tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312553602024-02-02T14:25:42.853+05:30Virtual ScientistI Analyse, I Criticize, I Invent, I Discover and I Forget....<br> but that doesnt qualify me to become a scientist, so i call myself... A Virtual ScientistParesh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-53344933795203638492018-04-01T11:51:00.000+05:302018-04-01T11:51:51.558+05:30April Phools DayUnhone ne kaha, April Fools Day<br />Hum ne samjha, Abey Phool Dey!<br /><br />Phool dene se jo na ho saka, <br />Fool banke usney kiya,<br />our wo Fool ban gaye Phool,<br />jab chahre pe unhoney muskaan la diya!<br /><br />Happy Phools day! Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-7855550630722276342016-12-31T11:28:00.000+05:302016-12-31T14:00:02.206+05:30Saat Saal Baad!Jan 2017 would mark 8 years of me out of college and about 7 years of following the dream full-time - wanting to connect every institution in the world back to their alumni! <b>That's Awesome!!</b> can be the first reaction. But wait! Is it really? People these days are building startups, raising funding and going places within 2-3 years! “What the hell are you doing?” my best friend taunted me.<br />
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The question put me in deep thought. As I discovered the connecting dots, I thought it would be good to share them:<br />
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The journey has been tough, some ups and many downs, but I enjoyed all along the way! When I started, I knew it's not gonna be easy and I was prepared for a long haul. <br />
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Though I had ideas, I did not have a plan. After spending close to 8 months exploring various thoughts, I decided to work full-time on the idea of Vaave. We started Coherendz in the extra passage space at the guest house of BHUMI (an NGO we volunteered for). The trade off was to manage it for being allowed to use a part of it as our office. We invested the profits from our services business into building Vaave.<br />
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About 2 years ago, when our services business was doing very well, we decided to shut it down so that we can move ahead with a clear focus and mission - Vaave. We grew from a time when we struggled for an year to crack our first Vaave deal to serving more than 100 clients and 800 institutions now. Looking back, we came a long way. Looking ahead, we are 15 people, ready to take the next big leap and touch many more lives!<br />
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The connected dots!<br />
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<li><b>The Foundation:</b> The first five years now looks like the daily practice the sportsmen take up before the world-cup. I did not know anything about business, managing teams, sales or fundraising. The five years, taught me many things from routine legal stuff to being able to make tough decisions. Yeah, maybe I learnt them the hard way with a few bitter experiences but I learnt them for life.</li>
<li><b>The Awesome Team:</b> This period also gave me something I consider my most important asset - My Team! They rode with me against the high tides! My co-founder Sanjeev has been with me for 6 years now, someone who is dot focused and execution oriented. He completely complements me. The rest of the team - Yasaswy, Jaipal, Aparna, Saddam, Jayanth, Srichandana - are the best I could have asked for and have worked together for at least 4 years! Only TIME can build such a team that is resilient and grounded.</li>
<li><b>The Fundamentals:</b> The next most important learning was the "Importance of focus" - Focus only on the Product, Customer Success & Sales. Anything else that does not add to the bottomline can wait. This simple yet profound learning directly co-relates to the ability to execute. We took 5 years to learn how to shield ourselves from new ideas we as entrepreneurs get every other day.</li>
<li><b>Building an Organization:</b> There was a time when we were a team of 25+, but most of the final decisions were dependent on me. It drained me and having a single decision maker will not allow a company to grow. "Flat Structures" is a fancy word in startup circles but an organization needs to have a clear hierarchy for accountability. Freedom calls in for responsibility, while they are free to take decisions, there needs to be someone who shall own the responsibility to complete the task. We learnt this the hard way after 3 cycles of the whole team leaving us.<br />Today, nothing in the company is person dependent, the team is fully capable enough to scale the company in my absence.</li>
<li><b>Domain Knowledge: </b>The problem of alumni relationships is tough to crack and takes time to understand and build. Most of the startups today want quick and easy growth. Over years, we have gained deep understanding of the ‘Why, How & What’ of meaningful alumni engagement.</li>
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Like the dialogue in Dangal goes, “Gold medalist ped pe nahi ugte.. unhe banana padta hai ..pyaar se...mehnat se... lagan se…” That’s exactly how we believe alumni relationships, building a company or a rock solid team should be handled.<br />
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The journey has not been an easy one but it has been worth it. It prepped us for a long journey towards what we dream - a world in which ALL institutions are effectively leveraging the power of their alumni networks. And 2017 will be another year we will strive to take more active steps towards realising this vision. <br />
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May the force be with us!<br /><br />Originally posted at : http://blog.vaave.com/saat-saal-baad/Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-73794677140286531612016-06-20T01:10:00.000+05:302016-12-03T00:10:56.611+05:30Teaching Web Development in a Day<span style="font-family: inherit;">My friend <a href="http://myapplemartini.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">Arpita</a> asked me to do a one day workshop on Web Development at B.V. Raju Institute of Technology, I obliged. But then came the challenge, I had to teach building websites in a day! Everything I learnt in last 10 years is to be taught in 5 hours! It was tougher than building an awesome website. I realized that being an expert at something also calls for being able to explain it to a newbie in a concise & succinct manner.<br /><br />I took up the challenge and started listing down the skills required to build websites. Technical know-how was definitely required. But for someone who is just starting, the most important skill she needs to know is a different one - The Ability to Copy Code!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Copying is a Skill!</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This realization was very profound! It was how I learnt building websites. In my early undergrad days, I was amused with Javascript, I used to go to Internet Cafe, download source files of various demos from dynamicdrive.com and used to play around with them for hours! From the first website of Coherendz to the present bubble effect on <a href="http://www.vaave.com/" target="_blank">vaave.com</a>, I copied! (opensource of-course). Yes, I copied, tweaked and improved upon!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Copying is a skill and like any other skill it needs to be mastered! Assume, copying was allowed in an examination, however to excel you need two skills of copying: 1. Comprehend the question and know the relevant answer. 2. Know where to find the answer for the question (may be which pocket). <br /><br />All the code required for web-development is available online, but master the skill of building websites by copying you need to 1. know what to look for on google. 2. know which part of code to be copied and where should it be pasted. So I decided to teach them this skill!<br /><br />Also, we appreciate learning only if we see the output. So, I decided to do a hands on workshop making them build a basic website by copying code. I knew, once they get excited about it, they will go ahead and learn more about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The workshop was planned as follows in the 5 hours: </span><br />
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<li>Building Websites by copying code from a bootstrap template. </li>
<li>Debugging and Tweaking code using inspector in a browser! </li>
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I started the workshop with a repo on github, all the students cloned it on their PC. Each of the "parts" had a code snippet they had to copy to see the website being built live. Started with basic structure from bootstrap, then adding images, modifying css using inspector and adding more pages to make a full fledged website. They also learnt the importance of a server, PHP and basics.<br /><br />The Repo: <a href="https://github.com/masade/webdev-tutorial">https://github.com/masade/webdev-tutorial</a><br />The Bootstrap Template: <a href="http://startbootstrap.com/template-overviews/modern-business/">http://startbootstrap.com/template-overviews/modern-business/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was a bit skeptical as it was my first workshop, but was well prepared! The feedback collected at the end of day was satisfying, a whopping 84% students gave a very positive feedback.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />What was more satisfying to me was, I could see many students went beyond my instructions and started tweaking by searching code on google! That was what I wanted!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am sure they would go home and learn building awesome websites!<br /><br />I was able to Ignite the quest for knowledge, It made my day!</span></span></div>
Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-82673595788057809472014-10-26T22:31:00.001+05:302016-12-03T00:16:53.996+05:30Koshish Karne Waalon Ki Kabhi Haar Nahi HotiThis is one of most inspiring poems i have come across written by Harivanshrai Bachchan<br />
The poems quotes simple examples to tell that those who try they never fail.<br />
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<tr> <td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%;">लहरों से डर कर नौका पार नहीं होती,<br />
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।<br />
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नन्हीं चींटी जब दाना लेकर चलती है,<br />
चढ़ती दीवारों पर, सौ बार फिसलती है। <br />
मन का विश्वास रगों में साहस भरता है,<br />
चढ़कर गिरना, गिरकर चढ़ना न अखरता है।<br />
आख़िर उसकी मेहनत बेकार नहीं होती,<br />
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती।<br />
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डुबकियां सिंधु में गोताखोर लगाता है,<br />
जा जा कर खाली हाथ लौटकर आता है।<br />
मिलते नहीं सहज ही मोती गहरे पानी में, <br />
बढ़ता दुगना उत्साह इसी हैरानी में। <br />
मुट्ठी उसकी खाली हर बार नहीं होती, <br />
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती। <br />
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असफलता एक चुनौती है, इसे स्वीकार करो, <br />
क्या कमी रह गई, देखो और सुधार करो। <br />
जब तक न सफल हो, नींद चैन को त्यागो तुम,<br />
संघर्ष का मैदान छोड़ कर मत भागो तुम। <br />
कुछ किये बिना ही जय जय कार नहीं होती, <br />
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती। </td> <td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%;">Lehron se dar kar nauka paar nahi hoti<br />
Koshish karne waalon ki haar nahi hoti<br />
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Nanhi cheenti jab daana lekar chalti hai<br />
chadhti deewaron par sau baar fisalti hai<br />
Mann ka vishwas ragon mein saahas banta hai<br />
chadh kar girna, gir kar chadhna na akharta hai<br />
Akhir uski mehnat bekar nahi hoti<br />
Koshish karne waalon ki haar nahi hoti…<br />
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Dubkiyan sindhu mein gota khor lagaata hai<br />
ja ja kar khaali haath laut aata hai<br />
Milte na sahaj hi moti paani mein<br />
badta doogna utsaah issi hairaani mein<br />
Mutthi uski khaali har baar nahi hoti<br />
Koshish karne waalon ki haar nahi hoti<br />
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Asafalta ek chunauti hai sweekar karo<br />
kya kami reh gayi dekho aur sudhaar karo<br />
Jab tak na safal ho neend chain ki tyago tum<br />
sangharshon ka maidaan chhodh mat bhago tum<br />
Kuch kiye bina he jai jai kaar nahi hoti<br />
Koshish karne waalon ki haar nahi ho</td></tr>
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I attempted to write a meaning / translate<br />
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Ships cannot cross the oceans with the fear of tides<br />
He who tries will never face failure<br />
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Tiny ant that climbs with a grain in its hands<br />
Falls a hundred times before it climbs the wall<br />
Belief in self fill in courage in the nerves<br />
Climbing and falling, falling and climbing never breaks you<br />
At last its effort does not go in waste<br />
He who tries will never face failure<br />
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Diver dives into the sea<br />
Comes back with empty hands most of the time<br />
You do not get pearls in ocean just like that<br />
Enthusiasm raises multi fold due to this uncertainty<br />
His fist do not return empty all the times<br />
He who tries will never face failure<br />
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Failure is a challenge, accept it.<br />
Find out the gaps and try to improve up on it<br />
Till you become successful, leave aside sleep and peace of mind<br />
Do not run away from the arena of struggle<br />
Praise of your name does not happen without doing something (great)<br />
He who tries will never face failure<br />
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Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-9398629775178098102014-09-15T14:25:00.000+05:302016-12-03T00:26:22.574+05:3023 since last 7 years!<div>
My friends know that I always claim to be 23 years old :D. Ok here I admit today, I am 23 since last 7 years. I formally started the company when I was 23 and ever since my age refused to grow.</div>
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Today, not sure why, I feel a little old, a little wise. I look into the mirror and see the white hair shouting at me – “Oh Paresh, you entered the Thirties”. That left me wondering – how fast the last 10 years went by? I sat introspecting about my twenties and I could connect the dots looking backwards.</div>
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I stumbled upon website building</h3>
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Couple of months before I entered 20’s , I stumbled upon a piece of article meant for school kids in a newspaper that showed some basic html code and grabbed my attention. I was introduced to Internet a little earlier by my brother. Net connection at home wasn’t available those days and so I saved almost every Html & Javascript tutorial I found and carried them home in Floppy Drive (yes the 1.44 MB ones) and practiced at home. My first website came up a little ahead of my 20th birthday.</div>
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Never knew that a hobby that started when I was 20 would become my career few years later.<br />
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Web designing led me into BHUMI</h3>
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Bhumi was started by a small group of youngsters wanting to witness change in society. The energy the group carried, pulled me into it. I got an opportunity to do its website and that gathered lot of appreciation from everyone, eventually I became a core team member. Bhumi laid the foundation for my entire thought process. It taught me the most important lesson of life – “Ability to read various perspectives”. The confidence it instilled in me stayed forever and helped me secure seat at NITIE.</div>
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Bhumi also gave me a strong network, which later turned out to be a major source of my business leads.<br />
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<strong>Confidence that helped me crack NITIE</strong></h3>
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Even though my GATE score was good, NITIE had a Interview and Group Discussion. I had no GD prep/training earlier and was about to attend my first. A GD is all about perspectives and Bhumi had a healthy culture of debate & discussions. I cracked it. Even my interview revolved around my work at Bhumi. I was so confident after the interview that, as I came out, I said to a senior there – “I would be coming back to join as her junior”.<br />
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Throughout these years, my passion for websites was alive and I used to take up freelancing projects with the banner of “Coherendz”, however I never felt the need for formalizing the company. My sir, Prof. Prasad pushed me to register a firm.<br />
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NITIE provided me the foundation required to run a business along with the exposure to the industry and then kicked me into full-time entrepreneurship.<br />
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<strong>The game changer girlfriend!</strong></h3>
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Coherendz has been a girlfriend who changed my life. She is my alter-ego and stood as a mirror in front of me, providing me every opportunity to look into myself, improve and grow. Now here is a secret. Because my girlfriend is young, my age stopped growing as well.</div>
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In these 10 years I met wonderful people full of energy & spirit, who kept me inspiring all the time. Latest addition to the list is my wife, who is a great source of strength to live my dreams for the rest of my life.</div>
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Oh, how did I forget this young chap, Abhi who taught me simple mantra – “Happiness in life is beyond excuses”.<br />
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He did this wonderful greeting for me:<br />
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Originally Posted Here: <a href="http://blog.vaave.com/23-since-last-7-years/">http://blog.vaave.com/23-since-last-7-years/</a></div>
Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-28928390415977929602014-07-17T00:00:00.000+05:302016-12-03T00:32:47.042+05:305 years of seagull in me!!<blockquote class="tr_bq">
<em>yes the same seagull in the book “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Livingston_Seagull" style="color: #7cc576; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Jonathan Livingston Seagull">Jonathan Livingston Seagull</a>” by Richard Bach that inspires all of us</em></blockquote>
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It’s been little more than 5 years since I moved out of college to choose entrepreneurship over placement @ NITIE. I came back to Hyderabad in Jan 2009 with the “Guru” style thought “mai biginess karunga”. Though there were many ideas shortlisted to work on and a little prize money from b-plan competitions, I had no plan laid out. Coherendz was started while in campus and had completed more than 15 projects by then. The idea of alumni portals existed back then, but I wasn’t very particular about choosing a sector. I knew, whatever I work on would be a first step that would prepare me for a long haul, so I started!<br />
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After 6 months of experimenting with various ideas and decided to pursue building our product – vaave, we setup our fulltime office in November 2009.<br />
