The US spends half a trillion dollars on oil every year according to Shai Agassi, founder of Better Place. Some think cheap gas is an inalienable right given by the US constitution quipped Agassi. So, given our nation’s addiction to oil, how do we break out of this habit? What are the alternatives out there? [...]
Kamla's Blog posts on ‘Ideas’
By Kamla Bhatt • Jul 17th, 2010 • Category: Ideas, Infrastructure, Technology, Video, YouTube Videos, silicon valley
By Kamla Bhatt • May 28th, 2010 • Category: Ideas, Life, People, San Francisco
Thanks for checking in. Did you think I had disappeared? Not really. If you don’t find me here mosey over to Twitter where we have a rich, fun and interactive conversation on life, people and ideas. The nature of conversation on twitter is quite amazing and I come away learning new things and making new [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 19th, 2010 • Category: Americas, Books and Authors, Diaspora, Ideas, India, Living In America
Chances are you may or may not have heard of Anandibai Joshee, the first Indian woman to attend an American medical college and get a medical degree. Anandibai studied at the Women’s Medical College in Pennsylvania and returned to India after completing her studies. Tragically she died within months of her return on February 27, 1887. She [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 17th, 2010 • Category: Business, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Interviews, Technology, Video, YouTube Videos
In early March there was a lot of buzz around Cisco’s press release about how it plans to “forever change the Internet.” What was this big technology announcement that Cisco was going to make? Could it be a new set-top box? Could it be Cisco would take a leadership role in the last mile access [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: Americas, Business, Diaspora, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, Internet and Telecom, Interviews, San Francisco, Technology, Venture Capital
A few of the magical ingredients of what makes Silicon Valley unique is the easy access to mentors and investors. I turned to Yogen Dalal an engineer-turned entrepreneur-turned venture capitalist to find out the answers to many unanswered questions. Yogen came to Silicon Valley in the early 1970s to study at Stanford University. He is the Managing [...]
By Kamla Bhatt • Mar 9th, 2010 • Category: Americas, Bombay/Mumbai, Entrepreneur Interviews, Ideas, India, Internet and Telecom, Interviews, Venture Capital
Invariably when a first time visitor drives down highway 101, the main artery to Silicon Valley their first question is: Where is Silicon Valley? I don’t see any tall buildings? Well, there are a few tall buildings you can spot, but for most part Silicon Valley consists of low, mostly 2-storey nondescript office buildings that are home to many, many [...]