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An insight on my journey from Mumbai to Malibu

My Word for 2021

Wow, it’s February already, and time for all the New Year’s resolutions to either take root or be destined to the rubbish heap of irresolution. As a family, we often reviewed the year gone by sometime between Christmas and New Year’s, annually listing our… Continue Reading →

Are you listening?

I have often related the anecdote of the quintessential  New York Vendor, who armed with an early morning weather report, shows up on a busy street corner to sell umbrellas marked up 300%, to tourist caught unawares of a sudden… Continue Reading →

A better political conversation…

I am sure you have been caught up in the conversations about all things political happening in the US of A, especially since President Trump took office. What the outcome of his decisions are, only time will tell. Indicators and… Continue Reading →

Its 2017 and we are looking for common ground…

As I heard outgoing President Obama’s farewell speech, this small non partisan segment hit home… …In his own farewell address, George Washington wrote that self-government is the underpinning of our safety, prosperity, and liberty, but “from different causes and from… Continue Reading →

THE MAIN THING IS TO KEEP THE MAIN THING THE MAIN THING

It’s the end of the year and time for one last piece of wisdom. We all know the now infamous definition of insanity – “Doing the same thing again and again, expecting different results”. Yet millions make the same new… Continue Reading →

CYBERSECURITY & VALUATIONS

Recently, I attended a local CEO peer group in which the conversation gravitated towards the topic of exit strategies. Many business owners think about how they would eventually exit their business; some actually formulate a plan while most figure life… Continue Reading →

“ONE SIZE NEVER FITS ALL…”

I recently saw this great article by a renowned Cybersecurity Strategist out defining the role of a CISO. In a large enterprise these roles could be assigned to a member within a security team, and while not easy, the task… Continue Reading →

“WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM MILLENNIALS”

  Probably the most overused and abused word these days. It’s a word that can invoke awe, praise, fear, confusion and wonder all in one. My most recent “millennial moment” was when I realized that I was talking to an… Continue Reading →

Coffee and Cockpit conversations at 30K feet

 We recently made a trip to the mysterious and ever evasive South American continent. Mysterious only because I know about the continent in general, but little about the subtle variations in culture between the countries. High on the list for… Continue Reading →

SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE

Like most Business owners I remember the early days of setting up Aurora, the late hours, the constant stress, the nervousness and the excitement of solving problems and creating something through technology. There was also the mandatory reading list for… Continue Reading →

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