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The first 10 months were so good that made me sometimes wonder why people said: “entrepreneurship is tough”, everything looked smooth as a cakewalk… later realized, it was all beginners luck. Within one year of full-time, the first team I built collapsed, almost everyone I started with, left. Soon Sanjeev & Aparna joined. Sanjeev, with his dedication to work and strong business acumen stood as a backbone for me. He kept on taking more responsibilities one after the other and the relation became so strong that even without any formal acknowledgement he became my co-founder. Aparna took up reins of the half-baked vaave code and started rebuilding afresh. She stood strong behind vaave development that allowed us to keep working on product.<br />
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As we moved on we kept attracting really good people and projects; Ravi, Sarat, Yasaswy, Jaipal joined over next one year and at one point of time we grew to a team of 20+. However, the next 3 years were the most turbulent times. For every exciting moment, there were at least two hard punches. From acute cash crunches to teammates leaving in critical phase of projects; from to losses due to non-timely delivery to team conflicts, we had it all. We had at least 3 instances when the “TIME” pressed a “Team Refresh” button, few left due to personal problems, few chose better opportunities. We lost a few really good people, but the core team stayed back. Each of them grew their capacities and became stronger.</div>
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Yes, there were team conflicts as well, differences in thought process is bound to happen when 6 eccentric & entrepreneurial people come together, however that in fact is the strength of our team, it is diverse and connected. The beauty was that each of us fought always with an intention to make things better, it was that realization that kept us together.</div>
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With the vision to solve the quality and infrastructure problems of education sector in India by connecting back the alumni to their alma mater, we moved our focus on our product “Vaave”.</div>
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There would be lot more I can share, will do in subsequent posts.</div>
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All I can say about last 5 years is “we survived”. The difficult times made us stronger and demanded the best of our personalities. They ironed out slightest gaps and more importantly brought us close to each other. #failures now are part of our daily routine… smiling at the failures gives us courage!</div>
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The biggest achievement for me is bringing a team together that can now work & deliver independently; they are resilient, hardworking, skillful and closely knit. They are here, focused on building Coherendz 2.0 – a new journey with aspirations to build one of the finest of product companies in India.</div>
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Every day is a new surprise; sometimes it builds hope, sometimes strikes me hard. It’s been so for the last five years. It will be so for years to come. There wasn’t a day I repented choosing the path or a day that wasn’t exciting enough. All I did in part is that I kept working and so will keep working. With the team taking on more responsibilities now allows me to work on things I love most – to design & code!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 25px;">I had an advantage of starting at an early age; it prepared me for the exciting journey that’s yet to come. I know that journey ahead will be tough as well, how tough? I’ll have stories to tell</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Originally posted here:</span><br />
<a href="http://blog.vaave.com/5-years-of-seagull-in-me/">http://blog.vaave.com/5-years-of-seagull-in-me/</a><br />
<br />Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-58844010961271607502013-04-01T20:30:00.005+05:302016-12-03T00:38:44.695+05:30Why dating an entrepreneur a good idea?<span style="font-family: inherit;">Disclaimer: I know my this piece of scribbling will spark a debate about my personal life, i am writing this post as a continuation of the post on yourstory.in a few days ago </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://yourstory.in/2013/03/ys-lounge-10-reasons-why-dating-an-entrepreneur-is-a-bad-idea/" target="_blank">http://yourstory.in/2013/03/ys-lounge-10-reasons-why-dating-an-entrepreneur-is-a-bad-idea/</a> Date in the context is looking forward for long term relationship.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Everything said in the post was true, however I felt it presented a half picture so here i go... (replace "he" with "she" and vice versa to match your preference, am not a female chauvinist)</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Knows the value of time, can create time for you</b>: Prioritizes time differently, an entrepreneur values time so much that feels 24 hrs a day is very less, he has so many ideas and so many things to do that family gatherings or parties do not fall into his priority list, however when you need his time, he has the ability to put aside everything for you. He does not worry about losses while making choices. He has the ability to create time for you. (Another real reason he avoids family gatherings is because everyone would asks him what is he doing?)</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Plans for the future:</b> He would not give you any gifts, his pockets are always dry! However love can be only superficially expressed through gifts. Most of the cases after marriage, it is the lady who asks not to buy expensive gifts, because she feels they need to save money for future and for kids. An entrepreneur always plans for the future, so will be your relationship, He is preparing for a fortune, and will have enough money for you to spend in his 40's / 50's and can plan to retire. He will then spend all his time with you, when you need him the most.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>He values relationships more than money! </b>Every entrepreneur knows the importance of relationships, he builds it with clients, employees, investors and all other stake holders. Most often they equally value the relationship with a janitor. They know what it takes to build a relationship, they value it more than money or returns you get. He knows what makes it and what breaks it. and for sure, he will never let your relationship to break!</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Stays with the dream in most difficult times.</b> He choose what he is doing, just like you will choose him. In most of the cases it was not because of lack of opportunity, but the choice he made. He stays committed to the dream during the most difficult times, so will be with you in your most difficult times. He will never let things go easily.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>He knows the real meaning of love: </b>All being said, truth is that his dream is his first love, and you are his second. He knows what it means being in love, what it means to love and believes in demonstrating in action than expression. He seeks clarity in things he does and has clarity of what he wants out of life and so about your relationship with him.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">As said, Entrepreneurs do not know everything but have the ability to make clear choices, and once they make choices they stay with it, prepared for the consequences.... all you need to do is believe that they know what they are doing and have it in them to come out of any situation caused to themselves. They are the most satisfied people in the world and you will experience the abundance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not everyone chooses to be an entrepreneur, so, not everyone can date an entrepreneur too, read the link at the start to know why you should not!</span></div>
Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-83877770317461935752013-03-03T00:04:00.002+05:302013-03-03T08:30:45.409+05:30Nidar na hone ka lagta hai darrdar se lagta hai darr,<br />
dar se lagta hai darr,<br />
dar pe jeet na pane ka lagta hai darr.<br />
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haar ka darr nahi to ....jeet kaise paaunga<br />
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jeet ka darr ho to .... haar hi to paaunga</div>
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darr bura hai, acha bhi hai, </div>
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khota nahi kabhi, woh to sacha hai..</div>
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buzdil nahi, kaayar nahi, kamzoor bhi main nahi...<br />
nadaan tha to darr na tha, samajh se to badhti gayi..<br />
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raat se bhi darr nahi, dil ke andhere se lagta hai darr.<br />
khudaa se to darr nahi, mazhab se lagta hai darr...<br />
dushmani se darr nahi, nadeem ko khone ka hai<br />
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samajh se lagta hai dar... </div>
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is jeev buddhi se lagta hai darr...</div>
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haar se nahi, jeeth se nahi</div>
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PURPORT:<br />
I fear of fear, I fear of not winning over fear, not able to be fearless.... I<br />
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How will i win if i do not have fear of failure,<br />
if i have fear of winning, i am sure to fail ... II<br />
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fear is bad, good as well, but never a lie, fear is truth.... III<br />
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I am not weak-hearted or coward or a weak person,<br />
I was fearless when i was innocent, fear grew with consciousness... IV<br />
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I do not fear night, i fear the darkness of my heart...<br />
