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Kapil Tundwal's Musings: June 2008
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Friday, June 13, 2008. Google Gears as 1st HTML5 implementation. Posted an article about whats the game play behind Google Gears. Some interesting points:. May be because it is simply the best solution, but it may have more to do with the fact that almost every alternate web development technology stack is produced and controlled by a. Read: Adobe and Microsoft). Done in pure HTML and javascript and NOT using Flex is a loss for Adobe. I have decent share of web app development using both HTML/Javascript.
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Kapil Tundwal's Musings: September 2010
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Saturday, September 18, 2010. Lesson learned from CircleDoc project. Started as a hobby, born out of frustration with inability to work with others collaboratively when one team member has opened the "file". I was impressed with Google Docs. And thought what if such a feature would be available in widely used application such as Microsoft PowerPoint. Using open source technologies such as Openfire Jabber server. Thank you), product quickly started taking shape. I launched it and LifeHacker. As a Senior P...
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Kapil Tundwal's Musings: May 2010
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Mentored by Bruce Dines. Bruce Dines, VP and MD of Technology Investments at Liberty Global Ventures ( LinkedIn. Was the mentor for week 4 session of Founder's Institute. Bruce talked about all the questions an entrepreneur should be working on to get the clarity in mind, because if you dont have it, than its going to show up in front of a VC or in the market. Thank you Founder Institute to get Bruce to mentor us. This session was invaluable. And thank you Bruce. HTML5 apps - add...
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Kapil Tundwal's Musings: June 2010
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Sunday, June 27, 2010. Too inexperienced to do a startup? Posted by Kapil Tundwal. Sunday, June 6, 2010. And agree with majority of the points made. Here are the best business as compiled by BusinessInsider. Competitors: Who cares what they're doing? Takedowns: Planning is guessing. Hiring: Resumes are ridiculous. Productivity: Long lists don't get done. Productivity: Meetings are toxic. Damage Control: Speed changes everything. Promotion: Marketing is not a department. Promotion: Build an audience.
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Kapil Tundwal's Musings: September 2013
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Saturday, September 7, 2013. Posted the rise of aggregators and middlemen. And the shifting balance of power between them and content creators. At Microsoft, as I work with premium content publishers and bing apps team, I am trying to answer same questions. How to make everybody successful: publishers getting paid for original content they prepare and consumers paying for it. Its a norm in our industry to make content freely available. Why cant this principal be applied to original content? Today we have...
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Kapil Tundwal's Musings: October 2013
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Sunday, October 13, 2013. Not all are good at empathizing, yet its as important as anything else to help you communicate better. Today, I came across http:/ www.beyondverbal.com/. Which detects emotions in real time. See this video of Steve Jobs interview. Imagine a google glass app using this tech which can help you empathize with the person you are talking to. Wouldn't that be awesome! Posted by Kapil Tundwal. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Inspired by Blue Ocean Strategies. View my complete profile.
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Kapil Tundwal's Musings: August 2010
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010. In his talk about Why Accountants Don't Run Startups. Steve Blank highlighted Alex Osterwalder's work on 1 page business model. Its very similar to design patterns in software development. Here is my initial take. Idea is to have many of such business models sketched out. It helps keep all moving parts within context. Download business model template from slideshare.net. Of Business Model Generation handbook ( Amazon. Posted by Kapil Tundwal. Business Models for Startups.
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Kapil Tundwal's Musings: August 2011
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Saturday, August 13, 2011. One of Apple's strengths. Following post on PCWorld talks about even though Sony and Dell had laser thin notebooks way before Macbook Air hit the market, they never gained traction. This snippet sums it up. 8220;Our customers told us this is what they want, and our market research says this is what people are buying, so we made this great product to address that market! I think this is where conventional business strategies break and it take guts to do this. To help businesses ...
