CNBC, 34–5, 42, 208–11
computer programmer, 51–5, 78–84, 108–9, 177
contracts, 54, 108–9, 145–6, 150–1, 175
Cowell, Simon, 144
Darnell, Mike, 227–8
discrimination, 8–10, 12, 17–18, 21, 31, 39–40, 43, 66, 85–6, 93, 112–14, 119–20
domain names, 47–8, 161
dot-com boom, xv, 31, 33–8, 43, 89–94, 101–2
DoubleClick, xv, 33, 36, 47, 49–50, 91–3, 192, 198, 224
earnings before income and tax depreciation of assets (EBITDA), 33
eBay, 48, 53, 132, 138
education, xiii–xvi, 9–10, 12–13, 29–32, 62, 66, 68–71, 148–50 college, 148–50 See Accel Middle College; high school
employees, 75–7, 83–5, 95, 99, 160, 178, 185–6, 195–200, 215–18, 230–1
entrepreneurialism, xiii–xvi, 42–3, 47–71, 140, 157–8, 200–1, 208, 215, 223, 228 See BlueLithium; Click Agents; Gary Singh; Internet advertising; perception; success, lessons of
Ferrari, 138–9
Fox Broadcasting Company, 212, 227
Fox Business Network, 208, 210
Fremont, California, 101–2, 106, 112–15, 132, 150
Frontier Global Center, 79–82
frugality, 11, 14–16, 38–41, 72–4, 83, 108, 115, 151, 160, 226, 230
Gandhi, Indira, 6
Gandhi, Mohandas, 9
Google, 56, 166, 192, 198, 224
gurdwara (Sikh temple), 4, 24–25, 101
gWallet, 226–8
High Net Worth, 211
high school, xiii–xvi, 29–32, 66, 68–9, 71 See Accel Middle College
The Hollywood Reporter, 227
India, 3–6, 10, 21–4, 164–5 visit to, 21–4 See Chandigarh; Punjab; Uttar Pradesh
Infoseek, 56–7
Internet See domain names; dot com boom; eBay; Internet advertising; Web sites
Internet advertising, xv, 33, 36, 47, 49–60, 68–70, 73–8, 100, 138, 159, 162–4, 181 See behavioral targeting; BlueLithium; Click Agents; DoubleClick; pay per click investors, 63–7, 90, 173–5, 177, 179–83, 226
Islam, 119
Kauffman, Scott, 217
Kaur, Surjit (grandmother), 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 17–18, 21, 42, 98–9, 116, 118–19, 152
key performance indicators (KPIs), 62
Lamborghini, 132–9
Las Vegas, Nevada, 154–5, 203
lawsuits, 108–10, 145–6, 150–1, 175–80, 186–90
LeftField Advertising, 56–8
Lexus, 72, 94–5, 129–30
London, England, 52–4, 165–6, 185, 188
Lonergan, Bill, 189–90, 217
Los Angeles, California, 92, 102, 128, 208, 211–13, 224
McDonald’s, 39–40, 48
Mercedes-Benz, 138
Microsoft, 50–1, 192, 215
NBC, 210–11
New York City, New York, 90–1
noncompete agreements, 100, 132, 139–41, 150, 157–9, 201, 224
Paisley, Sam, 92, 104–5, 128–9, 145–6, 150–1, 189
Paris, France, 193
pay per click (PPC), 49–50, 56, 59, 92, 180, 191
perception, 33–4, 58–9, 65, 74–5, 233
performance-based advertising See pay per click
Planet Bollywood, 141–50, 176–7
Providian Bank, 78
Punjab, India, 3–6
San Francisco, California, 56, 158
San Jose, California, xiv, 7–8, 12, 16, 31, 36–7, 52, 79–80, 92, 102, 106, 151–2, 154, 157, 160, 190, 202, 213
Santa Clara, California, 63, 79
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 194
The Secret Millionaire, 212–15, 219, 223, 227–8
September 11, 2001, 118–20
Sikhism, 3, 6, 7, 9–10, 15, 17–21, 24–5, 42–3, 85, 96, 101, 119–20, 151 See turban
Silicon Valley, 31, 89, 225
Singh, Gary, 50, 57, 59
SOX compliance See Sarbanes-Oxley Act
stereotypes, 74–5, 150
stock market, 31–3, 35–8, 41, 89, 93–4, 139–40, 225
subprime mortgage crisis, 34, 225
Subramanian, Krishna, 142–3, 153, 161–2, 201
success, lessons of, xiv, 22, 32–5, 38–9, 41, 46, 59–61, 64–7, 71–3, 82–4, 91, 93, 97–8, 100–1, 103–6, 110, 117–18, 139, 144, 148, 153–4, 157, 159–60, 166, 178–9, 182, 188, 201–2, 211, 229–34
competition, 67, 232 damage control, 82–4 fearlessness, 91, 234 forward movement, 178–9, 231–2 friends, 22, 144, 153–4 investing, 103–4 on investors, 64–7 jealousy, 105–6, 144 on lawsuits, 110 in list form, 229–34 need versus necessity, 139, 160 noble intentions, 148, 229 perseverance, 41 results, 61, 105 risk, xiv, 211, 234 substance, 100–1, 201–2 vision, 117–18 See employees; frugality; perception; stereotypes
Tech-Now, 210–11
The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), 63
3i, 182–3
tracking software, 51–5, 78–82, 108–9, 177
turban, xiv, 7, 9–10, 17–21, 29, 39–40, 43, 52, 72, 85, 90, 93–6
United Kingdom, 52–4, 165–6, 177, 185, 188–9, 193, 212
Uttar Pradesh, India, 21–3
ValueClick, 49, 92–4, 99–107, 116–18, 128–9, 139–40, 145–6, 150–1, 157, 175–80, 186–90 lawsuits, 145–6, 150–1, 175–80, 186–90 resignation from, 128–9
venture capitalists, 59, 66, 89–90, 175, 181–3, 225–6
VentureWire, 181–2, 227
Walden Venture Capital, 182–3, 187
Web sites, 50–1, 55–9, 62, 67, 69–70, 74, 82, 99, 143, 161, 176
William Morris Agency, 212, 223–4
Yahoo!, 195–202, 207–8, 215, 218
Zarley, Jim, 92, 104–5
ZMedia, 106
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