I do not fear god, i fear religion,<br />
I do not fear enemies, i fear loosing my best friends...<br />
I fear intelligence.. i fear this intelligent brain.... .... V<br />
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i fear not loosing,... i fear not winning... i fear not being fearless.<br />
i fear not being fearless. ... VIParesh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-32154929857052198832012-11-10T09:53:00.001+05:302012-11-10T09:53:38.794+05:30Kaise Mai Izhaar Karu<div>
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A small snippet of a young boy questioning the love.</div>
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Kaise mai izhaar karu,<br />
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Ye jo hai dil ki baat<br />
Kahu to mai kya kahu, </div>
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Ye jo hai dil ki baat<br />
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Dil ne dil se kah to diya..</div>
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Aakhon ney bhi to ishaara kiya...</div>
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Bas in labon ko ab kehna hai...</div>
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Par lafzo mey ab kyon kehna hai...</div>
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Pyaar hi to hai is dil mey...</div>
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Tum bhi to ho is dil mey, </div>
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Tum hi to meri himmat ho..</div>
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Phir kehne se kyon darta ye dil...</div>
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Isey hubahu samajhta hai dil.. </div>
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Ye jo hai dil ki baat... </div>
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Ab labon ko kyon kahna hai.</div>
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How should i convey, what should i convey, these are words of the heart..</div>
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Hearts have spoken, Eyes have Spoken, Just need to say in words (lips should speak), why should i say in words..<br />
Its love filled in this heart, you are also in this heart, your are my courage, why do i fear (to say)...<br />
You love me as well, heart knows it very well, these words of heart, why should i say it in words...<br />
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Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-57805864360428284032012-10-05T09:15:00.001+05:302012-10-05T14:02:54.335+05:30Cultural Impact of FDI in Retail<div>
Does any of the parents today aspire their kids to start a kiraana store? Most would answer with a NO!!</div>
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Leave alone kiraana, they do not want their to take up any kind of business!! When i was working on an idea for quick service food chain (in simple words: selling food on cart), i faced stiff resistance from my dad, it was an idea that won me 2 business plan competitions. He rather, then allowed me to pursue setting up a software firm. Reason: they feel it is a dignified profession!! </div>
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In India, these professions, Grocery / Provisional Store or to that matter any shop, is considered as income source for those who cannot secure a job! Even parents already in these professions want their educated kids to look out for a "White Collar" Job.</div>
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Are these professions risky? No, they will run as long as we use soap/ toothpaste or till we stop eating! </div>
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Do they require heavy investments? No! A kiraana store can be setup with a max of 50k in hand.</div>
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Are the revenues less? A typical pani-puri cart guy earns about 12-15k per month (I speak about profits only). and a two shutter kiraana store earns minimum of about 30-40k pm, same is with a evening 3-4 hour bhajji (evening snack) seller. </div>
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The thought that stuck in my mind when the debate on FDI in retail is on is about its cultural impact. These mon 'n pop stores are not an aspiration of today's india, young india wants to shop in malls, setup branded stores, want to sell groceries online... what not!</div>
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Is it good, bad or ugly? I do not know!! Reforms back then in 90's changed a lot, it brought in industrial growth in India, created new jobs, depleted natural resources, better educational infrastructure, commercialized education, increased brain drain, increased luxury in living as well as pollution, better healthcare systems and more no of diseases, Easy communications but distanced relationships. </div>
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It brought us the most sought after IT HUB image to India, and brought in the new age software coolies'. </div>
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So how is FDI in Retail going to effect us?</div>
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<li>We will start seeing these A/C Shops & Glass building in towns and villages. Well shaved, neatly dressed people serving the customers.</li>
<li>Existing mom'n pop stores will wake up to competition and will have to deliver better products and services at most competitive prices. They will understand and work on customer service and customer loyality. Customer will get better options.</li>
<li>Most of the retail giants will probably not trash out existing stores, but try to rope them into branded exclusive franchises', converting existing packed store to a spacious well designed shop.</li>
<li>Farmers <u>may</u> get better prices (depends on regulatory norms).</li>
<li>All the traders and mediators will be out of business as retails giants will setup their own direct procurement mechanisms.</li>
<li>It will create better infrastructure, but make us depended on foreign money, rupee will fall!! Prices will rise!</li>
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The most important cultural impact it would again create is it will convert the entrepreneurial shop owners, into a "white collared" salaried employees. It will allow the risk taking educated junk of people to allow setup their own shops, may be online or offline!! The stigma attached with setting up a store will go away.</div>
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Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-23049661881388576062012-07-23T00:43:00.002+05:302012-07-23T17:55:52.878+05:30Entrepreneurship is like a Sport!I was at my campus (NITIE) couple of days ago, had a small session with juniors who were interested in starting business. There was a nice metaphor that struck me when questions were asked - how do I get funding?, how do I find a co-founder? Which idea is the best? I am making an attempt to jot down the insights, like any other metaphor request to take this in its spirit. This post is intended to my young friends who are planning to start business. <br />
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Entrepreneurship like a sport, is a passion, and sportsmen across the globe, do not take it up for fame or money, they do for they love the game, also most of the sportsmen do not choose the game looking how popular it is, they just try it, feel they are good at it and take it up seriously. <br />
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<b>How to start?</b><br />
Once you decide to take it up, regular exercise is a critical part of it. So, say the exercise you choose is jogging. Jogging everyday is like starting a small business that gives you revenue. You start with probably a mile for first week, add couple of miles soon and slowly increase the distance and pace every day. <br />
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<b>Why Jog/ Initial revenue stream?</b><br />
Jogging is what everyone does, it’s not very innovative, not scalable, but is for your fitness, it makes you stronger, increases your stamina that you need while you play. Initial business makes you stronger in personality, keeps you fit. <br />
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<b>How do I get funding/ co-founder?</b><br />
You don’t require nike shoes for jogging, neither a jogging track nor do you require companion to jog. Start jogging and everything will fall in place. Yes, if 2-3 people jog together, you do not realize the time. What you require in pursuing a particular sport depends on the game you are passionate about, golf requires lot of money, cricket/football requires teams, running/ swimming does not require anything. Your initial revenue stream will be able to support it, if not, your friends and family will be able to gift you the initial equipment, as you play better you will attract sponsors (VC’s). It is always desirable to have sponsors running behind you. <br />
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About finding co-founder, start jogging, you will soon meet fellow joggers. <br />
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<b>Remember it’s jogging, not running!</b><br />
If you increase the speed quickly, you will not be able to run longer! It’s about slow and “consistent” practice every day! You gain experience and become a better player only with practice; the greatest of the sportsmen are so great for they continued playing, even after they failed in many! <br />
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<b>When do I start?</b><br />
Simple – early the better, more to learn, longer to stay. Physical fitness is necessary for playing most of the sport, you can probably play snooker when you get into 40’s. <br />
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<b>Idea vs Implementation</b><br />
