My First Step Towards Success

I started to write a book. I wrote a little bit about life and showed it to my teacher. He appreciated me. One day my mother caught me and reprimanded in writing. I stopped writing. After 10^th exam I was waiting for my result. I was totally free because I did not have any work. So I started writing again, but I could not finish. When I was in 10+2 an incident occurred with me. I was very inspired by the incident. Now there's something I wanted to show the world. My thinking and dream has grown. I started desiring to be the world's richest man. I wanted to tell people about the incident. My futile attempt of writing started again.  During BBA I tried many times but failed every time. After BBA, I went home and began to wait for the results. One day I was walking on the roof when I saw one of my neighbors walking on his roof. We knew each other well. We started to converse. During the conversation, he expressed his interest in knowing about my previous story. I told him my story. After telling the story, I felt quite proud of myself. I wanted to share my story with the world. So I started writing again and wrote three diaries. I wrote three different stories in those three diaries. One fine day, for certain reasons I burned those three diaries. In 2013, I took admission in a college of greater Noida for PGDM. This time I did not want to fail in any way. I was more excited than before and wanted to get my book published as soon as possible. So during my PGDM I started to write again.  Teachers and all my friends knew about the book. Whenever anyone asked about my book, I became anxious to complete it. I tried to get it published in very less time but it took some times. 

Stop burdening your child

The season of exams is here and with it, stress among school children.In most cases, it is brought on by the negative attitude of parents. Rather than setting expectations of performance levels in accordance with our children's ability, we slap umpteen conditions on them. You have to be number one, your score in every subject must be more than 90%, you must leave the neighbor's son behind, and so on. We naturally expect them to keep studying day and night. 

How can everyone be number one? One may not able to score above 90% in every subject as everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses. Every child is different-one may be good at sports and the other at academics. If we really want to help them, we should chalk out better ways to help them perform better instead of wasting all our energy on egging them on to do better.    

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Something you must read

Overlook the emptiness that surrounds you at times as it's not here to stay forever. Nurture yourself, cherish your qualities, and be self motivating which would gradually make you a happier person and a self-content being. To be complete in yourself makes you not just fulfilling and adorable but entitles you to give shade to others too. 

There is nothing better than rowing towards your aim with a peaceful mind and a blissful partner. A  perfect partnership is one where nothing falls short when you are together. Don't waver at the ripples that indicate a large wave, instead face the pool of challenges that the world throws at you by holding on to each other. When blessed with a lifelong companionship, don't crib about the ones that didn't work. They are anyways not here to stay forever. 

Motivational Thought continue........

At times, it's a tough ride. You realize the heat, the exhaustion and the long journey that's yet to be accomplished. There is no way back and even if there is, it's not what you started for. So why not visualize in your mind the significance of the victory once you cross the hurdles and win over this forlorn trip. While the heat of the challenge tests your patience, shower over it the passion of perseverance. 

Life is a shade of many colors, some might be bright while some may make you feel grey at times. Together they fill the picture with colors and help you take your flight towards your goal with an inspiring backdrop of vibrant shades. if you choose to look at the grey, you will probably miss out the bright color standing just next to it. So, pick the ones that make you smile and let the others fed out from your mind. 

Motivational Thought

The ever-flowing and gushing wind teaches you to be everything but stagnant. It takes a definite direction and carries with it the fragrance of everything it touches only to spread the joy further. Though you are not entitled to decide on the course it takes, you can definitely adjust the sails and redirect the energy on the right path. 

Every challenge comes with a level of excitement and nervousness. If during an upward climb in your career or in your life, you feel edginess encasing your mind, try to look a bit ahead to feel the joy of achieving your goal. Keep moving and realize the distance getting shorter for the dream which you always wanted to achieve. For what you do today will pay off sooner or later.

It flies higher and higher with a little motivation in the form of heated air. And once it's there, it fills the sky with colors and enthrallment by swaying randomly and beautifully. Achievements takes you to a height apart, leaving you alone with your success. At that point what really matters is how you fill the space and enjoy yourself in a way that inspires others. Go on, keep moving and keep surprising those who look up to you. 

  

Do you know why we live for 80 years

On the first day, God created the dog and said:

‘Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.’

The dog said: ‘That’s a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I’ll give you back the other ten?’

So God agreed.

