Monthly Archives: January 2010

Twitter update for the Week – 24 Jan

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•    5 ways small businesses can avoid Social Media Panic
•    Twitter launches Location based Trending Topics #Twitter
•    Internet: The final frontier
•    Internet access is the new freedom of assembly
•    The three minute rule #HBR
•    Using checklists to prevent failure #HBR
•    Why do we care about disruption #HBR
•    Overcome resistance with Right Questions
•    What is Design Thinking
•    The 3 D approach to Creating Opportunity #HBR
•    Let your customers persuade themselves #HBR
•    Value Creation: The ultimate Goal of Innovation
•    Managing for the New Reality http://bit.ly/4pS5Tq
•    Facebook gets into VoIP service
•    How does Apple Tablet Look like? http://bit.ly/5FDVJt #Apple
•    Google: We are hugely optimistic about the Internet
•    5 Social Media Lessons the NBA Can teach Business http://bit.ly/4opEaE
•    Facebook to launch Dashboard for Apps and Games
•    How transparent is too transparent http://bit.ly/5ls4mq
•    Learning why your customers buy http://bit.ly/59DAhZ
•    Decoding the Social Media Hash Tag Mystery http://bit.ly/8wGQZa
•    2010 – The Year of Mobile App
•    Wiring in Social Media Measurement http://bit.ly/5VQimc
•    Schools without Teachers
•    Starting Gun for New Class of Social Entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/5NOEM0
•    The future of Mobile media in China http://bit.ly/5a8WuX
•    A new framework for Business Models http://bit.ly/7lbv65
•    Aavishkar: India’s first First Social Entrepreneurship Fund http://bit.ly/6ZwfdX
•    Innovation – Just Do it http://bit.ly/5noCTa
•    Innovation’s accidental enemies
•    Amazon turns Kindle into a Platform http://bit.ly/5CrYAl
•    Broadband’s next 100 Million will come from Emerging Economies
•    Symbian’s dominance erodes in Emerging markets Vs iPhone http://bit.ly/8mBvnX
•    The mobile web can be better than PC web http://bit.ly/5Trqyb
•    Podcast on Positioning http://bit.ly/4VU2tE #SramanaMitra
•    Facebook’s ideal future http://bit.ly/6ICHik
•    Universities go for the Green http://bit.ly/72lfjG
•    3 Smart Grid funding this week http://bit.ly/6gdXts
•    Why consumer will be king of Home Energy Management in 2010 http://bit.ly/545wxZ
•    Twitter user name land grab coming soon http://bit.ly/7ChVYH #Twitter
•    Taking Social Business on the road http://bit.ly/6LFGX4
•    The 4 C’s of B2B Marketing
•    Integrate Social Media with traditional advertising http://bit.ly/8USukr
•    Why different networks are important for Social Entrepreneurs
•    Management by Imagination http://bit.ly/6L8UNi
•    Five keys to creating an Information advantage http://bit.ly/70icJj
•    The moment Social Media Business becomes serious http://bit.ly/7cL7gM
•    A better way to manage Knowledge http://bit.ly/7Kyipv
•    The scale every business needs now http://bit.ly/5ps3rn
•    Does an MBA make you a better CEO? http://bit.ly/7vgSGe
•    # How leaders should think critically? http://bit.ly/5RRwej
•    Are you committing Leadership Malpractice? http://bit.ly/5mM8M9
•    Spreadfast Fashions Social Media into a Corporate Dashboard http://bit.ly/4AhlYl
•    Just done Groundswell, a HBR publication. Now waiting for Simplyfly which arrives in a day…
•    Social Marketing in 2010 http://bit.ly/8VB6gm
•    7 Lessons for better Networking with Social Media http://bit.ly/6glPCe
•    Why Social Media is not for everyone
•    5 more reasons why IE must DIE
•    Apple in talks with Harper Collins to bring eBooks to Tablet http://bit.ly/6fOjGM
•    Social Media eBooks – http://bit.ly/7BFQLz
•    Degrowth – Is it useful or feasible? http://bit.ly/6H3jkk
•    The future of Conferences http://bit.ly/6TWIS0
•    Leadership and Martin Luther King’s Dream http://bit.ly/6d5YAA
•    Innovation Perspectives – Educating tomorrows workforce http://bit.ly/7FGGmV
•    Amazon’s Jeff Bezos on two ways to approach customer-focused innovation http://bit.ly/5zw5E3
•    CoDev – for understanding Innovation Strategies http://bit.ly/5VO17e
