Tarkeshwar Singh

My thoughts and perspectives on the startup world, marketing and some random rants!

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Hold on to me, I’m a little unsteady!

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Last week I was looking to comb my LinkedIn connections for everyone that had the title of marketing, social media, digital, or something in their job function or bio. Anything that might be relevant to hit up about some new SocialRank stuff. I got to the second page of the first query (all of my...

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Why Apps Need A New Data Center Stack

The Internet has changed a lot about people’s lives in the past couple decades. Web and mobile applications let us search for information, buy products, and..

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It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.

Henry David Thoreau (via bijan)

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Double True

The other day I wrote about how quite often “It’s Not Good Enough To Be Better” with regard to a product. My example there was Facebook’s Slingshot product being better in almost every way when compared to Snapchat’s Stories product. And yet, Snapchat continues to dominate. Simply being “better” isn’t enough to win that battle – even if you’re Facebook.

Another great example of this surfaced today in the re-telling of the history of Google Maps.

Today happens to be the 10th anniversary of the product. And to commemorate the day, Liz Gannes spoke to a number of people who worked on the product throughout the years (disclosure: including my fiancé). One part that stands out is the acknowledgment that Google Maps actually wasn’t doing well against its competitors at first:

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You have got to hide your love away: ONe of the favorites from John Lennon..

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A beautiful example of how negative spaces actually give meaning to the world!

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Nice writing style and really good stuff for beginners! 

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Would like to discuss some aspects on the freemium model in India. Abhinav Singh, Senior Business Correspondent with the week magazine, Bangalore, Tel[phone]

Sure. I would love love to talk. My email: [email protected] and phone no. [phone]

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The danger of silence

Brilliant Talk....

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Beautiful Images

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Lean User Research: Really interesting insights!

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These 29 Clever Drawings Will Make You Question Everything Wrong With The World

An Artist trying to tell us what is wrong with the world and some of the greatest ironies out there!

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These are the slides from the talk Taavet Hinkrikus and I gave yesterday at the O2 for Campus week and Wayra.

The talk is about how to build good quality product quickly in highly uncertain situations. It’s about building product in a pre-product-market-fit startup and I like to think that...

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Harsha Bhogle at IIMA on excellence & attitude!