leadership

Meet Neal Mohan…Google”s $100 Million Man !!!!!

Natarajan2 Comments

Neal Mohan

Google global vice president for display, Neal Mohan

HE’S not a screamer. He doesn’t like long meetings. He responds quickly to people. His name is Neal Mohan, and he’s the brains behind Google’s display advertising cash cow.

How did a man who started out working for $60,000 a year become a $100 million man?

Mohan worked for internet startups Accenture and NetGravity in the late 1990s after graduating from Stanford with qualifications in electrical engineering. In 2003 he returned to complete his MBA.

His big break came when NetGravity was acquired by DoubleClick, the company he would eventually take with him to Google to drive the world’s biggest online advertising engine.

Mohan brought with him a wealth of knowledge in online consumer behaviour and an innate curiosity. He devised a 500-page powerpoint presentation in 2005 that is still used today as a blueprint for ad work.

That powerpoint presentation alone tripled the value of DoubleClick from $1.1 billion to $3.1 billion, the amount Google paid to acquire the company.

Such was Mohan’s skill-set that Google ad exec Susan Wojcicki put a broom through her department to allow the DoubleClick team to move straight across.

It was a risky move because one of the men Wojcicki let go, Gokul Rajaram, now heads Facebook’s lucrative display advertising team.

But Mohan made good on his word and with hard work and the shrewd acquisition of tools, such as the display platform Invite Media, his team made $5 billion for Google in 2011.

It’s little wonder Google paid him $100 million in stock to keep him from joining Twitter. He’s proving every bit his worth.

So how does a man known by clients as “the quiet assassin” go about his work? Surely he’d slam his fists on tables and terrify his colleagues.

Not according to sources who say he’s “not a screamer”, doesn’t “waste time in meetings” and “listens” to what his clients want.

Oh, and perhaps most importantly, he “doesn’t bullshit”.

Are you taking notes?

source::::news.com.au

Natarajan

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/biztech/neal-mohan-googles-100-million-man/story-fn5lic6c-1226614833332#ixzz2PrZOSEL9

 

 

Boeing 747…The “Jumbo Jet” Plane Which Redefined Airtravel….A Flash back!!!

NatarajanLeave a comment

Boeing 747: a history in pictures

The first 747 rolled out of the Everett assembly building in Washington State on September 30, 1968. A special hangar was built for its construction. By volume, it remains the biggest building ever made.

The plane was set to re-define air travel, with its ability to carry more people than previous aircraft, and played a major part in making long-haul journeys more affordable….

Boeing 747: a history in pictures

Pan Am was the first airline to receive a 747, and Pat Nixon, the First Lady of the United States, christened the aircraft Clipper Vector. The 747 entered service on January 22, 1970, on Pan Am’s scheduled flight from New York to London.

Boeing 747: a history in pictures

It also shared some historic highs. The 747 was often used to transport space shuttles, and here it is seen in 1978 giving the Enterprise a piggyback.

Boeing 747: a history in pictures

In 1984 a youthful Richard Branson launched his airline with a 747 flight from Gatwick to Newark.

Boeing 747: a history in pictures

The aircraft has been redesigned several times. Variants were launched in 1979 (747-100B), 1982 (747SP), 1983 (747-300), 1989 (747-400), 2006 (747 LCF), and 2011 (747-8, pictured).

Boeing 747: a history in pictures

The Boeing 747, launched more than 40 years ago, is one of the most influential and admired passenger aircraft ever to be built.

However the original “jumbo jet”, which has flown many millions of people in its decades of service, may finally be falling from favour. British Airways will take delivery of its first Airbus A380 “superjumbo” in July, and this week announced plans to buy 18 Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Both aircraft are quieter and more fuel efficient than the 747, which BA is now looking to phase out over the next few years.

source::::The Telegraph UK…

Natarajan

Google Search For Planets Thro Satellite ….Wait Till 2017 !!!!

NatarajanLeave a comment

INTERNET giant Google its taking its search function to new heights: Finding new planets, no less.

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will be launched in 2017 and will see Google join NASA to send a set of specialist cameras in to space to scan the skies for planets orbiting bright nearby stars.

NASA has said the satellite will focus upon stars likely to have Earth-like planets.

It will use a technique to analyse starlight to find planets as they swing around their stars, similar to that used by the Kepler telescope which has already found some 2700 orbiting bodies.

“TESS will carry out the first space-borne all-sky transit survey, covering 400 times as much sky as any previous mission,” George Ricker, TESS’ principle investigator, said in a statement.

“It will identify thousands of new planets in the solar neighbourhood, with a special focus on planets comparable in size to the Earth.”

