"Document every outage, provide complete post-mortems, ask the 5 whys, get to the root cause, and write checklists."
@jjude @sastrytumuluri Is this something similar to what you guys built?
Hadoop for distributed storage & spark for machine learning & analytics by @bernardmarr
Pundit opinions on AI, depending on understanding of technology and economics:
Life can come at you from every direction but never compromise on your core values.
Fixing bugs on production:
The 4 S's of #Digital: speed, scale, simplicity and skills #NOASymp
A3. Call centers are easy targets. Bots/conversational interfaces will totally improve customer experience there #EmTechLunchChat
So much of management is not having the answers, but getting the people in the room who do, then encouraging them to communicate.
1. "They steal your rights and then sell them back to you." My @lyft driver on SF's plan to require drivers to have a business license
Don't confuse having less with being less, having more with being more. Who you are is far more important than what you have or what you do.
Kasparov: "in the span of a generation, the symbol of American innovation went from the moon landing to a slightly larger iPhone."
Stupid scary stats in this. Ad tech responsible for 70% of server calls and 50% of your mobile data plan.
The search for Best Practices is often a search for Silver Bullets, and a reflect a desire for easy solutions to complex problems.
Trying to be a product visionary by copying Jobs' flaws is like trying to be a rock star by copying the drug addiction.
@iancassel one of the hardest aspects is keeping a long-term focus while paying short-term bills.
India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of states: So Bharat Mata ki Jai is respecting motherland per constitution!
If you're going to copy an organization's model, dig deep. What we first see is often not the model. How they got there is the model.
There are 3 personalities required to start a business: 1) Builder 🔨 2) Seller 💵 3) Organizer 👉 (Doesn't need to be 3 different people)
We are hounding one guy who lost money on his business. What abt those who looted air India?
Curious about how @dsdinfosec started? Read @bw_disrupt! @jjude @devakamboj @KeshvicaS @hemant908thakur @PragtiC
Picard artistry tip: Lacking innate talent at a skill doesn't mean you should stop. On the contrary, it means you need to practice.
Picard management tip: Your orders do not dictate your ideals. Your ideals determine how you interpret your orders.
Don't confuse having less with being less, having more with being more. Who you are is far more important than what you have or what you do.
We have updated our @sequoia #microservices ecosystem map. Thank you for the feedback, please keep it coming!
As a dev, quality code is awesome. As a founder, only a means to getting things of value out the door. Don't miss the forest for the trees.
As long as you belittle you will be little.
The road to startup failure is paved with excuses for moving slowly.
"I believe that the opposite of poverty is not wealth. It is justice." Bryan Stevenson #zeitgeist15 Worth pondering.
5 key points to increase awareness for your product by @tylerswartz, maker of Bar Roulette 👌
@jjude thanks for mentioning. I use for all my book purchases to decide bet FK & Amazon
How to tell great ventures: Tech excellence Outstanding team Focus on unserved mkt Speed of execution Reasonable finance By @johndoerr
What are the next big things: Drones Green tech Local on-demand Cyber Security Digital health By @johndoerr
“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” - Sigmund Freud
Good session by @jjude on marketing for startups
Building #Traction to your #startup with @jjude
Why trivial projects change the world & change-the-world projects end up trivial
Who's surprised? ~80% of boards do not even receive briefings on their orgn's cybersecurity strategy - Raytheon.
Startups in Chandigarh, learn how to build traction via different marketing channels. Session by @jjude on 26th organized by @tiechandigarh
Advice to my younger self: 1 write more 2 read more 3 ask questions 4 find a mentor 5 be a mentor 6 volunteer more 7 best days are ahead
The older we get the less we can get away with recklessly abusing our schedule as though endless effort will somehow produce better results.
Anything you focus will prosper; anything you measure will grow. Good advice from @kiruba for business.
Someone once told me the way things get done is a combination of focus and personal connections. I believe it more every year.
It's more common to find those who take a hard line than those who walk a straight line.
Deal competition is for sales people. Management should compete at the vision level.
I used to follow every tweet,facebook post etc of competition. Tried to match them. But within a year,realised that it was a time sink
The mental distraction of worry and indecision is so bad. The most effective people I know are great at avoiding.
If where you are standing is too crowded, you are not innovating at all. Just imitating, or worse, pretending.
A business scales not when it gets "big" but when it gets more profitable as it gets larger.
Selective attention test:
