Comments on: Life 2.0 http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/ A blog about marketing, online communities and other business musings. Come join the fun! Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:14:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mehul Patel http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/comment-page-1/#comment-30430 Mehul Patel Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:03:30 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/#comment-30430 Hi Elisha, Thanks for ur inputs let me first say yes I have had Laphroaig 30, GlenFiddich 30 and few others finally realized the finest are between 12 and 18 above that age all are just Price Tags and very mellow (read overly smooth products) I agree abt the knowledge sharing from Israeli Hi Tech firms I believe they are intalks with few Indian firms....India is doing a similar thing in China where institutes like NIIT from India are teaching young Chinese students fundamentals of software coding in English! Hi Elisha,

Thanks for ur inputs let me first say yes I have had Laphroaig 30, GlenFiddich 30 and few others finally realized the finest are between 12 and 18 above that age all are just Price Tags and very mellow (read overly smooth products)

I agree abt the knowledge sharing from Israeli Hi Tech firms I believe they are intalks with few Indian firms….India is doing a similar thing in China where institutes like NIIT from India are teaching young Chinese students fundamentals of software coding in English!

]]> By: Elisha Flax http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/comment-page-1/#comment-29637 Elisha Flax Fri, 05 Jan 2007 20:13:25 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/#comment-29637 Hi Mehul, I found the paragraph about VCs being 5 years behind very interesting. I recently read an article in an Israeli magazine where they interviewed the CEO of SAP (I can't remember his name but I think he is Israeli) where he warns the Israeli hi tech community that if they do not move aggressively into India and nurture the talent there then the Israeli hi tech is destined for oblivion. It has some analogy with your contention of the sleepy VCs. Any thoughts? Elisha (Have you tried the Laphroaig 30 years?!) Hi Mehul,

I found the paragraph about VCs being 5 years behind very interesting. I recently read an article in an Israeli magazine where they interviewed the CEO of SAP (I can’t remember his name but I think he is Israeli) where he warns the Israeli hi tech community that if they do not move aggressively into India and nurture the talent there then the Israeli hi tech is destined for oblivion. It has some analogy with your contention of the sleepy VCs. Any thoughts?

Elisha

(Have you tried the Laphroaig 30 years?!)

]]> By: Mehul Patel http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/comment-page-1/#comment-26669 Mehul Patel Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:27:31 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/#comment-26669 Alok, Priya, thank you for yoru feedback thank you key pointers Alok, I agree on fill the gap and make money for yourself and investor....very crucial! Alok, Priya,

thank you for yoru feedback

thank you key pointers Alok, I agree on fill the gap and make money for yourself and investor….very crucial!

]]> By: Alok Mittal http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/comment-page-1/#comment-26225 Alok Mittal Tue, 26 Dec 2006 07:22:53 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/#comment-26225 Mehul Good post, and great to see the confidence and optimism that the new youth of India is reflecting. This is probably the most positive outcome of the growth rates we are seeing in the country. VCs are here -- they love passion, and they love entrepreneurs who can identify need gaps and fill them. Like all entrepreneurs, they can only survive if they make good money for their investors. And lets remember, all of us feed on risk, but at the same time, look to understanding and minimizing it at all times. Alok Mehul

Good post, and great to see the confidence and optimism that the new youth of India is reflecting. This is probably the most positive outcome of the growth rates we are seeing in the country.

VCs are here — they love passion, and they love entrepreneurs who can identify need gaps and fill them. Like all entrepreneurs, they can only survive if they make good money for their investors. And lets remember, all of us feed on risk, but at the same time, look to understanding and minimizing it at all times.