We come across this statement more frequently that implementation is more important than ideas. Yes, Ideas are like, wanting to try a reverse pull shot on a bouncer on offside. It is that you be in the game and able to hit that, when a bouncer is bowled, and believe it or not, many of the players already would have thought about it. Ability to hit the shot in the way imagined at that split of second is called “implementation” <br />
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<b>Improving Game / Mentoring?</b><br />
Improving your game requires a coach (mentor), different at different points of time. You need to be good at game to attract a coach. <br />
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<b>Parents, friends and People:</b><br />
People will laugh at you when you are jogging alone, some may join you. Parents will also be pained as you will be disturbing their sleep in the morning! Friends will tease too! When you start becoming good player, people will start appreciating. You will always have people who appreciate your game, and few who envy. It should not affect your game.<br />
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All said, entrepreneurship is a game, not all sportsmen make lots of money/ gain fame, they play for the game, they love playing. Enjoy the game.Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-77080999054287548562012-02-14T08:10:00.000+05:302012-03-03T23:57:36.798+05:30Aawaara main naa ban paaya...Aawaara main naa ban paaya... deewana tune ban'ne na diya...<br />
Bhul main naa paaya tujhe... Yaad tune karne naa diya...<br />
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Pyaar tujhse naa karu, khud ko... rokh taa raha!<br />
Is ajeeb dil ko, humesha... kos' taa raha!<br />
Ijaazat to hai nahi, mann ko... tok taa raha!<br />
Parr tere hi khayaalo mey, main... doob taa raha!<br />
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Tere binaa jiney ki tamanna naa thi..<br />
Tere yaadon ko mitaane ki chahat na thi!<br />
Un beeete hue lamho ke saath jee taa raha...<br />
Tere judaai ki aadh me mai pee ta raha..<br />
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Jaam ne bhi, kabhi mera saath naa diya<br />
Tere chahat ney nasheko chadhne naa diya<br />
Zahar ne bhi ... is zindagi ko kabhi dhoka naa diya<br />
Saans ko kabhi tere bin rukhne naa diya..<br />
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Milne ki tamanna liye mai jeeta raha...<br />
Saraab mey hi mai tumhe dekh ta rahaa<br />
Tere khayaalo mey main... doob taa raha!<br />
Zindagi ka saath mai nibhaataa raha<br />
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Aawaara main naa ban paaya... deewana tune ban'ne na diya...<br />
Bhul main naa paaya tujhe... Yaad tune karne naa diya...<br />
<br />Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-2449637636005754232011-12-08T21:32:00.001+05:302011-12-09T02:48:48.679+05:30Building an Organization<b><i>Reposted from article written for our alumni magazine</i></b><br />
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I was wondering on what I should write about. The alum team approached me to write about my entrepreneurial journey straight after NITIE, however I felt it would be nice if I write something that is of interest to many. I decided to write about my learning's during the attempts in building an organization. <br />
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It’s been just about 30 months of bootstrapping experience and fewer attempts to build an organization, which is far negligible compared to magnanimity of this subject. I am just trying to pen my thoughts and understanding of what it is. <br />
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For a quick intro, I moved out of NITIE to take up fulltime job as the business that I had started while I was a student. During early 2009, recession came as an omen for me to take up the entrepreneurial journey, and I got my winter internship papers ready and moved out of campus without informing Pundir sir, our placement dean (frankly I did not have courage to tell this to him). It’s been a wonderful experience since then, growing from a 100 sft. space and 2 employees to a recent brand new 2000 sft. OFFICE and a 15 member TEAM. <br />
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Early out of college, during my stint with the Non-Profit - BHUMI (<a href="http://www.bhumi.in/">www.bhumi.in</a>), I realized, identity of an organization came always from the people it is represented by and the culture it holds. I felt, the reason for me to business was not just making money and rendering my services, but to build an organization. I did not want to be a freelancer delivering out of my creative brain, but wanted to move ahead and bring together a great team that would bring and implement wonderful ideas. <br />
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The quest of understanding how organizations are built began. I wanted to take up this challenge on building an organization. I started reading, discussing, observing, and experiencing how people and organizations behave, and here are few quick that came as learning for me: <br />
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<b>Defining Values & Culture </b><br />
The first question for me was what kind of organization I wanted to build? What would its values / culture be? I wanted an organization that’s formed by people who are passionate, highly motivated, and do things for themselves, as of their own. Place where people rejoice their work. In simple words, the one full of ownership and responsibility. <br />
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This was a challenge! Ownership and sense of responsibility needs freedom & flexibility. I decided not to have any kind of monitoring system. Not everyone was ready to accept unbound freedom, many of them wanted to be monitored and looked into. With its abuse, projects got delayed and it affected deliveries. This was probably also the reason for why my partner decided to move out. I believed, it would take consistent and conscious effort to help the team to “handle” freedom. It’s just a matter of time, and needed another element called “motivation” that brings in the “responsibility”. <br />
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It’s still a struggle, every time a new person joins and also within me, but will soon be the culture of the organization. <br />
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<b>Sharing a Story </b><br />
For an organization / team to work together, it needs a string that binds them - a reason. Few call it a vision, and I call it a story. It’s a story that you believe in, and now embark on a journey to make others believe in your story. Every person in the team needs to have a reason to be a part of that story. <br />
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It took us about 5 failed attempts with various set of people to really get a team that believes in our product idea, before we made our first sale. And it was important for the team to believe it for it to come to life by itself. <br />
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<b>Dealing with ambiguity </b><br />
This is what is feel one of the most important challenge for both people and organizations. It is a paradox between having a clear set of instructions, expectations and deadlines versus being told everything, routine work & laxity. It’s always exciting to maintain a balance between both the aspects. I realized people left me for I was not able to maintain the balance neither was able to help them. As an organization what we are to do is build a culture that can balance! People find it easier to deal with ambiguity. <br />
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There is a lot more I wish to share, will do sometime later, and so much of learning with just 30 months, I am excited to see that the life ahead has in store of me lots of learning and experiences. <br />
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So, where are we today? We have a team of 15, fully motivated and passionate, wanting to work together and owning and building the organization. We have successfully built our first product – Vaave (an alumni engagement platform), started two more products, and by the time you read this article we would have shifted to our new office on Road No 10, Banjara Hills, an upscale location in Hyderabad. Kudus to all our team for their relentless effort. <br />
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Seeking all your wishes and blessings. <br />
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Warm Regards <br />
Paresh Masade <br />
Class of 2009, PGDIE<br /><br />You may follow us at <a href="http://www.fb.com/morethanjustcreativity">www.fb.com/morethanjustcreativity</a><br /><br />Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-59918618314701531712011-04-29T09:49:00.002+05:302012-03-04T00:13:30.469+05:30Spiritual Entrepreneur<br />
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Satya Sai Baba! People who believe him call him GOD! Few tag him as fake... Few others Say, he did good despite controversies.. Some say he did no harm... I am not sure, i probably was never got a chance to get closer to peep into his life even... so wish to restrain and play safe!</div>
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What struck me when I was going through newspapers was... he built an empire of Rs. 40,000 crore! I don't know why, i quickly relate things to business and here are a few thoughts i could collect...</div>
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Entrepreneur solves <b>"needs"</b> of people, and creates a market..... for me he is no less than an entrepreneur who capitalized on the innate need of people - <b>"Belief"</b>. We often fall short of belief in ourself and seek external support to reinforce it... More often its either GOD or people whom we feel are near to GOD! Trusting someone you feel is more powerful as it removes fear and gives us power!</div>
