Recently funded startups
There is gloom all over. Markets are down. SaaS is down. Right? But there's some good news. The following startups have recently raised Series A / B / C /…
Empathy in Sales!
Empathy in Sales can help you build strong relationships with your clients. If there is an issue, you should ask them: "what's going on?", to understand. Clients do have bad…
War for Talent! Hiring Frenzy!
Hiring Frenzy refers to the madness in hiring, as the name suggests. The war for talent is real. As a result, every company small or big is clamoring for their…
Find your niche early!
I found my niche early in my previous business. I was into IT Recruitment then. Like everyone else, I too helped clients hire whatever skill they wanted to hire. Java,…
How to use a spreadsheet as a CRM tool?
My Singapore days. Those were the golden days. It was tough, but I learned the ropes quickly, enjoyed it, grew the business and earned a good name from the only…
Steve Jobs’ Pirates Metaphor!
Pirate skull emblem illustration with crossed sabers. In Jan 1983, Steve Jobs along with Apple employees were at an off-site retreat in Carmel, California. Jobs, to motivate the developers. He…
Stories from recruitment!
I have a number of stories to narrate from my experience in recruitment. But one thing is common across all the stories. And, that is: Nobody opposes the idea of…
How I landed my first job…
That was 1992. Landed up in Chennai after my Engg graduation. Took up a Scholarship exam conducted by NIIT. Those days, if you were not studying at NIIT, you were…
My advice to a Job Seeker!!
Recently received a connection request on LinkedIn. He wanted help with his job search. My response: Hi, There are a number of companies that are hiring SAP BW. A sample…
The 21 Best #bigdata Companies & their CEOs you can work for in 2018
Dataiku, Florian Douetteau StreamSets, Girish Pancha MemSQL, Nikita Shamgunov 1010 Data, Greg Munves Salesforce, Marc Benioff Attivio, Stephen Baker SAP, Bill McDermott Qubole, Ashish Thusoo Trifacta, Adam Wilson Zaloni, Ben…