people to do the studies, the ACTG gave the grants to African investigators and South Latin American investigators, who ran the studies, ran their units and became part of the scientific community that began to solve this disease in those parts of the world as well.