Anuradha Sridharan

I admit it, I consume a lot of content - books, e-books, blogs, links from twitter feed etc. Most of the content is not really assimilated. I don't often sit back and think through what I read and reflect on the relevant take-aways and how I can apply/expand/refute/customize further. On one of the routine content consumption days, I stumbled upon this wonderful piece - "Don't die of consumption, Learn by writing" . I have read this article thrice so far and I intend to read it atleast once a week. Not to say, my consumption has reduced but I have started to consciously introspect, analyze and write down my thoughts around content that resonated with me. The below article is one such reflection. I was listening to the first lecture in "How to start a startup" series, initiated by the folks at YCombinator. It was a valuable lecture with many useful insights. Although I would have loved it even more if Sam Altman had shared the awesome material in a more prese...

While reading Chapter 3 of the book " Thinking fast and slow " by Daniel Kahneman, there were multiple "aha" moments for me, when the author talks about how self-control is a tiring task for humans. Below are some of the key take-aways for me from this chapter (quoted directly from the book): "People who are simultaneously challenged by a demanding cognitive task and by a temptation are more likely to yield to the temptation" "Cognitive load is one of the causes of weakened self-control" "Self control requires attention and effort" "All variants of voluntary effort - cognitive, emotional or physical - draw atleast partly on a shared pool of mental energy. This phenomenon is called ego depletion" "An effort of will or self-control is tiring. Exertion of self-control is depleting and unpleasant" "Effects of ego depletion could be undone by ingesting glucose" These points give us some clarity on many areas of ...

Couple of weeks back, I participated in a Product Camp event in Ebay-PayPal office premises in Bangalore. It was one of the well-planned and executed events. Product Camp is an unconference where the interested speakers volunteer for a topic they want to speak about and participants vote on such topics before the event. The schedule of the event is decided just before it starts, based on popular topics and speaker availability. The event kicked off with two inspiring keynote speeches. Piyush Shah, VP of Products at InMobi talked about how the playing ground for mobile startups is the same irrespective of geography. Couple of interesting points he shared: "You can build and launch an app in 100+ countries on the same day" "Fast iterations, pilots and making mistakes crucial to learn in fast paced markets like mobile" "Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details" The second keynote was by Ravi Gururaj, Serial Entrepreneur and Chair - Product C...