Alok

]]> By: Priya http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/comment-page-1/#comment-25342 Priya Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:24:19 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/#comment-25342 Dear Mehul, It has been nice chatting with you recently. I like your post for its honesty and its can-do spirit. Much like the gold rush of the mid 1800s which drew people in droves to the West Coast, the new 'fever' is the latest killer app, where I agree with you we don't need another YouTube, we need ANOTHER fresh innovative idea, that will hold the capture the imagination of people worldwide. And there are enough good ideas to fill an entire ocean, it is time that VCs realized this. Money too, there is plenty of, especially since money begets more money... Young people today need to seek new ideas like they were panning for gold in the Wild West. Here's to the spirit of entrepreneurs like you. And yes, it is better to network with 100 significant people rather than 5000 insignificant ones! Networking really enables us to share ideas and bounce thoughts off one another. Cheers to the Mumbaikar spirit and the Cali attitude!!! Priya Dear Mehul,
It has been nice chatting with you recently. I like your post for its honesty and its can-do spirit. Much like the gold rush of the mid 1800s which drew people in droves to the West Coast, the new ‘fever’ is the latest killer app, where I agree with you we don’t need another YouTube, we need ANOTHER fresh innovative idea, that will hold the capture the imagination of people worldwide. And there are enough good ideas to fill an entire ocean, it is time that VCs realized this. Money too, there is plenty of, especially since money begets more money… Young people today need to seek new ideas like they were panning for gold in the Wild West. Here’s to the spirit of entrepreneurs like you.
And yes, it is better to network with 100 significant people rather than 5000 insignificant ones! Networking really enables us to share ideas and bounce thoughts off one another.
Cheers to the Mumbaikar spirit and the Cali attitude!!!
Priya

]]> By: Mehul Patel http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/comment-page-1/#comment-23694 Mehul Patel Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:54:16 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/#comment-23694 Dear Sarah, Parie, Noreen and Sandip thank you for your kind and positive words it means a lot and Dear Noah thanks a Million for letting me be a part of Tuesday UGC on okdork :) Dear Sarah, Parie, Noreen and Sandip thank you for your kind and positive words it means a lot and Dear Noah thanks a Million for letting me be a part of Tuesday UGC on okdork :)

]]> By: Sandip Jariwala http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/comment-page-1/#comment-23625 Sandip Jariwala Sat, 16 Dec 2006 04:21:34 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/#comment-23625 Mehul: Thanks for enlightening me on Web 2.0 and Life 2.0. I am astonished at how much energy you have but then that's what the City By the Bay does to people! I can understand your frustration about VC 2.0 and similarily we in the hotel business hope to have TRAVEL 2.0 when there won't be any vacant rooms until you drive beyond Santa Rosa to the north and Santa Cruz to the south! Sandip Mehul:

Thanks for enlightening me on Web 2.0 and Life 2.0.
I am astonished at how much energy you have but then that’s what the City By the Bay does to people!

I can understand your frustration about VC 2.0 and similarily we in the hotel business hope to have TRAVEL 2.0 when there won’t be any vacant rooms until you drive beyond Santa Rosa to the north and Santa Cruz to the south!

Sandip

]]> By: noreen sullivan http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/comment-page-1/#comment-23522 noreen sullivan Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:42:56 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/#comment-23522 When we visit face to face the world is a better place. When we visit face to face the world is a better place.

]]> By: Parie Markowitz http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/comment-page-1/#comment-23506 Parie Markowitz Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:56:30 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/#comment-23506 I love Mehul's inspiring thoughts about Life 2.0. Nearly 10,000 miles apart (Singapore/NYC) , but when I chat with Mehul I feel like he might as well be in the next room. Keep up the positive energy, friend! -Parie I love Mehul’s inspiring thoughts about Life 2.0. Nearly 10,000 miles apart (Singapore/NYC) , but when I chat with Mehul I feel like he might as well be in the next room.

Keep up the positive energy, friend!

-Parie

]]> By: Sarah Temple http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/comment-page-1/#comment-23445 Sarah Temple Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:06:31 +0000 http://okdork.com/2006/12/12/life-20/#comment-23445 You're 10 steps ahead of me and most people I've ever met. I applaud not only your forward thinking, but all the vision and determination behind it. Plus, the way you discuss the gap between the up-and-comers and the has-been companies cracks me up ("DEAD, history, finished!") -- I love it! You’re 10 steps ahead of me and most people I’ve ever met. I applaud not only your forward thinking, but all the vision and determination behind it. Plus, the way you discuss the gap between the up-and-comers and the has-been companies cracks me up (“DEAD, history, finished!”) — I love it!

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