Vision India 2020 Book Review: Giving Away $B Entrepreneurial Ideas

In “Sramana Mitra Gives Away $B Entrepreneurial Ideas,” Deepika Bajaj reviews Vision India 2020 with Sramana Mitra for the Invincibelle blog.

You can read the entire article here.

Vision India 2020 by Sramana Mitra is available from Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle, and from Smashwords.com in all e-book formats.

Vision India 2020 Book Review: Clarion

The first review of Vision India 2020 just came out. Clarion Book Review gives the book five out of five stars.

Vision India 2020 is a visionary romp through a possible new future for India. It looks back over a decade-long transformation of the country from its current status as “back office for the world” to that of world leader through the application of the principles of visionary entrepreneurship. >>>

How A Rocket Took Off: Juniper Founder Pradeep Sindhu (Part 3)

SM: When did you leave PARC, and why did you leave?

PS: In 1995, I realized I had been at PARC for 12 years and that I had tried every possible avenue I could find to take my ideas to the market. The difficulties that I faced were the same ones that ultimately led to the founding of other companies such as Adobe and Bay Networks. Xerox as a company understood paper and toner very well. It did not understand software and software systems. >>>

February 18 Roundtable Recording

In case you missed this strategy roundtable, here is the recording:

Forbes Column 2010: The Way Forward With Health Reform

Health care costs can be reduced by nearly $100 billion, but it would trigger higher unemployment. Read more in this week’s Forbes column, The Way Forward With Health Reform.

How A Rocket Took Off: Juniper Founder Pradeep Sindhu (Part 2)

SM: What was your time at PARC like?

PS: I arrived in the midst of an exodus from PARC. It was a tumultuous time for the research center, but I had great fun. I worked on two primary projects. One was cache-coherent algorithms for multiprocessors. >>>

Next Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs on Thursday, February 25

Sramana Mitra is offering this free online strategy roundtable for entrepreneurs looking to discuss positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture. Up to 1,000 people can attend, but only the first five who register to pitch will be able to present their business ideas.  All attendees are able to join in on the conversations via a live chat.  This hour-long session will begin at 8 am PST/11am EST/9:30pm IST. 

You can find more details and register here.

We hope you’ll join us and share with other entrepreneurs who may be interested.

How A Rocket Took Off: Juniper Founder Pradeep Sindhu (Part 1)

Dr. Pradeep Sindhu founded Juniper Networks in February 1996 and served as its CEO until September 1996. He has since served as the company’s vice chairman of the board and chief technical officer. From 1984 to 1996, he worked at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) as a member of the research staff. He earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, his master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Hawaii, and his PhD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon. >>>