On the second day, God created the monkey and said:

‘Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I’ll give you a twenty-year life span.’

The monkey said: ‘Monkey tricks for twenty years? That’s a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the Dog did?’

And God agreed.

On the third day, God created the cow and said:

‘You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer’s family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years.’

The cow said: ‘That’s kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I’ll give back the other forty?’

And God agreed again.

On the fourth day, God created man and said:

‘Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I’ll give you twenty years.’

But man said: ‘Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten 

the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?’

‘Okay,’ said God, ‘You asked for it.’

So that is why for our first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

What are common interview questions?

Q. 1 What are common interview questions? Interviews enable prospective employers to gather more information about applicants and build upon questions already put in application forms; they are also for prospective employers to check that what has been written in CVs and application forms is real. To anticipate what form the questions might take, put yourself in the role of the employer and consider what you would like to know.Questions are likely to cover: ·educational achievements ·work experience

·personal skills, such as leadership,    teamwork ·personal goals ·understanding of the role ·strengths ·Weaknesses  They might be put as:- ·What made you decide to study at    university x? ·What did you find challenging about  working as an x? ·Give us an example of how you worked  effectively in a team. ·Where do you see yourself in five years'  time? ·What would you bring to the role of x? ·Tell us about your proudest achievement. ·Do you envisage any difficulties in  carrying out this role? Don't assume that the interviewer has read your application carefully (there may have been many). Prepare your responses as if the interviewer knows little about you, but be prepared to justify anything you have put in your application. Q.2 How do I answer challenging interview questions? Challenging questions are sometimes used to find out how you react under pressure. Any question can be challenging if you have not prepared for it so it's important to: ·prepare well for anticipated questions; ·admit you don't know the answer, rather than waffle or lie; ·provide balanced responses if the question seeks your views; ·give practical examples to illustrate your answer; ·Be honest and avoid responding with something you think the interviewer might want to hear as you could get it wrong. Q.3 What questions should I ask the interviewer? Asking questions shows you are interested in the job and it's a good idea to have two or three prepared in advance. For example: ·What kind of further training would be provided? ·Does the organisation have plans to develop in…? ·What is the proposed start date for the role? If you have had all your prepared questions answered during the interview, then simply explain that and indicate you look forward to hearing the outcome.

Interview Tips

Get Ready:- Make sure your interview attire is neat, tidy and appropriate for the type of firm you are interviewing with. Bring a nice portfolio with copies of your resume. Include a pen and paper for note taking

Be On Time:- Be on time for the interview. On time means five to ten minutes early. If need be, take some time to drive to the interview location ahead of time so you know exactly where you are going and how long it will take to get there. Stay Calm:- During the job interview try to relax and stay as calm possible. Take a moment to regroup. Maintain eye contact with the interviewer. Listen to the entire question before you answer and pay attention - you will be embarrassed if you forget the question! Practice:- practice answering interview questions and practice your responses to the typical job interview questions and answers most employers ask. Think of actual examples you can use to describe your skills. Providing evidence of your successes is a great way to promote your candidacy. Show What You Know:- Try to relate what you know about the company when answering questions.  When discussing your career accomplishments match them to what the company is looking for. Dress:- The first impression you make on a potential employer can make a big difference. The first judgment an interviewer makes is going to be based on how you look and what you are wearing. That's why it's always important to dress appropriately for a job interview.

World's Best presentation tips

1. Identify the purpose of the presentation. 
2. Identify and understand the audience.
3. Assess what is the need to be addressed.

4. Prepare the content.
5. Prepare a draft of your presentation.
6. Give mocks practice as much as possible.
7. Dressed up smartly and comfortably. 

8. On the day of the presentation reach early and familiarize yourself with the venue.
9. Be calm and composed. 

10. Use your body language optimally. 

Key guidelines for college students

Listen to other people: Most people have got something useful to say about business, life but we often ignore their comments and idea and are too engrossed in our own lives and priorities. Other people's opinions offer great market research, listen and learn.

Keep your eyes and ears open: There is lot going on around you, offer ideas for better planning, greater efficiency, a new product etc. we have to be alert to our surroundings, otherwise we miss so much. True winners find opportunities- they rarely fall at your feet.

Give people a chance to talk: Not everyone is great at conversation, open them up. Ask the right questions and extract some useful feedback with just a few well chosen words and a show of interest in the other person's job.Share a conversation with others, talk less, listen more to others as well as yourself. 

