About

I am an author, web entrepreneur, founder & Chief Trailblazer of Synage Software — a technology company that successfully pioneered one of India’s first home-grown SaaS products, DeskAway in 2007. My first book, The SaaS Edge (How companies can leverage Software As A Service for competitive advantage) was published by Tata McGraw-Hill in early 2011.

Things have worked out kinda well, for instance…recently, I have been named a Paragon 100 Fellow (Asia’s most inspiring young entrepreneurs and social change makers), shortlisted in BusinessWorld’s Top 30 Young Entrepreneurs in India, featured on the cover and leading story of India Today Aspire and showcased on CNBC’s prestigious TV show ‘Young Turk Innovators’.

I am currently building Brightpod — a project management software for marketing teams.

This blog has no particular schedule. I write when I want to and when I have a strong opinion about a topic, article or a broader theme. My posts range in length from a few sentences to a couple of printed pages. I mostly write about technology, online marketing, productivity, ideas and my experiences running and growing Brightpod.

I frequently speak and write on SaaS, Cloud Computing, entrepreneurship and startups. When not in front of the computer, I spend time reading, writing, playing golf, tennis, and traveling to exotic islands with my wife and baby girl.

You can follow me on twitter, get in touch via email, or check out my Google profile. Oh, I am an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill Computer Science.

I am trying to keep a running list of good books I read …

• No Easy Day: An autobiography of a Navy Seal
• F Wall Street by Joe Ponzio
• How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
• Inside Apple by Adam Lashinsky
• Death in Mumbai by Meenal Baghel
• Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
• An Unexpected Twist by Andy Borowitz
• F**k It by John C. Parkin
• Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi (Aug 10, 2010)
• The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
• Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson (Mar 9, 2010)
• Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur by Richard Branson
• Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin (Jan 26, 2010)
• Nudge by Richard H. Thaler
• iCon Steve Jobs by Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon
• Mavericks at Work by William C. Taylor and Polly G. Laborer
• Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
• Crowdsourcing by Jeff Howe
• Outside Innovation by Patricia B. Seybold
• The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
• Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
• Permission Marketing by Seth Godin
• Purple Cow by Seth Godin
• Small Is The New Big by Seth Godin
• Selling the Invisible by Harry Beckwith
• You Inc. by Harry Beckwith
• The Invisible Touch by Harry Beckwith
• Good to Great by Jim Collins
• Built to Last by Jim Collins
• What Clients Love by Harry Beckwith
• Rich Dad Poor Dad Series by Robert Kiyosaki
• EMyth by Michael Gerber
• The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump
• As the Future Catches You by Juan Enriquez
• The World Is Flat by Thomas Friedman
• The Pragmatic Programmer by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas
• Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
• The Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garrett
• Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton

Originally published at www.sahilparikh.com.