Tag: Products
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Book: New Product Development – A FMCG Perspective
As a consumer, every week, we discover new products. At Microsoft and RapL, I had worked with companies specializing in Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). At Starbucks, I observed closely the efforts from across the company to create and release new products. There is intense art and science involved in creating, launching, succeeding, and learning…
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Growing problem with Lots of Pictures everywhere
For long we had relished the growing power of cameras – good old digital cameras and ever growing set of mobile devices with embedded cameras. We have nearly more than ten devices at our house – smart phones, tablets, laptops, digital camera, etc., that are equipped with cameras. And that means we snap a lot…
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“Netflix On Us” offer from T-Mobile
Two weeks back I heard about the “Netflix On Us” offer from T-Mobile. Being a T-Mobile ONE customer with multiple lines, this is an attractive offer for us. Plus we are already a Netflix customer paying monthly fees. I had concerns about how this offer will be to sign up and get started. Today I…
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Wheel of Retailing and path for Fortune
Last week I read this business case about Amazon vs. Walmart and the Wheel of Retailing. Over the past two centuries of retailing there have bene several repeat instances where a new comer grabs mindshare and marketshare through discounted offerings and differentiated experiences. Soon this incumbent grows up and wants to get revenue share and…
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Cash – less in the future?
In my work on eCommerce, several times I had dreamed up having cashless transactions enabled at lower costs. The dream is coming alive. I am excited to read about the cashless systems in China – NYTimes: … cash is rapidly becoming obsolete. In India, applications like Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM), PayTM, etc., are set…
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Evolve Software Architecture using a principled approach (Part 1)
Software rules the world, everyone is aware of this. And along with it people say, Software is easy to change, easy to create, easy to adopt, etc. Still Software is often hard to understand. For both individuals and teams, having a common understanding of the architecture of software makes life easier to evolve the software to be faster, cheaper,…
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All play may be good! check out the book : Wonderland
Over the holidays I got to read this excellent book by Steven Johnson titled Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World. Steven is a prolific researcher, author, and story teller. In 2015, we watched his show How we got to now on PBS. Ever since I am a big fan of Steven. His research uncovers centuries of…
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Hi Robot, help me with my daily chores, please …
Yesterday I was talking about some ideas with my wife. The topic of robots came up. She rightly challenged me that these robots are not mostly about doing things that are not directly helping with daily items.I agree with her. Earlier this year, Melinda Gates wrote about the paucity of time in the Gates Notes annual…
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Microsoft gets IN!
Today was historic day for Microsoft. Microsoft is acquiring Linked In. And it joins the 443,000,000 other users in a new capacity – as an owner of the Professional Networking Services firm. Only about 5-6 years back, there was caution about endorsing folks on social networks including Linked In. And now Microsoft owns it. Thousands…
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Next 5 innovations please!
Yesterday my 6 year old son was in awe and asked me ‘are there cars that drive themselves?’. I thought that was great he was learning from the world and is interested in technology. We got to watch the BMW Concept 100 Car video. The coming years are intriguing and awesome. Many companies are…