Surya Yalamanchili

a blog on tomorrow’s impact on today.

las vegas.

In Vegas staying at the Wynn. This trip prompted a couple of random thoughts:
Flew Virgin America. It’s actually a pretty great airline. Their employees are shockingly friendly. The flight attendants in addition to being friendly, have this really upbeat attitude. They sound excited to be flying on a VA plane, and it rubs off. The […]

how to suck. a guide.

Delta sucks. And they certainly seem to go out of their way to do so.
I’ve flown on Delta almost exclusively over the last 5 years. I’ve wracked up about 200,000 miles cris-crossing the country (with a side-trip to Europe). I’ve put up with some rude employees, no food and often pillows/blankets, uncomfortable seats, and endless […]

shiny & new.

I got on a plane from JFK yesterday afternoon and after two hours on the runway, and six in the air, arrived in SF.
It still feels like I’m just visiting. Like this is just another one of the many trips that I’ve taken in the last few years. I’m not sure when it’ll feel real. […]

on traveling in general.

Across my two week trip I had a lot of random thoughts. But two were omnipresent.
1) As I define “travel”, to get the “most” out it, you really should do it alone.
2) It’s the details and context of the places you visit that matter.
Through both personal experience and witness, I saw that when in a […]

  

Surya is...

Surya Yalamanchili

an Internet entrepreneur turned Brand Manager. I've “returned” to my roots and today focus on emerging media strategy. And strange as it is, if I look familiar its because I was on the TV show The Apprentice. And, yes, I know it was terrible.
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