Just tried TicketGoose & booking was Simple & Easy compared with already Simple, Easy & Market leader RedBUS… At last there is a competitor for redbus & it is going to be aggressive battle…
I’d give a (y) to TicketGoose… Though I didn’t have any negative experience with redBUS… I just wanted to support a competitor… Thanks for breaking a monopoly Arun Athiappan…
Wish good luck to you & your team…
Been thru it and couldn’t agree more…
When I started 14 years back I was the Scavenger, the Accountant, the Cleaner, the Accountant, the Barista etc.
Was not a comfortable feel then… Looking back feeling great and happy now :)…
Swaminathan Kasiviswanathan: How much is enough?
Anand Nataraj: It’s not a question of enough, pal. It’s a zero sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses. Money itself isn’t lost or made, it’s simply transferred from one perception to another.
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Last week got a call from my sales folks that a 13 year old CEO from Madurai wanted to meet me… Get impressed by this kids approach and immediately gave them an appointment the next day…
Since his father was busy that day, he was not in a position to make it to office… I didn’t want to disappoint the kid and went to a nice-cream shop near to his house…
He came along with his 15 year old co-founder and they gave a brief intro about them and their ataWAB.COM venture… Frankly got startled to see the way they projected, the vision and clarity they have…
I asked them to come with the expectations on me, swami & cogzidel… The next day kids came with their 14 year old co-founder and the list…
The list goes like this;
– Hosting Support
– Gadgets to review
– Infrastructure
– Mentoring
Without a moment to think we agreed to help these kids and be a part of their success…
Would be glad if you can go thru ataWAB.com and pass your feedback…
Last to First: S.Anand Nataraj, Syed, Abshiek & Swami…
Roshan & Anand
This is how we brainstormed at IBACO…
I always had flair for entrepreneurship from my childhood days… My first entrepreneurship ride started when I was 12… I use to breed fish during my school days and sell them during summer vacation…
I brought 3 big paint barrels and bread fish… Mostly I bread White Molly, Red Molly and Black Molly… Total investment came to less than Rs.30…
By the time my exams were over there were 100’s of fish on each breed… I sold a pair for Re.2 and fish plants for Re1 and ended up making around 1500 bucks which was a big money for a the investment…
The next year I started breeding Fighter(A breed known for fighting)which breeds by laying eggs Rs.10… I experimented by cross breeding fishes…
This time with lot of variety and by starting the breeding process a bit early, my revenue increased to Rs.6000/- the next year…
Finally I had to abandon this venture owing to my mothers pressure… But this was the foundation to my entrepreneurship and this experience helped me to perceive as an entrepreneur at a later stage…
Yesterday got an invite from our Thala and Roshan… They gave me a treat for my birthday and they gifted me a wonderful Sunglass…
As planned we all met at Suguna Vilas Sabha and it took some time for thala to finish his calls and join us… In the mean time had spent some time with Roshan as it has been a long time…
By the time Thala joined us it was Roshan’s time on the call… But it was really nice to get such a time with a person like thala…
It was an unpublished rag to rich story… Where a person from a village coming to Chennai… He started his business with hardware to electrical to TNHB contract to Travel Agent to Construction Business….
In every venture he was successful and every venture has lots if case study for entrepreneurs to learn…
I had to cut short the conversation as I had to come back to hospital… I need a casual meet with him for sure and need to interview him and document his case study…
I thank Roshan for facilitating a meet with Thala… And thanks to Thala for sharing his story… You are really interesting and motivating…. You have really made my day….
Also thanks you both for the Sunglass…..
We have received an excellent offer on a product which we find of immense use. iKUBE (Italian Product) offers Mobile Solar Generators which are foldable, in various capacities from 1 KW to 5 KW.
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The dealer Contura Solar have offered to supply the 3KW product (Made in Italy) at all inclusive price of Rs.4.95 lac. They are sending us one 3KW iKUBE at a very special introductory price of Rs.4.75 lac.plus 2% CST against Form C.
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One of the latest learning in my team building experience is quitting for criticism and bogging down for pressure….
Also this has happened with my top management and core team… From the beginning they were shielded from facing criticism and pressure…
Once left open to face the reality they immediately bogged down and quit without even trying…
With this hard learned lesson we now decided to put people under pressure and criticise even smallest deviation… In this method many people quirt and a handful of people stayed… Now we have a bunch of folks who could handle pressure and criticism…
Situations which needs to be addressed;
For sometime I’m looking at options and opportunities in setting up some shop either directly or a franchisee… Looking at options where investment is less and less risk… This is more to engage my dad post retirement…
Also I’m fond of entrepreneurship, trying and learning new things.
Yesterday my friend was telling me about setting up a Stationary Shop ti engage his dad or dad-in-law… He chose a Stationary Shop because he has his cousin who is already into the business for some time and knows the nuances of the trade. His cousin has also volunteered in helping in shop choice, setting the shop, introducing to dealers & vendors, guiding in customer spotting and creation…
Mostly by this week we might start with Business Plan and understand the risks and opportunities… As we did an oral planning it was low investment and low return business… But I’m thrilled as I’m entering into trade and retail…
Am very eager to prepare the business plan… Also friends if you have any subject experience or any ideas or thought please share it….
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