Saturday, December 19, 2009

The silicon valley ecosystem, now in India

What's the silicon valley?

Its a collection of successful startups, lots of new startups, companies servicing these startups, employees who keep joining these startups, and last but not the least, startups that close down, only to bounce back even stronger.

Failure there is not a social taboo. It still is a bog black spot in India. If your company shuts down, you get rejected by Indian society. You will not have friends, you cannot get married, you cannot get employed and most probably your parents and brothers and sisters will not talk to you.

This has to change in India. We need to bring in this change. Change the whole society. Educate them about the benefits of Entrepreneurship, startup and the fact that its the fastest way to create value.

Show me one person, who has learned to walk without falling. So if an entrepreneur fails in his first attempt, why such a ruckus. We should actually encourage him, to get up and try again.

And then the silicon valley ecosystem will be in India. And that will happen sooner than later.

Friday, November 27, 2009

The Positive Side

We all know how many people died of Swine Flu in Pune. But do we know that there were close to 5000 people in Pune who tested positive of Swine Flu and were completely cured. So if, 100 people died, that's around 2%. Indian Media has got into the habit of only looking on the negetive side. Or is it something else?

Actually, We Indian's are always on the negetive side. I love to point out "Chance mila, to cribb chalu"

And its not only about our people. Even large Indian companies do that. The other day, I saw an article saying that the traffic on Bandra Worli Link road is lower than expected and how the revenue is falling short on expectations. A couple of days later, I was on the same road, that was bubbling with activity. But now there are no reports to say that "Revenue is more than the expectations"

Hopefully, some day, India will have a news paper or a TV channel that only takes positive news.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Online Marketing

There is a lot of work needed in telling people about the potential about online marketing. It has application in politics, entertainment and almost everything under the sun.

I am keen to learn all the tricks of this trade like SCO, Analytics, Blog, meta tags, Advertising, etc. and will do it sooner than later.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Jaundice`

This is to inform you about the sure shot cure of Jaundice in Lonavala.

There is a person, who pushes cement and water into your nose and all the yellow pigments start flowing out. This is really effective and great treatment.

Enjoy
Sandeep