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So this (holy) man <u>"May"</u> have used various techniques to tell people that he is near to GOD. Spent money on projects to attract more funds... anyway religion and GOD is a complex topics! I would not wish to touch it with my limited knowledge!</div>
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What I really liked is the godly man is a really great entrepreneur... <b><i>Built a 40000 crore completely tax free</i></b> empire just serving a simple innate need of society - "belief".</div>
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Please don't curse me if you are a follower... i just put what i thought!</div>Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-8742923963514516412010-07-10T16:49:00.001+05:302010-07-10T18:10:51.477+05:30Perspectives of Nation BuildingFor last couple of weeks… I was caught up in much of a debate with my fellow mates at <a href="http://www.bhumi.in/">BHUMI</a> and few others who knew about <a href="http://www.freedomunderconstruction.com/">Freedom Under Construction</a>.<br />
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The discussions was mainly around points raised by my dearest friend <a href="http://rakesh-will-do-it.blogspot.com/">Rakesh Dubbudu</a>, An ardent RTI Activist (you read about his work in newspapers once almost every couple of months) and one of founding members of BHUMI. He raised simple and most valid questions that every citizen need to think on...Plenty of discussions already on the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/freedomunderconstruction">facebook page</a>). One question that struck me was…<br />
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<b>Why are we doing things that Govt. is supposed to do? </b><br />
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Here is my attempt NOT to answer the question… but just wish to express my thoughts on them...<br />
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Are we supposed to do them? Govt. is supposed to do in first place; we need to remind the responsible authority and get things done. NGO’s just do all the work that Govt. is supposed to do… (NGO’s I mean all those emphatic people who take up activities feeling sorry about the situation)<br />
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The questions were very appropriate and sound logical to me… and so I dwelled on question, why do NGO’s and an altogether a parallel framework exist? Is there really a need for us (citizens) to take up activities that Govt. is supposed to do but not doing?<br />
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The viewpoints though looked contradictory; both converge at one thing -<b> “Call for action!”</b>.<br />
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They seemed to be just different schools of thought<br />
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<li>Some take up protest, show the authority elected what they need to do and get things done. </li>
<li>Some work on them as much as they can without any direct protest… but taking as little help they can get from people who are supposed to do. </li>
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Both feel it’s their responsibility as citizen to do something and at the end they do it.<br />
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Is it a debate to find out which action is right or wrong, which way will get you sustainable results/ which one will quick results… I feel it is inappropriate. Everybody is contributing <u>whatever they feel is best</u> and <u>in the right spirit</u>, and every effort is needed. Right or wrong is just a perspective relative to the reference of time & circumstances axis. People view it from different coordinates and so have different perspective images. :)<br />
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Looking through our past, our freedom struggle… is it Gandhi’s non-violence movement that brought us freedom or is it activism of Azad and Bose… it’s difficult to say, and it’s even difficult to measure. Definitely a combination of every effort put in various forms for about 100 years resulted in freedom from British.<br />
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If you find a robber in your home… What should you do? Call police/ fight yourself / Shout for help/ leave him to rob (else he will harm you) and take action later? I can’t say… but I am sure... you will do whatever you feel appropriate at that point of time. That's it all about.<br />
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I feel it’s not worth to discuss which way is right… It like asking which cell in your body is keeping you alive? Cells take birth, do the duty they are supposed to do and die, and new cells take birth… they evolve and that’s how they made you man from a monkey. That was a result of each cell’s feeling to evolve as something better. The question, “which is better, monkey or man?” can again attract different perspectives and debate… fact is that they co-exist. Every cell wants to evolve to better, so do every human, and that’s how a nation is formed.<br />
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The most appreciative thing in both kinds of people is they were the people who wanted to TAKE ACTION in whatever way seemed appropriate to them. And that’s what makes the difference!Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-50246177252237695942010-07-04T14:39:00.000+05:302012-07-10T23:15:09.065+05:30Jis mahobat mein nafrath nahi hotiJis mahobat mein nafrath nahi hoti, us pyar mein kya maza ...<br />Jis raah mein rukhawat nahi hoti, uspe chalne ka kya maza ...<br /><br />(extended by Ravi Balgi)<br />woh manzill hi kya, joh nazarane see mil jaayein<br />woh kashtee hi kya , joh khamosh samandar mein raj karein<br />andaaz ho toh ho us parwane jaisaa, <br />joh shamaa ki raaah chal, khudeeko jalaa detaa hain...Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-83297342580536655282010-06-22T18:12:00.002+05:302012-03-03T23:58:29.682+05:30My Childhood LoveI go to bed with her every night!<br />
And sometimes when the sun’s shining all bright!<br />
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She teases me, by trying to clasp …<br />
Every time I have to work whole night!<br />
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Teases again when I am obsessed with her<br />
Moving away like the mirage in a desert!<br />
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She used to come along in every class,<br />
And played the game of hide and seek<br />
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After a hard day, I reach home from the work,<br />
She quickly embraces me and relieves all the stress.<br />
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She does not leave me a single day,<br />
And I cannot live without her.<br />
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I know she loves me the most,<br />
And I love her more than anyone on earth!<br />
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My girlfriend envies her, but loves her more than I do,<br />
for she too cannot leave without the "Sleep"<br />
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I was inspired to write this when <a href="http://coevolvewithkiran.wordpress.com/">Kiran</a> asked a question of FB - "What is your relationship with Sleep?"Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-19903761613898922152010-02-09T21:23:00.000+05:302012-03-03T23:59:59.903+05:30My Attempt to Translate: Dil to bachcha hai ji (ISHQIYA)<div>
Dil to bachcha hai ji is a wonderful song from the movie ISHQIA... Lyrics penned by Gulzar ... brought into life with the music of Vishal Bharadwaj through the voice of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"></span></div>
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It was my frnd who wanted to understand the song.. and i am trying to translate it... few of the words and meanings are borrowed.. but its my perception of the song...</div>
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if you have some other words please help to translate better...</div>
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my urdu is not very good... but here is my attempt...</div>
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<i><b>Aisi uljhi nazar unse hatt ti nahi</b></i></div>
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These knotty eyes does not stop staring at her...<br />
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<i><b>Daant se reshmi dor katt ti nahi</b></i></div>
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Teeth are not able to cut the silk thread...</div>
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<i><b>Umar kab ki baras ke safaid ho gayi</b></i></div>
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Age long ago got whitened... {contributed by reader:see comments below}</div>
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<i><b>Kaari badari jawani ki chatt ti nahi</b></i></div>
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but the dark clouds of youth are not fading away...</div>
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<i><b>Walla ye dhadkan bhadne lagi hai</b></i></div>
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Walla {exclamation}... these heart beats are raising...</div>
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<i><b>Chehre ki rangat.... udne lagi hai</b></i></div>
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The charm on the face... is fading away...</div>
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<i><b>Darr lagta hai tanha sone mein ji</b></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">I feel afraid of sleeping alone..</span></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span><b>Dil to bachcha hai ji </b></i></div>
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<i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">The Heart is still a kid...</span></b></i></div>
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<i>Dil to bachcha hai ji</i><br />
