Sunday, December 20, 2009

CAMPUS STARTUP :The magic touch

Increasing numbers of start up are emerging from third-level incubation centres.

The halls of academia may once have been associated with dusty books and tweed-suited lecturers, but the third-level sector is building a new image for itself as a springboard for start-up companies.

In recent years, the majority of institutions have established campus ‘incubation’ centres.

These facilities are designed to foster entrepreneurship and provide a commercialisation route for research carried out at the educational institutions.

Start-up companies are typically provided with office space at a reduced rent, access to a wide range of support services and business mentoring.

Because they are located on campus, the companies can also have access to the next generation of skilled workers.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

business idea or business plan

Which one is more valuable - the business idea or the business plan?


Many of us can relate somehow - it's like the question we ask about "what came first, the egg or the chicken?" And which one is more important in the process?
In today's modern world of business & entrepreneurship, a creative mind and innovation is crucial to developing a business idea and pursuing a plan of action to make it happen. I thought to myself.... would my business idea work even if I have a weak business plan? OR, would a good business plan make a business idea <> work?
Then what comes to my rescue is the centuries old saying learning by doing. I decided to study few recent start up and tried judging them on my gut feeling and knowledge in the process i found a very interesting example of http://www.meracareerguide.com/
they started with what seems to be a common problem in India" educational conselling" and advice.
And in due process the content they developed is something to look out for as in
1.career assesment test
2.course planner
3.musings
4.career options
5.job hunt
and many more
it's definitely avery promising startup and something to learn from . It can rightly be called "ONE STOP DESTINATION FOR ALL YOUR CAREER NEED"
hats off to meracareer for creating such a promosing and effective tool to ease out the career decision maikng of students and guardian

Thursday, November 19, 2009

2 MIN Management tips....

A priest offered a Nun a lift.

She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her gown to reveal a leg.

The priest nearly had an accident.

After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg.

The nun said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'

The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again.
The nun once again said, 'Father, remember Psalm 129?'

The priest apologized 'Sorry sister but the flesh is weak.'

Arriving at the convent, the nun sighed heavily and went on her way.

On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, 'Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory.'

Moral of the story:
If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Am i WRong?

Made me ask if we know competition is what pushes us on, why do we love to get out of it. I mean most of us have been through two gruelling years (doesn't matter how much you actually studied, those were years of uncertainty and competition) to get into the colleges we are in now. And then we started discovering life for all it could be.

What developed slowly was a hard feeling towards tests and then towards people who fared well, the former seemed to stop us from having fun and the latter just proved to us that we weren't as good we thought at the only things we knew, hence the introduction of sarcasm. With time we found others who shared this opinion and we all gave each other the confidence that success in exams isn't everything.

I agree, it is not. But the reason we dropped out of the race was because we decided not to compete and get mauled. I know it is near-impossible to quantify every single activity that you do in terms of worthiness and generate a cumulative score for comparison between a me and my branch topper. No university I know does that. But even if we could do that, are we sure we have done a lot to risk putting ourselves in for comparison.

The question is why do we hide from the fact that we dropped out of the race using these mysterious other activities as an excuse with the real reason being the unwillingness to fight. I'd love to quote examples from people I know to validate my points, those who left everythign to follow their passion, those who didn't find a passion just to continue studying, as well as those who have aced both. You could bring them to prove yours. That doesn't solve the problem, which is the attitude shift from fighting it out on the pitch to settling in the audience.

How did we become losers, worse quitters? Of course, decrying the system is and shall always be cool. Should we recreate competition and performance benchmarks?

Monday, August 17, 2009

mmm..yeah its lyk...ur sitting on a beach...with ur beloved...n a wave of water stikes ur feet....n derz a candle light dinner arranged for yew....n den slowly u get cozy with d surrounding....which gradually turns a bit hot....u get over her...ur lipz start feeling herz n den d water finally decends !!

Friday, July 31, 2009

beatiful poetic message

be like d flowing river,
silent in d nite.
b not afraid of d dark.
if there r stars in d sky reflect them back.
if there r clouds in d sky ,
remember clouds ,like d flowing river,r water,
so,gladly reflect them too,
in your own tranquil depth.