Stay fresh and alert: Plan your day better but more importantly your time and use of it. Good planners get in early and leave early. you need to be more alert with a fresh mind to grab new opportunity.  

Story of Bookmyshow

Ashish Hemrajani, backpacking in South Africa in 1999, heard over the radio that tickets to a rugby match were being sold online. Once back, he quit his job at advertising firm J Walter Thompson to set up his own company. His co-founders, Parikshit Dar and Rajesh Balpande, were also on the same trip to South Africa with Hemarajani. 

They set up a company called Goforticketing, which was later renamed Indiaticketing, and in 2007 became Bookmyshow. It barely survived the dotcom meltdown, but has now become the online gateway to movies and events in the country with 90% of all online tickets. 

In the early days, Bookmyshow was far from dominant.The founders bought tickets in bulk from cinema hall owners in advance. They made losses on weekdays and profits on weekends. Almost 90% of tickets were booked on the phone and delivered at home. Bookmyshow had a website that allowed booking of tickets, charging a nominal service charge. As the end seemed near, Hemrajani, Dar and Balpande got job offers; but something made them stay put. From 2002 to 2007, they did call center work for cinema halls. Then things started to change. It started e-ticketing once again.

The re-launch started with four cities and soon spread to 350. More than 80% of multiplexes now use Bookmyshow's technology. Bookmyshow soon ventured into sports, events and plays. As the business grew, Bookmyshow needed more money. In 2014, venture capital firm Saif Partners gave Rs150 crore. 

  

5 Benefits of Coconut Water

         

Here are some amazing things coconut water can do for you.

1. Prevents Blackheads: Washing your face daily with coconut water can help you get rid of blemishes, blackheads and acne.

2. Aids in weight loss: Coconut water helps in boosting the body's metabolism. it's great for quenching thirst and makes you feel full. 

3. Hangover remedy: If you drank too much last night then coconut water is your fix, thanks to the loads of electrolytes and vitamins it contains.  

4. Beautiful Hair: Coconut water is packed with minerals and can help clear your scalp of all the dandruff and build up.

5. Cures sun tan: Apply coconut water on the affected areas. Leave on for 30 minutes and wash with cold water. Do this everyday for one week to get rid of any sun burn or sun tan.  

Startup Story- FusionCharts

FusionCharts (FC) came into being because as a teenager Pallav Nadhani, now 27, hated asking his dad for pocket money. He was all of 17 when he discovered that making excel charts interactive and fun could earn him big bucks. In 2002, Nadhani launched the first version of FC using macromedia flash that made charts interactive and he hasn’t looked back since. With 85% of Fortune 500 companies, including IBM, Coca-Cola, Cisco, Intel, Apple, and the US government as its customers, FC hasn’t felt the need to raise money from outside investors.

All the charts on LinkedIn and Google Drive are powered by this company. Its products are used in areas like business intelligence where data visualization plays a key role. FC has over 90 chart types and hopes to grow at least 20% on a year-on-year basis driven by new product launches. The company has just launched Collabion charts, which create insightful dashboards for Microsoft Sharepoint, and will be launching Oofmo next month, which brings the FC suite to Microsoft PowerPoint. “Our products are popular because they turn data into delight in minutes,” says Nadhani.

Startup India

TiE’s established ecosystem, for example, has its network of entrepreneurs mentoring aspirants. “People don’t give enough credit to the kind of mentoring that is available to entrepreneurs now,” says Deep Kalra, CEO, MakeMyTrip. “Mentoring is the most important input that a young entrepreneur can get today because it can save him a lot of effort and time and stop him from going in the wrong direction.” Kalra mentors at least one entrepreneur every week.

He believes established players like MakeMyTrip and Naukri that have been operating for over a decade have added credibility to the start-up business. And their listing was rewarding for both their investors and employees — MakeMyTrip gained 89% and Info Edge 94% on the day they were listed in August 2010 and November 2006, respectively. If MakeMyTrip’s market cap is currently $514 million, Info Edge has soared to about $670 million; and inMobi and Flipkart were being valued closer to $750 million to $1 billion based on their last round of funding.

