How Innovators Connect Rohit Agarwal

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How Innovators ConnectRohit Agarwal
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where INNOVATORS connect
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How Innovators Connect
Rohit Agarwal CEO, techTribe Co-Founder, Webify
(IBM) VP Strategic Marketing - Baan VP Marketing,
Commercialware --Remedy (BMC), Filenet (IBM)
Patricia Brown Executive Editor Optimize
Magazine Information Week
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Innovation

• Is it an Idea?
• Is it an Invention?
• Is it Imitation?

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Innovation

• Is it an Idea?
• Is it an Invention?
• Is it Imitation?

A Process based on a frame of mind
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We are All Innovators

• Innovate in Different Ways
• Trying to Change
• World
• Country
• Society
• Work Environment
• Family
• Day
• Moment

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We are All Innovators

• Innovate in Different Ways
• Trying to Change
• World
• Country
• Society
• Work Environment
• Family
• Day
• Moment

Focus for Today Monetizing it?
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Innovators

• Jan Baan (Baan)
• Mark Benioff (Salesforce.com)
• Desh Deshpande (Sycamore)
• Tom Erickson (Systinet)
• Ashish Gupta (Junglee)
• Umang Gupta (Keynote, Gupta)
• Mark Hanney (IBM)
• Dan Harden (FrogDesign, Whipsaw)
• Mark Hoffman (CommerceOne, Sybase)
• James Hong (HotorNot)
• Brad Horowitz (Yahoo)

• Subrah Iyer (WebEx)
• Guy Kawasaki (Apple)
• Jerry Kennelly (Riverbed)
• Joe Kraus (Excite/JotSpot)
• Phaneesh Murthy (iGate)
• MR Rangaswami (SandHill, Baan)
• Rajeev Samant (Sula)
• Manoj Saxena (Webify, Exterprise)
• Ram Shriram (Google)
• Vishal Sikka (SAP)
• David Skok (Silverstream)

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Innovators

• Jan Baan (Baan)
• Mark Benioff (Salesforce.com)
• Desh Deshpande (Sycamore)
• Tom Erickson (Systinet)
• Ashish Gupta (Junglee)
• Umang Gupta (Keynote, Gupta)
• Mark Hanney (IBM)
• Dan Harden (FrogDesign, Whipsaw)
• Mark Hoffman (CommerceOne, Sybase)
• James Hong (HotorNot)
• Brad Horowitz (Yahoo)

• Subrah Iyer (WebEx)
• Guy Kawasaki (Apple)
• Jerry Kennelly (Riverbed)
• Joe Kraus (Excite/JotSpot)
• Phaneesh Murthy (iGate)
• MR Rangaswami (SandHill, Baan)
• Rajeev Samant (Sula)
• Manoj Saxena (Webify, Exterprise)
• Ram Shriram (Google)
• Vishal Sikka (SAP)
• David Skok (Silverstream)

Worth Created More than 300 Billion
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Connecting to Innovate

• Innovation as a Process
• Connect With
• An Idea
• Timing
• Risk/Fears
• The Team
• Money
• Environment
• Customers/Market
• Pride and Ego
• Mistakes
• Success

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Connect with AN IDEA

• Ideas are a Dime a Dozen
• Most Die Young
• Theres an Idea in Every Problem
• There has to be a better way to
• (Work Experience) David Skok
• What did he/she just do
• (Environment) James Hong
• They say it cant be done
• (Technology) Jerry Kennelly

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Connect with TIMING

• Trendspotter vs. Trendsetter
• Observe, Ask, Test
• Parallel Conditions are Signs
• Missing a Key Point
• mySpace
• External Conditions
• YouTube
• Dissatisfaction
• Salesforce.com
• Early Warnings
• JotSpot

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Connect with RISKS/FEARS

• Many Reasons Not to Move Forward
• The Odds are Against Us
• Overcoming Inner Fears
• I dont know otherwise
• (Denial) Manoj Saxena
• It didnt work
• (Failure) Rajeev Samant
• What if it doesnt work?
• (Loss) Desh Deshpande

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Connect with THE TEAM

• One Cant Hire a Team
• Share Passion, Belief, Culture
• Good Teams
• Complement Each Other
• (Division of Labor) IBM
• Support Each Other
• (Times get Tough) Jan Baan
• Build Out the Company
• (Hiring) Ram Shriram

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Connect with MONEY

• Theres Money, and Theres Money
• Other Peoples Money (OPIUM)
• Concept, Validate, Scale
• Theres Something Here
• Phaneesh Murthy - iGate
• Customers are paying for it
• Ashish Gupta - Junglee
• Its a race
• Mark Hoffman - CommerceOne

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Connect with ENVIRONMENT

• The Universe Guides
• Recognizing Opportunities
• Listen to the Whispers
• Look around - the world is changing
• Vishal Sikka (SAP)
• Ask - What if?
• Guy Kawasaki (Apple)
• Believe - It can be done
• Dan Harden (Whipsaw/Frog)

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Connect with CUSTOMERS/MARKET

• Doesnt Know What They Want
• Until They See It
• Theres a Yes in Every No
• They wont buy it
• Watermark - David Skok
• No different than - X
• Riverbed - Jerry Kennelly
• But we didnt plan for THAT
• CommerceOne - Mark Hoffman

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Connect with PRIDE/EGO

• Pride Leads the 7 Deadly Sins
• Not an Accident
• Hit Negative Energy with Positive
• I am better than
• What does he/she know
• Look what weve achieved

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Connect with MISTAKES

• They are ALL in Hindsight
• How Quickly Do We Recognize It
• Most Mistakes Can be Corrected
• Product
• Systinet - Tom Erickson
• Market
• Webify - Manoj Saxena
• Execution
• Baan - Jan Baan

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Connect with SUCCESS

• Success is Relative
• Laws of Nature - Cyclic
• Measures
• Breeds Success
• PayPal/Oracle -- YouTube/SalesForce/Siebel
• Gives Back
• Mentorship, Guidance - Infosys, Baan
• Rewards Employees
• ALL

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Inner Being

• Innovation Requires a Frame of Mind
• Living in the Moment
• My Golden Rules
• Live up to my commitments
• No appointment is too small
• Speak the Truth
• Only if honest, kind, and necessary
• If I cant change it, why Worry
• Living in the solution, not the problem
• Im always learning
• A silver lining in each challenge
• Wisdom in each interaction

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