<i><b>Thoda kaccha hai ji</b></i></div>
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It is still little unripe...</div>
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<i><b>Haan dil to baccha hai ji</b></i></div>
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Yeah.. The Heart is still a kid...</div>
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<i>Aisi ulji nazar unse hatt ti nahi<br />Daant se reshmi dor katt ti nahi<br />Umar kab ki baras ke safaid ho gayi<br />Kaari badari jawani ki chatt ti nahi<br />Raaa ra raraara rara... </i><i>Raaa ra raraara rara...</i><br />
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<i><b>Kisko pata tha pahlu mein rakha.... </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><b>Dil aisa baaji bhi hoga</b></span></i></div>
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who knew that.... on this side of mine... heart can also be so playful/naughty...<br />
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<i><b>Hum to hamesha samajhte the koi... Hum jaisa haaji hi hoga</b></i></div>
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I always used to think... it would be good.. as someone like me..</div>
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<i><b>Hai zor karein, kitna shor karein</b></i></div>
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its causes stress.... it makes noise...</div>
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<i><b>Bewaja baatein pe ainwe gaur karein</b></i></div>
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with out any reason... it ponders over various things...</div>
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<i><b>Dilsa koi kameena nahi</b></i></div>
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There isn't anyone as wicked as heart..</div>
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<i><b>Koi to rokey, koi to tokey</b></i></div>
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someone please stop (it)... someone please intervene...<br />
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<i><b>Iss umar mein ab khaogey dhokhe</b></i></div>
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At this age.. (you) will get deceived (by it)...</div>
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<i><b>Darr lagta hai ishq karne mein ji</b></i></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Am afraid of falling in love...</span></i></div>
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Dil to bachcha hai ji (The Heart is still a kid...)<br />
Dil to bachcha hai ji (The Heart is still a kid...)<br />
Thoda kaccha hai ji (Its still little unripe...)</div>
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Haan dil to baccha hai ji (Yeah.. The Heart is still a kid...)<br />
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<i><b>Aisi udhaasi baithi hai dil pe</b></i></div>
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this kind of gloominess has covered the heart...</div>
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<i><b>Hassne se ghabra rahe hain</b></i></div>
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its frighten to laugh....</div>
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<i><b>Saari jawani katra ke kaati</b></i></div>
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The whole youth... (I) kept away from it (love)</div>
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<i><b>Piri mein takra gaye hain</b></i></div>
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(I) collided with it at this age...<br />
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<i><b>Dil dhadakta hai to aise lagta hai woh...</b></i><br />
When the heart beats... it feels like... /she</div>
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<b>Aa raha hai yahin dekhta hi na woh...</b></div>
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(she) is coming here looking at me... /she</div>
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<b>Prem ki maarein..... kataar re....</b></div>
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(she) is biting me... with the love...</div>
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<i><b>Taubah ye lamhe... katt te nahi kyun...</b></i></div>
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Repenting that these moments... why dont pass away</div>
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<b>Aankhein se meri... hatt te nahi kyun....</b></div>
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From my eyes... Why dont they fade away...</div>
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<b>Darr lagta hai Kudhse kehne mein ji</b></div>
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Am afraid to say to myself...</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Dil to bachcha hai ji (The Heart is still a kid...)</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Dil to bachcha hai ji (The Heart is still a kid...)</span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Thoda kaccha hai ji (Its still little unripe...)</span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Haan dil to baccha hai ji (Yeah.. The Heart is still a kid...)</span></b></div>
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Two years ago on this day i wrote a post "<a href="http://virtualscientist.blogspot.com/2006/12/fight-against-aids.html">Fight Against AIDS</a>" as an attempt for spreading awareness. I sent it out as a mailer, and was most happy when 2 months later I received the same mailer forwarded by one of my friend.<br />
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Here i am today to just with the thought of what actually causes AIDS...<br />
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I did not get answers, but more questions came to mind... is it really the virus that causes AIDS? or is it our personality that spreads AIDS? If we look at evolution, The virus was just created for what it was meant to do... and it is doing its duty.<br />
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Though there are several technical reasons on how the virus spreads and a campaign is on, for creating awareness, what i realized is, they are mostly the emotions and attitudes that cause the spread of HIV, and there is a need for awareness campaign on emotions and attitudes that spread it...<br />
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I just listed a few I got to my mind, please comment on to add more.<br />
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<li><b><i>Instant Gratification:</i></b> Most of the times this is the reason which makes us weak in the moment, and closes our thinking capability for seeking Instant Gratification.</li>
<li><b><i>Making Assumptions:</i></b> The attitude of assuming that someone or something would not be carrying the virus is making an "Ass of U". Here I don't mean to say be cynical of everything, it just being careful. Precaution doesn't mean lack of trust, its just being cautious.</li>
<li><b><i>Impatience:</i> </b>It just asks for protection! <i><span style="color: red;">If we don't have time to protect ourselves, we would not have time to live.</span></i> :)</li>
<li><i><b>Overconfidence:</b><span style="font-style: normal;"> Confidence that you will not get infected just gets you "Over!" and Murphy's law are always active.</span></i></li>
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Again the mantra to be safe is very simple "Be Consious" . As an optimist, i feel the virus was born to make us stronger, to increase our will power to "Control our Emotions"!<br />
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So.. lets start spreading the awareness on these factors, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://virtualscientist.blogspot.com/2009/12/emotional-factors-that-spread-aids.html">Share on Facebook</a><br />
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Please help me adding more emotions that cause the spread..<br />
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References:<br />
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Previous Post: <a href="http://virtualscientist.blogspot.com/2006/12/fight-against-aids.html">http://virtualscientist.blogspot.com/2006/12/fight-against-aids.html</a><br />
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Wiki on AIDS: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS</a><br />
</div>Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-10850674207981026582009-11-23T08:55:00.000+05:302012-03-04T00:00:53.123+05:30Ittefaqittefaq se pyaar nahi hota,<br />
na ittefaq se hoti hai koi mulaquaat.<br />
bakht ho ya badnaseeb,<br />
taqdeer kabhi ittefaq se nahi badal jaati,<br />
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humey jo ittefaq lagta hai,<br />
wo bas khuda ki tarkeeb hoti hai.Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-58284920111878495632009-11-12T00:42:00.008+05:302009-11-15T10:54:41.769+05:30Journey of 9 MonthsAfter the resolve to write my blog regularly, here I am… with my first post on "my pursuit of happiness"<br />
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About 9 months ago I made the decision to move out of placements looking at the recession, which came as an omen, not to put 'corporate job for one year' even as an option.<br />
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The omen goes like this…<br />
The placements at NITIE that usually took 3 days showed no signs of settlement even after 30 days. The 100% placement record since inception seamed to break with our batch. The two Business Plan contests I won just preceding the placement season augmented to my bank balance, providing seed capital for 8 months sustainance. Mujeeb (President, <a href="http://www.bhumi.in/">BHUMI</a>) had come to mumbai and the 2 year old plan to set up "Lazeez" for bhumi's sustainability moved out of shelves. Dad seamed very supportive and wanted me to find a job in Hyderabad! and that’s it :)<br />