•    Adaptation as a form of Innovation http://bit.ly/6GYyNa
•    Design: A Key differentiating factor for innovative products and services http://bit.ly/60vMEf
•    Organizing around the average Performers – Not viable any more http://bit.ly/5AkuPJ
•    Come on. Designers, Step Up http://bit.ly/7JObmZ
•    Introducing the Open Innovation 100 http://bit.ly/5Svm2l
•    Rockefeller Foundation’s push toward Design and Innovation http://bit.ly/4Qptkt
•    Innovators of the Decade http://bit.ly/5aCL2M
•    LoL: Dilbert’s take on Cloud, SaaS http://bit.ly/7H1GYd
•    How customer aggregation will redefine the utility of the future http://bit.ly/4xzNKJ
•    Carbon Management Software and Services to grow 40% annually through 2017 http://bit.ly/7wfYZC
•    Best Green Tech Innovations of 2009 http://bit.ly/7lNjyY
•    Solar Powered Rural Health Hospitals saving Lives now http://bit.ly/6yghuj
•    5 Myths that can kill a Startup
•    The 10 Stages of Social Media Integration http://bit.ly/6ZpKAs
•    3 Things you need to know about Social Media Strategy
•    5 Industries Apple Tablet could Revolutionize http://bit.ly/75BX1c
•    Doing business in Social World http://bit.ly/4yLKyU
•    How to write compelling Social News Headlines http://bit.ly/8DRjDM
•    The top 10 Twitter Statistics and Analytics tools http://bit.ly/8jlzSk
•    4 Styles of Marketing on Twitter http://bit.ly/8WslXR
•    7 Social Media roles you haven’t Considered http://bit.ly/8mjMsD
•    The Essential Startup Reader: 10 Lessons in Entrepreneurship http://bit.ly/7l9vvW
•    3 Common Questions with Social Innovation Funds http://bit.ly/8VgH9M
•    What goes wrong with re-building efforts http://bit.ly/8vlmkv
•    A must do for any Social Entrepreneur http://bit.ly/4x0I2j
•    Can you BootStrap? http://bit.ly/5tsHta
•    5 Ways to lead with more Compassion http://bit.ly/5gWwKW
•    2 Ways to hold Entrepreneurs Accountable http://bit.ly/7SmgdI
•    The most influential Management Ideas of the Decade http://bit.ly/7u777f
•    Ending Poverty – PERIOD http://bit.ly/5mlBrZ
•    Innovation Training & Coaching Overlooked? http://bit.ly/7wKu0k
•    Education Innovation needed NOW http://bit.ly/5tcE2a
•    Innovation Perspective: Active Senior Opportunities http://bit.ly/4oKSYE
•    Pay attention when Sony and Japan Embrace Open Innovation http://bit.ly/6XRhTe
•    Planning for the Unknown, the Impossible and the Future http://bit.ly/6MZkau
•    Why corporations provide little Venture Capital http://bit.ly/78Cw2i
•    Innovating your “Why” http://bit.ly/5A1Afj
•    Innovation Wanted: What to look for and focus on http://bit.ly/850sNd
•    7 Tips to comply with HITECH requirements
•    Denmark leads the way in Digital HealthCare http://bit.ly/7TDpPD
•    12 Softwares for managing your Startup http://bit.ly/5LoaYl
•    12 Tips for Ethical Marketing to New Consumer http://bit.ly/4EzkUX
•    Brand Building in 21 Century
•    10 Climate Trends that will Shape Business in 2010 http://bit.ly/8gyF7u
•    Financing our CleanTech Future http://bit.ly/8LMxYX
•    10 Myths of Cleaner, Greener Transport http://bit.ly/73OT34
•    11 Practical Reasons for buying an Electric Car http://bit.ly/8HUxUQ
•    How to Select, Design and Operate a Business in “Era of Green” http://bit.ly/54ClgX
•    Ten Green Building Trends for 2010 http://bit.ly/4S4dZi
•    Pepsi Refresh project giving away Millions to support new Ideas http://bit.ly/63mhiZ
•    The next hot Smart Grid Market – China? http://bit.ly/53UOFp
•    20 Battery Startups Hitting the Road with Lithium-Ion http://bit.ly/4JIozj
•    Japanese Social Networking – Its all mobile http://bit.ly/4NU3p9
•    Three keys you need to know about Personal Branding, But Probably aren’t doing http://bit.ly/8aPGlC
•    The Business of Social Media: B2B and B2C engagement by numbers http://bit.ly/4UIPxs
•    Breaking a Goal into Metrics http://bit.ly/6EVXB5
•    Print Personalized Facebook Calenders http://bit.ly/8jTXKX
•    Enabling Social Change through Analytics http://bit.ly/5DJEBf