Alien Planets

This artist rendering shows the different types of planets in our Milky Way galaxy detected by NASAs Kepler spacecraft.

Google’s role so far extends back to 2008 when it provided initial funding for the development of the telescope’s sensors and optical cameras.

Are there plans to launch a Google Space View to join its terrestrial equivalent?

Google has not said.

The launch is one of two projects slated by NASA to be launched in 2017.

The second involves a neutron star scanner to be fitted to the International Space Station.

 

Extraterrestrial Planets

This illustration provided by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows artist’s renderings of planets Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f compared with Venus and the Earth. Scientists have found the two Earth-sized planets orbiting a distant star, an encouraging sign for prospects of finding life elsewhere.

SOURCE::::news.com.au

Natarajan

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/technology/google-sponsored-planetary-search-satellite-slated-to-be-launched-in-2017/story-e6frfro0-1226614208447#ixzz2Pk5cz3NB

Message For The Day…Sadhana is the Food For Our Inner Soul….

NatarajanLeave a comment

When you come out of the examination hall, you know whether you will pass or fail, for you can yourself judge how well you have answered – is it not? So too, in your daily life, each of you can judge and ascertain the success or failure of your Sadhana(Spiritual Effort). Sadhana is the most essential practice for you. No age is too early for this. Just as you tend the body with food and drink at regular intervals, you must also tend to the needs of the inner Soul by regular japam and dhyanam (contemplation and meditation) and the cultivation of virtues. Holy Company, Good Attitude and Sacred Thoughts are all very essential for the growth and the health of your inner personality. Your body is the mansion (Bhavanam) of the Lord of the Universe (Bhuvaneshwara). 

 

Sathya Sai Baba

Resume of Bill Gates When He Was 18 years old !!!!!

NatarajanLeave a comment

Before Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates became a billionaire, he had to apply for jobs just like the rest of us.

Bill Gates

Seattle’s Living Computer Museum held an event last night at which they displayed Bill Gates’ resume from when he was just 18 years old.

At the time, Gates was a freshman at Harvard University, weighed just 130 pounds, and sought a salary of $15,000 a year.

Check out his resume below.

Bill gates' resume from 1974

source::::business insider.com

Natarajan

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/this-is-bill-gates-resume-from-1974-2013-4#ixzz2PblSD1Tq

The Invisible Artist !!!

NatarajanLeave a comment

Chinese artist Liu Bolin is known as the “invisible man” and the “human chameleon” — just take one close look at his work, and you’ll see why. One very close look. See him? Liu has gained international fame for his photographs, which usually feature him painstakingly painted to blend into street scenes or other complex backgrounds.

The work takes hours, with assistants painting the most intricate details onto Liu’s body and clothes, all while the artist tries to remain perfectly still. But Liu’s extreme dedication to his craft has paid off. His artwork regularly fetches five figures, and one (a photo of Liu painted into a mural of Chinese dragons) even sold for more than that…

Liu himself describes what he does NOT as blending into the background, but he explains it as letting the background, the place, take over him, and blend with him, taking into himself the spirit of the place. So he is not trying to hide, but surrenders himself to the place itself…

Some of his art works are…

the invisible man

the invisible man

the invisible man

the invisible man

the invisible man

the invisible man

the invisible man

the invisible man

the invisible man

the invisible man

source::::babamail net

Natarajan

எம்மதமும் எம் மதமே !!!….

NatarajanLeave a comment

மூலம் : மஹாபெரியவாள் தரிசன அனுபவங்கள் – ஐந்தாம் பகுதி
நினைவு கூர்ந்தவர்: ஸ்ரீமடம் பாலு
பக்கம் : 93,94,95

மௌனம் நா அசைத்தது

வட பாரதத்தின் வடமேற்கு மாநிலங்களைச் சேர்ந்த எட்டு முஸ்லிம்கள், பெரியவாள் தரிசனத்துக்கு வந்தார்கள். அவர்கள் எல்லோரும் செல்வந்தர்கள் என்ற நினைப்பை ஏற்படுத்தினாலும், எளிய உடை (வேஷ்டி, குல்லாய்) அணிந்திருந்தார்கள்.

“பெரிய பெரிய தேசியத் தலைவர்கள் எல்லாம் இந்த மஹந்திடம் ஆசிபெற்றுச் சென்றிருக்கிறார்கள் என்று கேள்விப்பட்டோம். அத்தகைய மஹந்தை (மகானை) தரிசனம் செய்ய வந்திருக்கிறோம்.”