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I got my 'internship at BHUMI' letters ready… and I moved to hyderabad without informing our Placement Dean.<br />
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Frankly I came down to Hyderabad with no concrete plan... All i had was about 50k in my bank account, 6 ideas fully evaluated and thought given, and one almost sick registered partnership firm. With lots of excitement and energy, i started working on 4 of them together... most of them on ground evaluation kind of... I wasn't even sure of which idea will work on ground, what i really want to do.. and where am i going to get funds from.. absolutely nothing....<br />
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As the beginners luck started appearing, within a month i found many leads, each lending their helping hand. Got lots of projects to work on, and lots of new ideas flowing in, and showing new opportunities almost every day. But slowly things settled... I was stretching myself very thin on my energy taking up everything on my way. I spent almost 6 months working on everything i was excited about and everything i loved doing.. what i gained everyday was a new learning.... I wish to share a few of them.<br />
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<li>First, I realised No idea is bad, we need to constantly make it appropriate to target customers. Even the goods carrier owner makes more than a software engineer of one year exp. </li>
<li>Ideas are likely to fail, and new ideas will come day in and day out (bcoz its integral part of your thought process), we just need to make choices(right or wrong doesn't matter) and persist. </li>
<li>Most important thing what I leant is dealing with ambiguity, working in most uncertain situations where you don't even know how to go about. I now find it very easy to look beyond any problem and try to figure out solutions, rather then get boggled down with challenges. </li>
<li>Also… I may sound pessimistic but its that we can only work on one thought with complete heart for it… rest all the multi tasking works can only be task driven.</li>
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Now after 9 months, my thoughts have almost settled.. I am back with a team of 7 (6 working fulltime) and a new office… working on the product idea that I was holding for 18 months and 3 different teams failing to pull it off…. and looking forward to spend 2 years in the learning journey even before wanting to see success.<br />
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The best thing about all the 9 months is I am happy doing what i wanted to do, than regret of not doing something I knew i wanted to.<br />
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Enthusiastically waiting to see what life as in store for me?<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Thank you everyone for the wonderful support.</span><br />
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I would like to make a special mention of few souls that have inspired and influenced me, Prof. Prasad, Harish Reddy, Mujeeb, Kadambini and my team mates Sreenivas & Chandu also Sandeep Reddy and Danny.<br />
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I have a long list of people whom I wish to extend my gratitude:<br />
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<li>My Mom & Dad, and my brother.</li>
<li>BHUMI gang for giving me constant energy ( Papiya Bannerjee, Shilpa, Purushottam, Arun, Ashwin, Pallavi, Abhay, Rakesh, Bharath, Mohd Ali, Rahul, Sravanthi, Joanna, Swathy, Mahesh, Sam) - I dare not miss any name - bug me if u are not here.</li>
<li>My NITIE frnds Vikram Malladi, Sudeep Macha, Pavan Pandrangi, Aditya, Venkat, Dola, Sandeep, Vikas, Naveen Durgam, Vinod Durge.</li>
<li>My Mentors Karon Shaiva, Gautam Nayapati, Kavita Gulati.</li>
<li>Lots of others truly inspiring people Ranga Prasad, Yashwant,Kanti, Lakshimikant, Lalitha, Tejaswi, Divya, Gitanjali, Bharath Nimmala, My Cousin Mahesh…</li>
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I know this list is Never ending :) I ll keep updating this… Break for now!<br />Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-19109179443203021582009-04-20T23:01:00.000+05:302012-03-04T00:04:13.544+05:30Aarzoo to badey hi, dil mey liye baitha tha...Aarzoo to badey hi, dil mey liye baitha tha, <br />
Zindagi aap ke saath bitaane ki tamanna liye baitha tha,<br />
Jeewan ki is raah mey, aap ke saath ki guzarish thi.<br />
Jab yea pata bhi tha ki, hum, aapko quabool hi na the.<br />
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Naa jane kyon har lamha yaad karta tha tumhey,<br />
Aap ke saath betaayi hui har pal nazar aati thi humey,<br />
laakh koshish ki, phir bhi bhula na paaya tumhe,<br />
Jab yea pata bhi tha ki, hum, aapko quabool hi na the.<br />
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Shaq to koi nahi ki jigar me bhara, pyaar hi tha,<br />
Kisi ne kaaha, dil mey bhara pyaar chahare par dikh jaata hai,<br />
Nazar naa aaye to, kaat ke bhi dikha dete hum.<br />
Par kya kare aap ney, sar uthake humey dekha tak nahi.<br />
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Pata tha ki, aap ko, hum quabool hi na the,<br />
Phir bhi aap se milne ki tamanna badi dil mey thi,<br />
Chahat thi bas milke baat karne ki,<br />
Kuch lamhe aap ke saath bitaane ki.<br />
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Naa jaane phir kab mulaaquat hogi, <br />
Hogi bhi to, waqt bahut aage nikal chuki hogi.<br />
Tab naa mujhme kuch kahne ki himmat hogi<br />
Aur na tumhe kuch sunaney ki ijaazat.<br />
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Zindagi ka ye khel dekho, aapko bhulaane hi nahi deta,<br />
Jab bhi hum koshish kare, ek umid ka kissa dikha deta, <br />
Khuda se poocha to bas usne chuppi pesh ki.<br />
woh kya karega bechara jab aap ki marzi hi na thi.<br />
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Afsos nahi ki aap ko humse pyaar na tha, <br />
Is mulaaquaat ko ittefaaq samajh lete hum.<br />
Aap ki yaado mey zindagi bita detey hum.<br />
Hasrat to is baat ka hai.. Ki aap ne in lafzo ko kahne ka mouka hi na diya.Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-4197656312331925262008-03-21T22:55:00.000+05:302012-03-04T00:02:30.711+05:30Holi bas rangoon kaa tyovhaar nahi hotaHoli bas rangoon kaa tyovhaar nahi hota, jazbaat miley hoti un rangoon mey<br />
Holi sirf rangoon kaa milan nahi hota, khushiya mili hoti hai un rangoon mey<br />
rang, bhang aur pichkaari to sab bahaana hai,<br />
dosti kaa ehsaas dilaane ka zariya hai.<br />
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Rang, bhang aur pichkaari to sab bahaana hai, Holi to...<br />
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dost banaaney ke liye hoti hai, dosti badhaney ki liye hoti hai...<br />
ladki ko rang laagaane ke liye hoti hai, bhang ko chadhaane ke liye hoti hai...<br />
nukkad pey naachne ke liye hoti hai, paani me bheegne ke liye hoti hai...<br />
dubaara bachpan yaad dilaane ke liye hoti hai, masti bhare paloon ko laane ke liye hoti hai...<br />
cinema ke geet banaane ke liye hoti hai, box office par chhaane ke liye hoti hai..<br />
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khushiya baatne ke liye hoti hai, pyaar badhaane ke liye hoti hai...<br />
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hai to holi bas ek bahaana... un beeti hui lamho ko yaad dilaane ke liye...<br />
hai woh pal tera intazaar mujhe... raah dekhunga rang mai haato me liye...Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-54808653066693354842007-06-02T01:15:00.000+05:302012-03-04T00:11:20.827+05:30Beekaraar hota hai ye dilThis was written as my feeling before i left for mumbai to meet new frnds at NITIE...<br />
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naa kisi ko hai dekha.. na kisi se mulaaqaat hui...<br />
phir bhi milney ke liye bekaraar hai ye dil...<br />
naajaane kaise dost hoonge, naajaane kaise log hoonge...<br />
bas tu hoga khushnaseeb, kehta hai ye dil..<br />
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ek taraf maa baapu se bichadne nee kaa gham...<br />
doosri taraf naye jagah rah paane kaa darr...<br />
nayee raaste hoonge, nayi galiya hoongi...<br />
kisi ko pata nahi, koun kahaa ghoom jaayega...<br />
phirbhi naye dooston se milne ke liye, beekaraar hota hai ye dil...<br />
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ghar ka achar naa hoga, naa hoga maa ke haath ka daal chaval..<br />
purane dost na honge, naahi caahne waali ladki hogi..<br />
naa hoongi ye galiya, na is sheher ki gardi..<br />
naa koi dhobi hoga... naa ghar ka aaraam hoga<br />
phirbhi naye dooston se milne ke liye, beekaraar hota hai ye dil...<br />
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kya pata kis liye ye dil bekaaraar hone lagta hai...<br />
bas pata chala.. doostoon ke sang.....<br />
mitti se bhi, khushbu aane lagti hai...<br />
sama ke bina, andhera mitney lagta hai..<br />
dhoop me bhi, thandak mahsoos hone lagta hai... aur<br />
dawai ke bina, tabiyat theek honey lagti hai...<br />
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kuch aane wale palonko yaad karte hi, jannat ka ehsaas hone lagta hai...<br />
har ek din beet jaane par, dil bekaraar hone lagta hai...<br />
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kaho isey dosti ki ahmiyaat... yaa kaho, khudaa ka chamatkaar...<br />
bas mai jaanu, ki nayee dostoon se milne ke liye bekaraar hai ye dil...Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31255360.post-77411906476627749582007-05-22T21:53:00.000+05:302012-03-04T00:10:19.282+05:30Duaoon se banti hai kismatKisi ne kaha.. duaoon se banti hai kismat humaari.<br />
Aap ki dua hoo to.. khudaa apni haaton se banaayega kismat hamaari<br />
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my works, came up while i was chatting with my senior, Sandeep Pratap, who helped me a lot to get admission into NITIE. He wished me all the very best.. :)Paresh Masadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139827561778786355noreply@blogger.com1