Category Archives: Technology

Zoho and the Bottom of the Software Pyramid

Posted on September 14, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

Last week Sridhar Vembu the CEO of Adventnet, makers of the Zoho suite of software, was featured on the Economist’s Face Value. This may seem like a big deal for the CEO of $60 M company (The Indian CEO featured … Continue reading →

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The Nature of Switching – Implications

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

In my last post I described a framework to understand how individuals make switching decisions. Using this framework, let’s examine its implications for marketers of technology. At the most basic level the framework says that to maximize the chances of … Continue reading →

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The Nature of Switching

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

Last week I switched from Windows to Mac. I have used a Windows computer all my working life and the switch was something I agonized over for more than six months. I wanted the performance, stability and design coolth of … Continue reading →

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Charts on my mind

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

We’ve been working on doing some cool things with charting on our research platform. Thought I’d have some fun with it. Charts courtesy Google Charts API. Irrationality courtesy US Presidential elections.

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New Look for the Blog

Posted on April 26, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

As you will notice, 6AMP has a new look. The old theme worked well, but I was tiring of it. The new WordPress theme is called Statement and is from Blogoh!Blog that I was happy to learn is now run … Continue reading →

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Farewell Facebook

Posted on February 16, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

I finally did it. I deleted my Facebook account. New York Times had an article about this [link]. A little bit of effort and some waiting and I got it done. I am now permanently out of the house of … Continue reading →

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Gridstone and the Top-Down Approach to the Semantic Web

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Basab Pradhan

What does Gridstone Research do? If an Equity Analyst asks this question, the answer we give is what our home page says, Using cutting-edge technology, Gridstone assembles, analyzes and structures unstructured company information into financial data, guidance, operational data and … Continue reading →

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Gridstone Excel Add-in

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

We just released a very important product – an Excel Add-in that allows Analysts to pull in our rich data directly into their spreadsheets. Excel is very central to the work flow of our users. We think that this is … Continue reading →

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Company of One

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

The English word company means “A group of persons”. I would surmise then that the business entity “company” got its name because it comprised of a group of persons engaged in a common business purpose. An individual can start and … Continue reading →

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Joost – Internet TV for Real

Posted on May 27, 2007 by Basab Pradhan

I got an invite for Joost and tried it out yesterday. It rocked. Joost, for those who haven’t heard about it yet, is basically internet TV. Full screen, high(er) quality, mainstream TV content streamed to your computer over broad band. … Continue reading →

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