பெரியவாள் அன்றைய தினம் காஷ்டமௌனம்! ஒரு ஜாடை, கண் அசைப்பு கூடக் கிடையாது, ஏதேனும் சொன்னால் கேட்டுக் கொண்டிருப்பார்களே தவிர, முகத்தில் எவ்விதச் சலனமும் இருக்காது.

முஸ்லிம்கள், வெகு தூரத்திலிருந்து, மிகவும் பக்தியோடு வந்திருக்கிறார்கள்.

“இன்று பெரியவாள் பேசமாட்டார்கள்” என்று சொல்லி, ஏமாற்றத்துடன் அவர்களை அனுப்பி வைப்பது, மகா அநியாயம். ஆனால், பெரியவாளிடம் யார் போய்ச் சொல்வது?

பாணாம்பட்டு கண்ணன் என்று ஒரு தொண்டர். நியாயமான துணிச்சல்காரர். ‘வடக்கேயிருந்து எட்டு முஸ்லிம்கள் வந்திருக்கிறார்கள். சமயப் பற்றுடையவர்கள் மாதிரி இருக்கு. ரொம்பவும் சாந்தமா இருக்கா… பெரியவாளிடம் ஆசீர்வாதம் வாங்கணும்னு ரொம்ப எதிர்பார்ப்போடு வந்திருக்கா…”

இரண்டு நிமிஷம் கழித்துப் பெரியவாள் வெளியே வந்தார்கள். “ஆயியே… ஆயியே..” என்று அவர்களை அழைத்து உட்காரச் சொல்லிவிட்டு, ஹிந்தியில் ஒவ்வொருவரிடமும் உரையாடினார்கள்.

வந்தவர்கள், “நாங்கள் ஒரு பெரிய பிரச்சினையில் சிக்கியிருக்கிறோம். பெரியவா அனுக்ரஹம் வேணும்” என்று பிரார்த்தித்துக் கொண்டார்கள்.

பெரியவாள் சொன்னார்கள்:

“நீங்கள் எல்லோரும் நல்ல பக்தர்கள். தினமும் ஐந்து வேளை தொழுகை செய்யுங்கள். இது ரம்லான் மாதம். உபவாசம் இருந்து என்னைப் பார்க்க வந்திருக்கிறீர்கள். அதனாலேதான், உங்களிடம் மட்டும் பேசுவதற்காக மௌனத்தை சிறிதுநேரம் விட்டுவிட்டேன்! உங்கள் கஷ்டங்கள் நீங்கும். ஆண்டவர் காப்பாற்றுவார்…”

அந்த எண்மரில், முதியவரான ஒருவருக்கு ஒரு பச்சை நிறச் சால்வையும், மற்றவர்களுக்குப் பழமும் கொடுத்தார்கள்.
அவர்கள் ஆனந்தம் பொங்கத் திரும்பிச் சென்றார்கள்.

source::::periva.proboards.com

Natarajan

Read more: http://periva.proboards.com/thread/3972#ixzz2PZGoBQN5

Thought For The Day….Persistence is the Iron Quality of Success !!!

Natarajan1 Comment

Your ability to persist in the face of adversities, setbacks and disappointments is the measure of your belief in yourself.

-Brian Tracy: Law of Persistence

Thrilling Facts…. Determination and Persistence

This is a real life story of an engineer who build the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, USA.

In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before.

Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, an upcoming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built.

Working together for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and inspiration, and the headiness of a wild challenge before them, they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.
The project started well, but when it was only a few months underway a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling. Washington was also injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able to talk or walk.

“People thought.” “Crazy men and their crazy dreams.” “It’s foolish to chase wild visions.”

Everyone had a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since the Roebling’s were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In spite of his handicap Washington was never discouraged and still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever. He tried to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted by the task.

As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, with the sunlight streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the flimsy white curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and the tops of the trees outside for just a moment. It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife. He touched his wife’s arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the project was under way again. For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife’s arm, until the bridge was finally completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man’s indomitable spirit and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances. It is also a tribute to the engineers and their team work, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad by half the world. It stands too as a tangible monument to the love and devotion of his wife who for 13 long years patiently decoded the messages of her husband and told the engineers what to do. The Brooklyn Bridge shows us that dreams that seem impossible can be realized with determination and persistence, no matter what the odds are. Often when we face obstacles in our day-to-day life, our hurdles seem very small in comparison to what many others have to face.

Concluding thought: Persistence is the iron quality of success; if you persist long enough you must eventually succeed where no handicap can keep you from achieving your goal.

source::::: input from a friend of mine…

Natarajan