Mindblog

We all often get asked what we do for a living. Many have pretty self explanatory answers: I'm a doctor, I see to it that the ailments the patient is suffering from are identified and a cure prescribed for them, or, I'm a Software Engineer, I develop applications for clients based in India or abroad through coding logic and creating a meaningful solution for them to optimize their processes etc. I often get asked the same question myself, more so because I've been out of touch with friends and family having been out of the county for sometime until recently. I tend to end up confusing people telling them what I do till the point that I get blank stares and half minded nods. I thought I'll give you guys a gist of what I do and what it means to do what I do! A Consultant is one who very much like a doctor, seeks to identify the ailment a business or a process within it faces through understanding the symptoms the patient (company) is showing, and by using standard consul...

Laugh we shall at naivety such, crushed is nothing but lust, in fuss.. The pain once had, subsides said she, but drown we shall in memories thus.. In crushing lashing pain said she! with rising ruining storms of dust! Will leave the poets in pall, in shame, no maker cure him can, the rut.. Then fate here plays the devilish game, thus seals the deal of blame in flames.. The walls so high, those nights how wry, no wonder made he, us fall, a must..

The richest person in the world today is Carlos Slim. He has an amassed wealth of some $70bn till date. The population of the world today is 6.84bn. $1 from each of the worlds people=$6.84bn $10 from each person=$68.4bn. Which is nearly equivalent to Mr. Slim's wealth. A product which everyone avails of. A $100 product sold to .684bn people. A thousand billion is a trillion. Why is Apple the only trillion dollar company? What will it take for others to reach that pinnacle? An idea? A set of ideas? Ingenuity? A platform to source ideas and a team to execute? How hard is it? How hard can it be? Who will do it? What does one require? Brains or brawn? Target audience is the world. Some parts are yet living in the 1700's. Market to up that to present times. To define a future. To enforce a future. To dictate wants and dictate needs. To create an illusion? To display a necessity? They are minds after all. All ready to be tweaked. How creative are you? Where do y...

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 t...

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 ...