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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>I am Sahil Parikh, founder of DeskAway and author of  The SaaS Edge. This is where I share my work-life adventures.

 

 

 
</description><title>Sahil Parikh</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @sahilparikh)</generator><link>http://sahilparikh.com/</link><item><title>How do I keep email from invading my inbox</title><description>I often hear people complain about sifting through hundreds of emails every day. That’s almost never...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/23046653845</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/23046653845</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 23:32:00 +0530</pubDate><category>Email</category><category>productivity</category><category>sparrow mail</category><category>inbox</category></item><item><title>Thought for the day  (Taken with instagram)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3x1xlmkfD1qzpofho1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thought for the day  (Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank"&gt;instagram&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/22905718036</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/22905718036</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 21:04:32 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>Impossible (Taken with instagram)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3sjrnR4qS1qzpofho1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Impossible (Taken with &lt;a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank"&gt;instagram&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/22766402382</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/22766402382</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 10:41:47 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>When is the last time you saw the sun set?</title><description>

When we were kids we used to play in the evenings. 

As we grow older there is less focus on play...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/22659146801</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/22659146801</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 23:05:00 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>iPad = redundant(MacBook Pro)</title><description>Since last Friday I am completely hooked onto the new ipad. It is phenomenal with the high...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/22313790452</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/22313790452</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 15:16:22 +0530</pubDate><category>iPad</category><category>MacBook</category></item><item><title>I experienced the best form of marketing</title><description>Last week I experience the best form of marketing at work. I had written up a comprehensive blog...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/22313360589</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/22313360589</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 14:53:00 +0530</pubDate><category>google analytics</category><category>hackernew</category><category>marketing</category></item><item><title>Where is the time to think?</title><description>I notice people tweeting all day (no, they are not using Buffer) - I wonder if they actually get any...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/21639752962</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/21639752962</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:12:11 +0530</pubDate><category>thinking</category><category>productivity</category></item><item><title>Tech Lifestyle: Thoughts on switching to Pocket</title><description>While going through my Twitter feed on Wednesday night I came across a thenextweb.com article on...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/21427781724</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/21427781724</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:19:01 +0530</pubDate><category>pocket</category><category>instapaper</category><category>read later</category></item><item><title>My weekly analytics Dashboards</title><description>I rarely log on to Google Analytics to check how this blog is doing. It would be good to know...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/21273451615</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/21273451615</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:39:00 +0530</pubDate><category>google analytics</category><category>dashboard</category><category>deskaway</category></item><item><title>Instagram should thank Apple</title><description>At first I was like…WTF…1 billion dollars. That seems outrageous for a 7 member startup that has $0...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/20834658209</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/20834658209</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:34:06 +0530</pubDate><category>instagram</category><category>facebook</category><category>photo sharing</category><category>apple</category><category>m&amp;amp;a</category><category>startups</category></item><item><title>How Not To Sell Software in 2012</title><description>How Not To Sell Software in 2012: Super analysis by Alex. Everything he mentions is extremely true...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/20577800299</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/20577800299</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:28:22 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title>Software companies &amp; outside capital</title><description>Yesterday I read a very interesting and bold article on Sara Blakely: Youngest Self-made Woman To...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/20458573496</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/20458573496</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:47:38 +0530</pubDate><category>spanx</category><category>software companies</category><category>venture capital</category></item><item><title>Protect your sanity. Switch off push notifications for email.</title><description>I was amused by people complaining about not using Sparrow for iPhone because it does not support...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/20343074243</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/20343074243</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:42:23 +0530</pubDate><category>push notifications</category><category>email</category><category>sparrowapp</category><category>iphone</category><category>productivity</category></item><item><title>List of tools to run a SaaS company</title><description>
The web is flooded with a gazillion apps that promise to make your company more agile and...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/20062133313</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/20062133313</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:43:00 +0530</pubDate><category>SaaS</category><category>tools</category></item><item><title>You win some, you lose some. Common reasons for churn in a SaaS business.</title><description>
You work rigorously at getting your product shipped and aquiring customers. Then, after a month,...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/19672817958</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/19672817958</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:35:00 +0530</pubDate><category>SaaS</category><category>churn rate</category><category>startups</category><category>customers</category><category>deskaway</category></item><item><title>Posterous Sold! What is means for consumers and SaaS startups</title><description>I moved my personal blog from self-hosted Wordpress to Posterous in December 2009. Being happy with...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/19446228041</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/19446228041</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:23:00 +0530</pubDate><category>posterous</category><category>startups</category><category>aquisition</category><category>wordpress</category><category>tumblr</category></item><item><title>Procrastinate reading to save time</title><description>
At the end of the week, I noticed that I had a lot of reading on my plate. During the week, I would...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/19188365028</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/19188365028</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:17:23 +0530</pubDate><category>reading</category><category>productivity</category></item><item><title>Is simplicity a USP in a SaaS business?</title><description>Happy Monday folks!
If you run a SaaS company then I highly recommend you subscribe to Peter Cohen’s...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/18371293553</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/18371293553</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:48:34 +0530</pubDate><category>saas</category><category>software as a service</category><category>simplicity</category><category>peter cohen</category><category>saas marketing</category></item><item><title>TweetDeck is my choice of tool after putting my daughter to bed....</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m004emHmb91qzpofho1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;TweetDeck is my choice of tool after putting my daughter to bed. Since the background is black it is easier to read (and possibly less strain on the eyes) when I wait around her room for another 10-15 mins after she has gone to bed.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/18311821033</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/18311821033</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:36:22 +0530</pubDate><category>tweetdeck</category></item><item><title>Why I started using the minimalistic writing app, Byword.</title><description>I had heard of WriteRoom a couple of years ago when I started writing my book. Besides Microsoft...</description><link>http://sahilparikh.com/post/18302572668</link><guid>http://sahilparikh.com/post/18302572668</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:13:00 +0530</pubDate><category>writeroom</category><category>byword</category><category>writing</category><category>simplicity</category></item></channel></rss>

