Author Archives: Ruchit

Founders Institute Seattle, Graduation

Yesterday night was graduation night for the Founder Institute Seattle chapter. Proud moment for everyone involved. 16 companies got incorporated (Puzzles to PetCare to Satellite device for adventure tourists to music search, education online……) Great Food, Great Pitches and some … Continue reading

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[Survey Result] Is facebook your gateway to Internet?

Few days back I started a survey to find if people really like facebook or twitter logins to log into other sites. There are some great Facts & Figures available about the facebook, but then there was not enough data … Continue reading

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Is facebook your gateway to internet?

In one of the product design forums, there was a discussion recently, if providing a facebook/twitter based login on a portal makes people concerned about losing their personal/private data. Technorati Tags: facebook,survey Though it seems like a valid possible reason, … Continue reading

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Visit to Vancouver Winter Olympics

Last to last week we got a chance to visit Vancouver Winter Olympics. This was my first ever visit to Olympics of any sort ( winter/summer/…). It was great experience and worth going out for a day, especially when its … Continue reading

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Special Visa for startups

I have heard it so many times in a typical startup discussion forums, where immigrants with great startup idea have been advised to check his ‘visa status’ before he can turn his startup from paper to reality. Apart from all … Continue reading

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Post office in India: Thing of Past or things they should pass-II

This post is a follow up post of my previous post on Post offices in India-1  Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest applies here as well.  Its 2010 and we still get paper mails in the letter box, but … Continue reading

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Post office in India: Thing of Past or things they should pass-I

When is the last time you visited to a post office or used a postal stamp and sent or received something using Indian postal services? I thought this is because we now have phones and emails and no one really … Continue reading

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Robot to clean my house

Having a infant in house who has started walking around is sure shot way of keeping your house floor dirty. Since we cannot afford to keep moving the traditional vacuum cleaner everyday twice a day or more, we decided to … Continue reading

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Poor facilities at Chandigarh Airport

I don’t have photograph to share, but then Chandigarh airport is literally looks like a bus stand, and its been like the same since many years. This was my second chance to visit Chandigarh airport on my way to Lucknow … Continue reading

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How to throw away a feature

When you are into development mode, what you think about features, features, features and features and which leads to feature creep. Below is a simple way to decide how to throw away a feature. Plot a 2d graph like the … Continue reading

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