•    The next Big Showdown: Twitter Vs Terror http://bit.ly/8SCm7i
•    The top 5 ICT4D Trends for 2010 http://bit.ly/6FOCWp
•    Cultivating Food Entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/7uI7BM
•    Recommended by HBR Contributions http://bit.ly/7IUKQW
•    The decades top performing CEO’s http://bit.ly/7UN7F8
•    Four perfect situations for Brainstorming http://bit.ly/80X1Ct
•    Innovation Tip: Step back to step forward http://bit.ly/70ZgNh
•    Innovation Training and Coaching Overlooked? http://bit.ly/7wKu0k
•    Ingenix offers Doctors no-interest loans for EHR http://bit.ly/7IlIXs
•    5 Energy Management Tools launched at CES http://bit.ly/4BTdOI
•    Beach Road, Vizag … http://tweetphoto.com/8352719
•    How Social Media has changed us http://bit.ly/5pu1in
•    The secret Social Media Skill http://bit.ly/8HCdTk
•    The Five Things Necessary for any startup Ecosystem http://bit.ly/92tDwA
•    Business Incubation Internship at AIDG http://bit.ly/4zX1gb
•    Favorite Have Fun.Do Good book list of 2009 http://bit.ly/717i3K
•    The future of Decision Making: Less Intuition and More Evidence http://bit.ly/8v55WG
•    Survey: Why Don’t more women raise to the top? http://bit.ly/4VE7uc
•    How Ford got their Social Marketing Right http://bit.ly/4SUGrM
•    3 Tips for Innovators from the Consumer Electronics Show http://bit.ly/7M1uXi
•    A Postcard of Disruption in India http://bit.ly/7ehaXN
•    Is Entrepreneurship a Management Science? http://bit.ly/6m9pYt
•    The intersection of Purpose and Profit http://bit.ly/6muXey
•    HHS Unveils Health Security Strategy for Emergencies http://bit.ly/4ucpLL
•    The Top 10 Sustainable CEO’s http://bit.ly/5MfiSr
•    New recycling technology turns winery into water saver http://bit.ly/8DQNDM
•    CleanTech Investment Plummets 33% in 2009 http://bit.ly/5zGRxi
•    82% Firms Plan to boost GreenTech Spending http://bit.ly/5HzBfZ
•    The 14 Winners of DOE Data Center Efficiency
•    Holy New Year GreenTech Funding http://bit.ly/7YOFV5
•    10 Must read articles from HBR
•    Investors try to open doors to Foreign Entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/58DVCx
•    How data will impact the way we do business http://bit.ly/8jz3f5
•    Essential Reading for online community Managers http://bit.ly/75t2NO
•    3 Helpful Social Media Marketing Predictions for 2010 http://bit.ly/5APZNT
•    8 Ways to use your Twitter List http://bit.ly/61v69B
•    Google Search Vs Twitter Search Vs Your Personal Groundswell http://bit.ly/8HpYIC
•    Project Management and the Dynamite Philosophy http://altitudebranding.com/2010/01/project-management-and-the-dynamite-philosophy/
•    Changing Development Paradigms http://bit.ly/87jKJA
•    Can we improve aid through evolution rather than planning? http://bit.ly/6to2dP
•    3 Things to watch from the Social Innovation Fund http://bit.ly/4ASTfo
•    Refresh your Social Entrepreneurship Reading Wish-list http://bit.ly/4Tuwkw Have you already killed your next big thing? http://bit.ly/4uvKob
•    Why most CEO’s are bad at Strategy http://bit.ly/6ZBR6O
•    The Danger of Entrepreneurial Passion http://bit.ly/8ae1qb
•    Changing the World in 3000 Characters http://bit.ly/7MJ5EE
•    Saving Curiosity from the Guillotine http://bit.ly/7HsCPe
•    Storytelling, Performing and Social Growth http://bit.ly/6Pc6xi
•    10 Keys to CleanTech Success in 2010 http://bit.ly/6SnurX
•    # A better way to go smart (grid): Wireless Communication http://bit.ly/4FhxCw
•    Going Green at the Coldest Place on Earth http://bit.ly/5CMZ4i
•    Best Practices in Sustainability Food Service http://bit.ly/7rsxAZ
•    Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI) Applications now Open for 2010 http://bit.ly/7wZtSh
•    CleanTech VC Hits $5.6B, Asia Emerges as IPO/M&A Hub http://bit.ly/5ApCCM
•    Wikipedia Mobile Widget is available from Symbian Foundation http://bit.ly/5buZIx
•    Finally, TweetDeck allows you to add a Page you created to update your tweets
•    Social Entrepreneurship boards the train http://bit.ly/8wmcFy