It’s technology that lifts Indian entrepreneurs to the same playing field as their global peers. “The only difference is that the amount that gets invested in the US is significantly larger,” says DFJI’s Andra. Look at the numbers: VC investors in the US poured $32.6 billion into 3,209 venture deals in 2011. During the same time, in India, VC funds invested $935 million across 180 deals, according to VCCircle.

“The US is a more developed market so there are many opportunities. There is also a lot more entrepreneurial experience since everyone in Silicon Valley has worked in a start-up,” says Kanwal Rekhi, managing director, Inventus Capital, who works with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley as well as India. “But we have seen some innovative ideas coming from India. Certainly, Indian entrepreneurs are a lot more mature now than they were 10 years ago.” 

Startup story- Frontier Markets ( A distribution company)

It was during her stint with SKS Microfinance and Ujjivan Financial Services that Ajaita Shah discovered that, although there was demand for products in rural areas, a poor distribution network meant products never reached the people in rural areas. So the US-based Shah and co-founder Daniel Tomlinson, whom she met when he was working with rural retail and entrepreneurship company Drishtee, decided to start a rural sales and distribution company, Frontier Markets.

The aim? To bring high-quality products at very low prices to the people at the bottom of the pyramid.  The Jaipur-based company researches and tests the products before selling through agents. It started last year with solar-energy lamps, sourced from companies selling clean energy products such as Bengaluru’s Duron Energy and Mumbai’s Greenlight Planet. The company’s already covered 300 villages in Rajasthan and aims to cover the state by end-2013. “We’ll expand to Andhra Pradesh by end-December 2012 and cover five more states by 2015,” says Shah.

Something About Startups

Indian high school students wake up early on weekends to slog over textbooks at IIT coaching classes, right? Well, not all high school students. Over the next two months, 50 teens from schools in Delhi’s NCR region will spend their Sundays at a young entrepreneurs program organized by The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE), the largest global network of Indian entrepreneurs. They will learn about marketing, finance, intellectual property and business law; their ‘teachers’ will be established entrepreneurs; and there won’t be any textbooks around. Indian parents are not exactly famous for nurturing the entrepreneurial dreams of their offspring.

Their well-meaning and well-known mantra: study hard and find a good job. But young India seems to be making other plans. For every Mark Zuckerberg, Kevin Systorm or Larry Page in the US, India now has a Naveen Tewari of inMobi, Sachin Bansal of Flipkart and Dhiraj Ram of Mu Sigma. Okay, they are not exactly comparable in size but the new businessmen on the block have quickly become the poster boys for entrepreneurship. Ballsy and brazen, they are confident enough to take on global players. “Even first generation entrepreneurs without a legacy are aiming and dreaming big,” says Sateesh Andra, venture partner at VC firm Draper Fisher Jurveston India (DFJI).

 “Some of them are going after India but it’s also good to see them reaching for the global market. They are not afraid to create a product and sell it in the US, Europe or South East Asia — it could be anything from mobility to enterprise software.” Within five years of its launch, inMobi has become one of the largest independent ad networks in the world — and it has gotten there by daring to take on Google and Apple in the mobile advertising space and raising $200 million from Softbank Japan to fuel its expansion plans.

In the same five years, Flipkart has become India’s largest e-commerce company (likely revenues of Rs.2,500 crore in FY13), raising almost $150 million in its fourth round of funding at the start of this year. Is this kind of growth too aggressive?

We can debate away but there can be no denying the ingenuity of this new breed of entrepreneurs — they have built formidable businesses in a short span of time and, what’s more, they have been raking up valuations yet to be seen by brick-and-mortar companies that have been around for decades. 

So, what’s driving entrepreneurship in India like never before? First off, there’s now a thriving ecosystem of early stage investors who are scouting for good ideas. “Two years ago, it was very hard to get time with an angel [investor],” says Pranay Gupta, CEO, Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship, IIM Ahmedabad. “But entrepreneurs with a good business model or product can now choose from a line-up of angels. They can decide how much money they want and from where they want it.” 

  

That was not always the case. “There is far more risk capital available for entrepreneurs today,” agrees Sanjeev Bikhchandani, one of the earliest dotcom entrepreneurs in India and CEO of Info Edge, the company that owns Naukri.com. “They also have success stories and role models to follow. So the ecosystem is better developed than what was available when we started.” Back then, start-ups had to grapple with the lack of capital and infrastructure, and they had a tough time in recruiting talent. Now, though, not only do investors put money in pre-revenue start-ups, they are willing to help strengthen the team and sharpen the business model.

