Mindblog

I am of the belief that one should expect the unexpected and in return never expect anything from anyone! Just like the day I got up on that fine morning and out of the blue ended up at the Le Meredian hearing APJ Kalam sir lecture the audience on Project Management, and later refusing to comment on his hairstyle. Different story. The former bit has been happening a lot lately which has led me to strengthen my faith on the same. Just yesterday I had gone for someones** engagement*, held at a close family friends' palatial mansion in Lutyens. After a pathetic performance by the Daredevils with the bat, I was more inclined to watch the Royals slaughter them royally into submission.***  (Pic: I just found the picture funny, maybe a tagline: Congress ka haath, BJP ke saath would work wonders!)  The 42 inch plasma was just adding salt to the wounds. My attention wavered when "The Wall" fell limping, (old age jammy cramps) to the distinguished gathering sitting next to me

Just general stuff, not trying to bore you to death! Lets say, its some basic stuff in the MSME sector at present. Good for some GK! Attended the Zee Business Conference on SME and Emerging Business Forum yesterday which had prominent panel members from SIDBI, NSIC, IndiaMart, Managing Head of the Tirupur cluster and Minister for MSME Virbhadra Singh among others. The main agenda for the panel discussion was to discuss the findings of the analysis Zee carried out by vising entrepreneurs and understanding the challenges faced by them across India. Availability of finance, acquisition of technology, retention of talent, challenges in marketing product/ services adequately were identified and discussed at length. Schemes introduced by the government of India in collaboration with NSIC and SIDBI were discussed which help startups raise funds for cap/op ex and help in marketing and business intelligence. Venture, debt and equity funding for startups was another topic of discussion