arjunvpaul

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by arjunvpaul 8y ago
A wee bit long but totally worth it - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagavad_Gita
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by arjunvpaul 8y ago
Ayurveda. Come to Kerala, India. I am only writing this because I would do it myself if I were in that situation. Not based on scientific evidence. Just a few personal observations of close relatives like my mother and aunt. My aunt had a s
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by arjunvpaul 8y ago
Unless you have some kinda smoking gun, dont act on this. Move on. If stealing your customers is as simple finding out who they are and reaching out to them, then you dont have a sustainable business model. Focus on building your business.
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by arjunvpaul 8y ago
Do whats good for your career and what makes you happy. Because if its not good for your career and you are not happy, everybody loses (company 1, company 2 & you)
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
A WhatsApp group for family members. I use it for the use-case you mentioned. If you have any Indian friends, just ask them to show you their "family group". chances are they might have one and use it too :-).
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
Yes, I have. I am sure there are a lot of flaws in my method so take everything with a pinch of statistical salt. I wanted to test the appetite for retail stores for an application that enables them to sell online, via Chat apps like Facebo
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
the intent was not to make you feel foolish. Maybe its a good thing you feel embarrassed. It probably means that you haven't released late. Listen to Episode 4 of Reid Hoffman's Podcast Masters of Scale. "So don’t fear imperf
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
Not sure if the real source can be traced. Birbal lived in the 1500's and I have heard another version atributed to another court jester called Tenali Raman who lived in the same century.
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
Agree on all points there - slick service, award winning, very well thought out and designed. They even tout Typeform on their website for payment purposes. But to me personally (and my thesis is, to most folks), it does not "appear&qu
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
Emperor Akbar, on a whim, once asked his minister Birbal to find him ten fools. You can get the gist here (Source: http://folklore.usc.edu/?p=24202 ). Birbal stumbled across the third fool while the latter was looking for so
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
A bit too difficult to digest, I know. Would lab grown human meat have any other "applications"? “Certain species of flatworm have been gradually taught to run a maze. If you grind them up and feed them to a second batch of flatwo
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Would you eat Usain Bolt?(wired.co.uk)
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
How fitting that it took the longest article that TIME has ever published to explain this. Here is a link https://goo.gl/SAqq6F (the original is behind a paywall). If the only thing you learn is about the term "Chargem
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
So its probably really hot there now. One thing you could do if space allows it, is to plant the right type of trees in a formation like this https://goo.gl/nChH4r in the east-west direction. This way, only the mid-day sun
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
Where do you live? Not to come raid your fridge, just to see if Its heating or cooling that you use. There are several passive heating/cooling techniques you could use. If, as you say the problem arose "lately", it is probabl
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
Aren't you curious to see how ridiculous you could look asking "Are you not entertained?!" in a Roman colosseum? How about a fun app that lets you take famous clips from Movies and overlay your face on it. Kinda like Face Swa
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
A blind interview application to avoid bias. With a combination of Face Tracking and Voice Modulation (see: https://www.voicemod.net ), one could now have a Interviewer avatar interviewing an Interviewee avatar.
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
An application that could SIGNIFICANTLY reduce returns for online clothing retailers. About 70% of garment returns are because the clothes didn’t fit as the customer expected or hoped (Source: https://goo.gl/djcgUx ) The ip
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
One thing I personally looked for is the tenure of senior folks at the companies I used to work at. It is a better indicator of whether it is worth your while staying at a company. As corny as it sounds, money isn't everything. And ten
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
Why does it annoy you? Are you concerned that you may not get a fair deal? Less happy that colleagues at the same job level may be getting paid more or less? To get a balanced perspective it would useful to read up on both sides of the appr
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
If you build it they WONT come. If they did, then the failure rate of startups won't be above 90%. Do your homework (both primary and secondary research). You have nothing to lose by spending a few days analyzing the opportunity. - For
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
You can still monetize it right? Look at what happened so far as a market validation and build a "better" paid variation of it that includes support and maintenance. Wouldn't that be possible? Could learn from the Pharma indu
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
Have you heard the parable of 2 Johnnys? Johnny McDumbpants. Who drew on years of knowledge formulating super absorbent materials to develop special diapers for the wild Javan Rhinos. He was 90 days away from his launching his product, when
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
Had the same idea :-). To revive freight tunnels. With the advancements in self driving tech and tunneling tech this would seem feasible. Amazon could finance them and then rent capacity it out to other companies. A pilot perhaps in Chicago
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
Too many Kids and Pets die of heatstroke every year after being left in vehicles - https://goo.gl/FFDbEr How about an internet connected Amazon Echo like device that with camera and vision analysis https://goo.gl
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
I am not entirely sure but there maybe some truth to the suggestion that animals can sense earth quakes in advance - https://goo.gl/j4sLFw - https://goo.gl/YrSzJm How about a pet owner data collective that
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
There might be a way to meet both your needs. If you are satisfied with everything else, there is no harm in letting the hiring process go ahead. Ask the employer to send you the offer letter but don't sign anything yet. Once you have
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
I started at this corporate in Liechtenstein, fresh off my MBA. But, realized a year in, that I would not be a good culture fit. Let my manager know, beginning of the 2nd year that I would like to transition out and my reasons for leaving.
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
Thanks for the pointer about meetup.com . seems to be very active in Bangalore. Could be helpful to make fundraising connections too. Signed up for an event too! thanks!
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by arjunvpaul 9y ago
awesome! thats a great idea to use linkedin premium to find folks closer to home.

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