FDI in India

“The Indian market is developing very well. Now, we also have political stability. The growth will not only be double-digit but there will be premium business or 30,000-50,000 cars a year and Audi is investing in india,” Audi CEO Ruper Stader said on the sidelines of the Frankfurt Motor Show. BMW, VW and Skoda are also looking to step up their engagement with India, including greater focus on local inputs for development of vehicles and manufacturing. Mercedes Benz doubled its India assembly capacity to 20,000 units annually, also making India one of the first markets to make the GLA entry SUV outside of Germany. Suzuki Motor Corp too plans to make automobiles for Africa, the company’s next big bet, as well as for India at its upcoming factory in Hansalpur, near Ahmedabad. American aviation giant Boeing is in talks with Indian firms to manufacture parts of Apache helicopter, a day after it signed a contract with india for 15 Chinook heavy-lift and 22 attack choppers. 

A survey by Ernst & Young has seen India emerge as the most preferred investment destination with multinationals looking at the country as a manufacturing base. They are looking beyond traditional locations to set up shop in tier-two cities.

Ride-hailing app Uber is setting up its first engineering centre in India in Bengaluru to customize solutions for the local market. Uber India's product team will be the latest addition to its existing engineering outposts in San Francisco, Amsterdam, Sofia in Bulgaria, Aarhus in Denmark and Vilnius in Lithuania.

Uber is looking to hire software engineers and products managers in Bengaluru who will work closely with its on-ground operations teams and its product engineering team in San Francisco. Called the India growth product engineering team, it will be responsible for all product and engineering projects related to growing Uber's business here. “When Uber sets up engineering offices, our goal is to give the teams high impact projects and a considerable amount of autonomy. Currently we have engineering teams travelling to India and once this Bangalore team is established they will be aligning frequently, “Satish Shah, head of India recruitment at Uber, said. Uber employs over 4,000 people globally. Uber's latest ammo, to develop India-focused products, comes at a time when the ride-sharing battle is getting fierce with an anti-Uber coalition -Ola of India, Didi Kuaidi of China, Lyft of the US, and GrabTaxi of Malaysia -forming a global ride-sharing partnership under which their respective apps can be used in any of the countries in which the others operate.

Uber believes it's more than just an app. “Uber is dedicated to advancing transportation in India and we feel that an important part of that strategy means that we create a local engineering team that can focus 100% on India. The mandate of the team is to optimise Uber to better serve India and be able to serve more people across all of India,“ said Shah. The Travis Kalanick-founded company, valued at $62 billion, is betting big on India. Uber has already committed $1 billion worth of investments to India as it looks to expand its services in its biggest market outside the US.

The role of technology in start-ups

The role of technology in the mushrooming of start-ups cannot be understated. Entrepreneurs across India are leveraging technology to build products and services for both domestic and global markets. “Earlier, companies like Infosys, Wipro or TCS used technology to build solutions to solve problems in other countries,” says Gururaj ‘Desh’ Deshpande, Indian-American venture capitalist who co-chairs Barack Obama’s National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. “The next wave of companies will use talent and technology to solve problems in India.” He feels that every problem is an opportunity for a new company. “The opportunities in India are huge for people who want to be entrepreneurial,” he adds. 

India is capital scarce, and technology helps a business run more efficiently. It’s already happening — for instance, several start-ups in education and healthcare are using the cloud to deliver products and services without investing in physical infrastructure. In another example, Red Bus saw the big opportunity in the $2.5-billion bus travel market and leveraged technology to set up its online ticketing platform — the company now has over 700 bus operators on board and recently sold over a million tickets, clocking revenues of Rs.300 crore in FY12 to make it one of the most transacted sites in India.

The ability to sell online opened up a limitless opportunity for Druva, the data backup service provider. “Initially, most of our customers were from the US,” says Jaspreet Singh, CEO, Druva Software. “We realised that there was a huge market for our products, when customers in the US were willing to buy from an unknown start-up from a different part of the world. Being able to sell our products online gave us a reach that was beyond our imagination.” Druva hopes to clock revenues of over $50 million by 2014-15, around which time it may take an IPO to the market.