Casual observer of the world around us
In the last 6 months, my wife and I traveled to Europe and Asia on 2 separate occasions. I saw people riding bikes everywhere. That by itself is not surprising. What did surprise me however, was that almost every single bike I saw had an electric motor and battery pack on it. I had never […]
Patient health data is the single biggest bottleneck for advancing healthcare Healthcare is going through a tremendous phase of innovation. Healthcare data is finally coming online due to the government mandate to adopt Electronic Medical Records (EMR). AI and machine learning is advancing at an exponential rate. Soon, precision medicine will finally become reality. Doctors will […]
Tesla recently put out a $2.8B bid to acquire SolarCity. The initial reaction was less than favorable. Here are some of the headlines: Is Tesla’s SolarCity Move Actually a Bailout? – Bloomberg Why Tesla and SolarCity Have an Elon Musk Problem – Fortune Tesla’s Deal With SolarCity Is A Remarkably Bad Idea – SeekingAlpha At this point, a lot […]
It’s hard for outsiders to tell the difference between conviction and stubbornness. Both have strong belief systems, but their mindset is vastly different. I was going to write a long blog post about it, but realized I can distill it down to the following: Someone with strong conviction is receptive to new information. He has strong opinions […]
On writing requirements How do you write good requirements? What’s your process for writing them? These are often the first question people new to PM ask. And rightly so! A PM’s primary job is to figure out what to build and then write a set of clear instructions for the engineering team to actually build […]
“I am a product manager. I do a bunch of things…just not any real work.” I’ve tried that line a few times at cocktail parties when the question “so…what do you do?” invariably comes up. On the good days, that usually gets a faint laugh from everyone. The statement is meant to be facetious, but […]
A new beginning I recently accepted a job offer to join a healthcare technology start-up called Medivo. This concluded my 4 months job search. It was actually the first time I had to find a job after since graduating from college. Before this, I ran my own tech start-up called Fleetbit. Compared to my experience applying for internships as […]
It’s hot in here According to IDC, the current estimated market size for cloud storage is $23B. It is projected to grow at 13% every annum and reach $38B by 2017. Those are some pretty enticing numbers for any venture capitalists looking to cash in on their next big exit. Box recently just raised $125M in […]
Recently, I exited from Fleetbit, the company I co-founded right out of college. While the company didn’t turn out to be the kind of wild success we initially hoped for, I am still extremely proud of what my co-founders and I have accomplished over the past 2 years. The company is profitable and has a […]
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) like the ones offered on Courera, edX, and Udacity are all the rage these days, and rightly so. In my opinion, MOOC is the most important innovation since the dawn of the internet age. For the first time ever, we can distribute quality Ivy League education content to everyone with […]