Back from another trip

I’ve had a really hectic month. I just returned from a 10 day work trip that took me to New York (for adtech) and London. I feel quite exhausted from all the flying and the running around but I will say, it was fun. Aside from work, I got to hang out with close college friends in New York and with my brother in London.

Coming back to India, it’s all about work. Yeah, that’s the way I like it anyway.

Here are some pictures. The date stamp setting on my camera stays on by default and it always takes me a while to realize that and turn it off. So even though some of the pictures say they are from 2004, they are not.

This is crazy

See for yourself:

China trip

I finally made it back to China in Oct. I was there for 10 days from Oct 14 to 24, first to attend ad tech in Beijing, and then to see friends in Shanghai, Nanjing and Kunming.

I loved every moment of it — it was exhilarating to be back in a place I find so exciting, and meeting up with old friends was the best therapy I could have asked for after some pretty stressful months.

I gave talks on entrepreneurship to MBA students at CEIBS in Shanghai and at Beijing University in, well, Beijing. They were well received, but I came away with the feeling that while the students were curious about entrepreneurship, there wasn’t much desire beyond that. I could be wrong — what would I know from meeting them for a few hours?

Some photos from the trip are here.

Delhi Half-Marathon 28 Oct

I did it. Yes sir!

21 km in 2 hours and 5 mins.

It got painful around the 16 km mark. The last 5 km was pure adrenalin and will power.