Tuesday, December 26, 2006

What's the difference?

Read somewhere today!

Subroto Bagchi, on difference between writing short columns and writing a book. I don't remember the exact line, but it's to this effect.

Writing a column is like flirting, where as a book is intense, it's like having a baby.

Me just happy flirting with blogposts :-)

The High-Performance Entrepreneur

The High-Performance Entrepreneur: Golden Rules for Success in Today's World by Subroto Bagchi

It's a must read for anybody with an iota of interest in entrepreneurship, and also any one who's working/thinking of working/worked for a startup. Yeah, it's kind of focused on building a large enterprise (read, like MindTree) and the chapters(18 of them) might feel little discontinuous. But Bagchi strikes a chord, with his simple narrative/story telling style of writing. Make no mistake it's not a romantic take on entrepreneurship. It's a brutally honest at the same time well meaning, candid & compelling read. Kind of must have manual. Each of 18 chapters are just plain awesome and I really can't highlight a line or two here, since the book's full of highlights. Let me just post the interesting stuff in the end!

The Last Word

You did not read a 'how to' book before you fell in love. Yet, in some ways, the books on romance may have helped.

You really don't need to read this book – for that matter any book- to start your own enterprise.

And lest I forget, no amount of reading about romance is equal to the act of falling in love. Like many books on romance, I hope this one will only help you in some small way every now and then. But remember, the actual experience is in the enactment.

So, go on and do it.

Friday, December 22, 2006

Unfinished Tales-4

Shree Kumar's @ it again!
This time, Cycling in the North-East.
Crazy, damn cool, or just plain awesome...

Wishing Shree n KP a wonderful time.

Unfinished Tales-4