•    Social Innovation – Hit or Miss http://bit.ly/4yPcTx
•    Rockfeller Foundation’s push toward design and Innovation http://bit.ly/4Qptkt
•    Social Enterprise boost in West Midlands http://bit.ly/5ib3fH
•    Can Apple’s Tablet succeed at $1000 Price Tag? http://bit.ly/7Es6af
•    8 things to avoid when building an online community http://bit.ly/4NWFyY
•    Four Words of 2010 http://bit.ly/6OiZcz
•    The LEGO Startup Ecosystem http://bit.ly/4WuwdK
•    A question of Casuality http://bit.ly/87w8Cj
•    Google Phone’s disruptive Potential http://bit.ly/6mzYOZ
•    Social Entrepreneur with a backpack feeds African Community http://bit.ly/8VgE4L
•    Win a 2010 Global Social Benefit Incubator Scholarship and Improve your Social Enterprise for free http://bit.ly/7eQSze
•    Social Impact Finance http://bit.ly/7hh2p1
•    Predicting the next Innovation http://bit.ly/5NXG0R
•    The next decade’s top Sustainability trends http://bit.ly/8weOTX
•    15 New Year Resolutions for Entrepreneurs http://bit.ly/78EEDJ
•    HBR Exclusive Education for India http://bit.ly/6kJYrO
•    5 MaC apps to boost your productivity http://bit.ly/4QbmDH
•    5 Big Predictions for 2010
•    5 Superb Social Media Tools for Musicians http://bit.ly/7beE6g
•    The 100 Most Social Brands of 2009 http://bit.ly/7eYtnV
•    The 100 Most Social Media Brands of 2009 http://bit.ly/7eYtnV
•    5 reasons Crowdsourcing is Stupid http://bit.ly/6FJjpy
•    Five Examples of Innovation with Twitter http://bit.ly/6wvSIr
•    The most influential conversations on Twitter in 2009 http://bit.ly/7ThDWb
•    What Type of Social Median Engagement is Right for your Brand? http://bit.ly/8aOAEn
•    The Equestrain’s guide to reaching your Goals http://bit.ly/4BSiwa
•    10 Ways to get Serious about Social Media http://bit.ly/5C66yH
•    Altitude’s Top 10 in 2009 http://bit.ly/4uHDIL
•    The Patience Principle http://bit.ly/7lVMB7
•    When People and Business Collide http://bit.ly/8pOz6Y
•    Are we entitles for Free? http://bit.ly/6cBrq1
•    Social Media for B2B
•    Tools can be strategic http://bit.ly/72kcqj
•    How to create measurable objectives http://bit.ly/6OWKCD
•    Internship’s available at Center for Financial Inclusion http://bit.ly/8RMvEN
•    Using Mobile Phones to combat medicine shortages in Africa http://bit.ly/7M3et8
•    Top 6 African Business and Culture trends to watch in 2010 http://bit.ly/5GJq7A
•    3 Hot Topics for 2010: Impact, Leadership Development and Replication http://bit.ly/846×44
•    BoP Innovation: $69 Fridge for Rural India http://bit.ly/8Yk4WM
•    The Decade in Management Ideas http://bit.ly/8rrmqK
•    Three Questions Leaders should ask in the new year http://bit.ly/5gBkcO
•    NW 253’s lessons for Leaders http://bit.ly/7kmMYp – Very Interesting
•    Networking Reconsidered http://bit.ly/6ZRELs
•    NedSoc Social Entrepreneurship Conference looks to go beyond Social Media http://bit.ly/5GSnpk
•    The most important microfinance blogs of 2009 you didn’t read http://bit.ly/83kZeD
•    Non-Profit Purchasing Group Launches Discounted shopping site for Non-Profits http://bit.ly/7DqAAt
•    Battlefield Innovation lessons for Business Leaders http://bit.ly/7V3g4k
•    EHR standards just beginning http://bit.ly/5SmEcp
•    Provider organizations unhappy with Proposed Health IT Rules http://bit.ly/70YeEA
•    How to prevent top 3 Information breaches http://bit.ly/7oC8wo
•    PC Energy Management Startup Verdiem raises $5M http://bit.ly/5FFVsq
•    The Green Business Decade in Review http://bit.ly/6oEABw
•    Test your Green Q http://bit.ly/7tdOXj
•    New Delhi contemplates closing of Industrial Units for “Clean” Commonwealth Games 2010 http://bit.ly/7mMrrr
•    The Triumph of Economics http://bit.ly/8Nvhhi
•    16 Tips for small companies to save Energy http://bit.ly/5aeubb
•    The year in GreenTech VC: More deals, less Money http://bit.ly/8rJNeI
•    Top 15 Earth2Tech Stories of 2009 http://bit.ly/4C9Y1z
•    Masters in Social Media from Birmingham University – http://bit.ly/5htF0
•    10 Ways to get Serious about Social Media http://bit.ly/6nGbJL

