Came across this great service Slydial which enables reaching a person’s voicemail directly.
This is great for business situations where one wants to leave a voice mail without talking (usually to avoid an awkward situation)
Archive for July, 2008
Leaving Voicemail deceptively
Posted in Tech on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Buy Businesses for value add, not absolute return
Posted in Business on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mckinsey argues that the right portfolio strategy for companies which want to grow inorganically is
to be the natural owner of your businesses, in any of several ways: operational synergies, distinctive skills, or specific strengths, such as superior access to capital and talent in emerging markets. The most important thing is the difference an owner can [...]
Slogging through SaaS
Posted in Tech on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BusinessWeek documents the tremendous strain which SaaS (Software as a Service/ on-demand computing) is putting on software companies.
are these upstarts viable? On-demand software has turned out to be a brutal slog. Software sold "as a service" over the Web doesn’t sell itself, even when it’s cheaper and actually works. Each sale closed by these new [...]
Benefits of Piracy
Posted in Business on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Most of us have been guilty of abetting piracy at some time or other. It could be as simple as downloading a song from a p2p website or more serious like installing pirated copies of Windows/ MS Office. I have downloaded a fair number of Meditation/ Reiki Healing songs using uTorrent.
Truth be told, I never [...]
Recipe to make an Economy Competitive
Posted in Business on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The formula for making an economy internationally competitive as stated by an unnamed CEO in this survey:
minimal trade restrictions
predictable regulation
competitive tax rates
strong educational system
trade balance (not deficit)
predictable currency
low interest rates
responsible fiscal spending and
low corruption
Management Morality :)
Posted in Muse on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is hilarious …
Where is value in Tech equity?
Posted in Investing, Tech on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Businessweek does an interesting analysis to find which technology stocks are undervalued and overvalued compared to the S&P Tech sector using P/E ratios and PEG metrics. The result?
HP and Google are undervalued
Amazon, Yahoo are overvalued
Cisco, EMC, Microsoft, Intel, Dell, Ebay are fairly valued
Euro Headed Lower?
Posted in Investing, Markets on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bill Gross and many others are finally starting to believe what I have been saying for the last few months. The economic malaise currently affecting US is finally spreading to Europe. As the European economies slow down, the ECB would be forced to cut down interest rates and the Euro would plummet. Pimco says that [...]
When will Commodity prices come down?
Posted in Investing, Markets on July 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The current high headline inflation numbers for the US economy are a result of high food and energy prices. Else than these two, the prices have actually fallen over the last year.
John Hussman believes that in the next few months (by end of summer), the economic demand will soften and the commodity prices will start [...]
How to teach kids who will retire in 2065?
Posted in Muse on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ken Robinson answers the question in his thought provoking talk at TED. The solution: CREATIVITY
Some nice points which Ken makes in his speech:
Kids entering school this year would be retiring in 2065. We dont know what the world will look like in 5 years and we are teaching our kids to prepare for that world?
Creativity [...]
