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sganesh | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: GMail Username Issue

I registered '[email protected]' when GMail was in the invite stages. And a few months later, I started noticing these other emails that are being sent to '[email protected]'. I ignored those, and slowly over time, all my Google stuff have been associated with this email address, and I'm getting password reset emails, almost every week lately :( Hence, this request.

sganesh | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: GMail Username Issue

This exactly is the issue I'm running into. I am getting emails for '[email protected]' sent to my inbox. I have that person's bank details, most usernames and passwords, and his attempts to reset the password on the account. When I registered, I got the "[email protected]" email address. And everyone (including the GMail forum as someone else mentioned) seems to point to this link, saying GMail does do that. That I understand. But I need those emails to the other person to stop. I have personally replied to lot of people saying they have reached someone else. And it's been annoying. That's why I'm asking for help, posting here on HN, if i can reach one of those GMail folks, lurking here.

sganesh | 15 years ago | on: Ask HN: moving to Thailand for 2-6 months, any advices? Anyone join me?

I have traveled extensively in Thailand. The one city I love & keep going back is Chiang Mai. It has great coffee shops with free WiFi, an excellent ex pat community, plenty of colleges and friendly folks . I would book your stay at Spicy Thai Backpackers Hostel. The owner Pong is pretty cool, plus it's in a quiet neighborhood. He can also help you find long time rentals. Hope this helps.

sganesh | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: Learnings from Dale Carnegie, "How To Win Friends And Influence People"

I personally visualize & associate them and use them as much as i can:) I believe smiling is the single most important thing of the list.

Here are the first nine principles with Number - Keyword - Visualization Technique :)

#1 Don't criticize, condemn or complain : One - RUN- A horse in a race crossing the finish line with THREE GOLDEN BOOTS on top it, with "C" imprinted.

#2 Give honest, sincere appreciation : Two - ZOO - You're vising a zoo and standing buy a monkey cage. You throw a banana at the monkey and monkey throws back a bouquet of ROSES.

#3 Arouse in the other person an eager want : Three - TREE- You're in front of the Rockefeller Christmas tree. All of a sudden, the tree falls to the ground and there is a WANTED poster with your picture on top of it.

#4 Become genuinely interested in other people : Four - DOOR - You're walking out of a grand hotel, through their revolving door, when the door gets stuck in a stack of 25% INTEREST bearing treasury notes :)

#5 Smile : Five - HIVE - You're out hiking and come across this huge cave, with a gigantic bee hive on it, with bees buzzing around it. Out that bee hive, sticks out a big yellow SMILEY face.

#6 Remember that a person's name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language : Six - SICK- You're sick and are admitted to the hospital. The nurse brings the syringe and it is about 10 feet tall with a 3 feet needle attached to it. Out of the needle a NAME PLATE is dripping out.

#7 Be a good listener : Seven - HEAVEN - You look up and see something coming down. It's a flight of stairs. Tumbling down the stairs, is a pair of old HEAD PHONES, that are huge.

#8 Talk in terms of the other person's interests : Eight - GATE - You're about to cross a railway gate. The bells start ringing and the gate comes down on the bonnet with a thud. Attached to the gate is a MICROPHONE.

#9 Make the other person feel important - and do it sincerely: Nine - WINE - You're dining in an upscale restaurant. The waiter brings you a big bottle of wine on which is it is imprinted "IMPORTED".

Hope it helps.

sganesh | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: We're still developing - A competitor has launched - what to do?

Things learned from building a best of class enterprise product and trying to beat out the competitors. We were the last entrant in the market.

(i) List all completed features. - Guarantee these will work now & compare & contrast with your current competitors. Preferably give them a testing environment after the demo.

(ii) List all features currently being developed. - Estimate when they will become available. Make sure you fudge enough, so that you don't shoot yourself in the foot.Share this road map during the sales cycle.

(iii) Request your clients for any features that are important to their business, that you have overlooked.

(iv) Make a list all future features including the ones from the above list - Request your clients to prioritize these and give them a date by which you'll have the estimates done and have built a product roadmap. Share the roadmap.

(v) Be in constant communication with the clients. Keep them aware of any changes that is happening to the roadmap.

With all this we got beaten up on pricing as the clients were comparing apples to oranges.

So we hired sales people with expensive hobbies, and watched them work the magic.

sganesh | 16 years ago | on: How to Stay Stressed

One more thing to add to the list :)

Don’t take advice from others, make mistakes on your own.

sganesh | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: buying your own time.

One option is moving to another country for those six months. Costa Rica, Chile, Argentina if you want stay in the Americas. Thailand, Philipines, India, China if you want to go to Asia. If you don't own a house, this is a good option. Sell your car & you'll have the money.

sganesh | 16 years ago | on: Startup Advice in just three words

Kind of skewed to software startups :)

Lose the dresscode.

Use Best Tools.

Dual Monitors. Period.

Listen, Sell Later.

Ignore Everybody, Create.

Limit the features.

Live = Real Test.

No C Levels.

Distribute Authority & Accountability.

Don't over engineer.

Don't debate forever.

Share the Champagne.

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