Twitter update for the Week – 3 Jan

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Beginning this week, I will post a summary of all my Twitter update @harinathpv @Dazasya.

A Change for Tomorrow

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I have been reading The Beautiful Tree by James Tooley recently and was amazed with the amount of research which went in to write the book. This book speaks on James Tooley’s experiences in the developing countries as to how they are over-looking the Public education system and turning towards Private education to provide a better future for the young generation. Two case studies, one of Hyderabad, India and one of Nigeria caught my utmost attention. When James tried to turn to the Government to understand how and why the poor families are turning towards paying small amounts of fees for their kids to be educated in private schools, most of the times he received answers in the affermative. When he continued his journey, he found amazing results and he was astonished. I cannot summarize a 300 odd page book here, but the one thing which I took away, is that no poor family of the so-called developing country is leaving any opportunity to rewrite their future.

In the recent issue of Career 360 I was really impressed with the cover story. It is the same old story which we all hear that the education system in India needs to be revamped. But, few stories of children of poor farmers from Bihar on how they went against the odds give a refreshing perspective. The story of Anand Kumar who started Super 30, a school which coaches top 30 poor children to get into IIT is really inspiring. Can you beat this, in the last 7 years, 182 students of 210 have made it to the IIT’s and in the last 2 years, all 60 students made it to the IIT. These are the results we speak about.

In an interview Tarun Tejpal mentions that the education in our country is more of academic and marks oriented. This is the most disturbing part.

I hail from South India (Andhra Pradesh) and when I completed my graduation (I did not take up Engineering/Medicine) most of my friends have either taken up Engineering or Medicine and after education, one has to take up a job in either Infosys / Wipro / TCS which are the best IT compaines. What you do in the organization does not matter, but as long as you have one of the 3 brands, you are entitled for a settled, secure life and when time comes, a huge dowry for the wedding.

Just to give the other side, if one has to apply for B.Sc Economics in Delhi School of Economics, the cut-off percentage is usually more than 95%. When I took up Economics and Computer Applications in my graduation (this course has been terminated after 2 batches because there were no takers), I was termed the most un-fit and unsuccessful in my batch. After 10 years, when I look back, I think I made the best decision of my life and I really need to thank my Parents and Brother who gave me all the support to do what I want in life.

Now, why did I get into this topic? One thing I realized after co-founding HeadStart and founding Dazasya is that we are not yet ready for Building a better tomorrow with the current way of how we deal with things. In the last two years of being with the Startup community, what I notice is that the willingness to take risks is not yet ready in our minds. Even if one is ready to take the risk, family and social pressure’s take up a lot of time to get you forward. Once you get forward, what misses is the Bigger Picture. Should I attribute this to our up-bringing? From our childhood we are “told” what to do and if we do not, we are not guided enough to come out of the situation.

We are not taught problem solving, but taught only the application of a formula. We are not taught how to think differently, but only taught how to follow what has been thought over by our teachers and elders.

This is one of the primary reasons as to why we do not have an Apple, Microsoft, Google coming out of India.

Many entrepreneurs today are in the path of Entrepreneurship for freedom to work and chase their dreams. When we look at their dreams, ideas revolve around something which exists today, rather than trying to create something new. Why don’t we have even a browser bring created in India?

Let me take my own example, I co-founded HeadStart 2 Years and 6 months ago and founded Dazasya 2 Years and 2 months ago. In either of the two organizations, I am able to Innovate anything new which can help the Startup community.

Let me begin the change here….