10 Reasons WHY STARTUPS FAIL

1.They run out of money. They are too optimistic about when their product is going to be accepted by the market
2.Founders don’t have complete faith in each other. They fight instead of delegating, trusting and verifying
3.CEO hires weak team members. Strong CEOs sometimes try to carry everyone with them
4.They want to do too much. A successful startup finds a narrow niche that they can dominate and then expands
5.They go after too small a market
6.They don’t charge enough from their customers to survive.They often think their mentors/investors are their customers, and think that a nice sale is all they need
7.They hire too many people up front
8.They get unlucky. Competitors, new technologies, et al
9.They don’t work hard enough or fast enough or smart enough. All those little decisions add up to an outcome.
10.They don’t take enough risks.Some startups think they should operate like big firms. They can never beat MS or Google at their own game. They should get creative and do things differently, even at the risk of embarrassment

The Year Ahead

Finally the day came. I am into my final year. The most enjoyable moments, funniest, heart breaking events, happiness and sorrows, success and failures all happen in this period.
But i hope the final year for me is not going to be as easy or enjoyable as everyone says or experienced. The things i need to set right are more starting from,

1.To get a good job in a reputed company with a good pay.
Companies start to visit my campus from next week. Need to prepare a lot and match my profile more to that of company's requirement.

2.To prepare for GATE and other competitive exams.
I have year's experience in GATE. Having plans to attempt GRE/CAT. So need to start from the basics of each. Hardly left with 4 months time. need to memorise new words it's meanings and their etymologies.

3.Get done with the project i have chosen.
The project i have chosen is more related with the aerospace domain. So need to study it and then apply my ideas. If possible i should try to build a working model for the same.

4.Start up a small mobile servicing company.
Have few ideas in my mind that need to be implemented before it gets evaporated from my mind. I am Searching for people with good programming background(writing for mobile applications).

5.To learn more bout Stocks and shares.
Stocks and share market have always fascinated me. Every time i read the basics of it, I learn something new. I am reading the basics alone for a months time.(I am happy that my predictions on the values have never failed so far.)

6.Improve my vocabulary.
I don't know when i developed this slackness. If i am right the last time i sat with Norman Lewis book was in the era when America had a White President.

7.I should get out of the attitude that i am not successful.
Last academic year 2008-2009 was not so good for me.Right from my academics to the events and many i wasn't successful.That made me to think,"What happened to me.Why i am not able to do well? Whats lacking in me. Why i was unable to do well? What happened to all my intelligence and skills that i developed so far? when did all get eroded from my brain?"

With all the above works i need to enjoy with my friends, go out for a movie, and many more. Lets see how far i am successful with my academics and life in this year 2009-2010.

Once in a Blue Moon..

I hope you need to have lots of luck, Grace of God, to sit behind a good looking girl in a bus.. But sad fact is that, Good girls are always accompanied by boys..
I too had a chance of sitting behind a girl in a bus with her friend(i pray) yesterday when i was travelling from Tambram to Velacherry.. I didn't even miss a second observing them, and hearing thier conversation.. I would just like to summarize what they spoke.. Here's what happened..
Boy(B): i'll take the tickets.. You need not open your purse..
GIRL(G): okay da..
B: two tickets to velachery
G: Its so sultry.. You should have taken me by AC bus da..
B: fine.. I'll do next time..
G: hey take the Pepsi can out..
B: Ya.. here's it..
(by this time, he got his hand over the girl's hand)
G: hmmm.. Have lots of work to do once i reach home..
B: may i help you with that.. Hey my mom doesn't knows you.. Shut up..
B: whats it.. You could introduce me to her as your boy friend
G: what!??
B: no as your friend.. As a class mate of yours
G: hey.. I give you freedom.. But not the freedom to enter my home!
B: (gets angry..)
G: hey sweety.. I'm sorry da.. Do not mistake me..
B: starts to rub her hands again..
G: (tring tring) hello ma.. Yeah comin there.. Will be in 5 mins.. Whats up for lunch..
G: ah same good old dish again.. Is Bhayyia there in home?
G: Oh.. No no.. I'll come home.. I'm not sure, when bus will come there.. He need not wait for me.. Okay ma see you at home..

But by then, i need to get down as i reached the destination..

Indian Univ rank low in Asian Top 200

China and Hong Kong are beating us hollow not just in GDP numbers but even in Higher Educations. Shockingly none of the Indian Institutes neither our blue chip IITs nor state universities holding presidency status figure into top 10. The University Rankings were based on parameters like academic peer review, student to faculty ratio, papers published and proportion of International Students.

Five of seven IITs and the state varsities of Delhi and Pune were in top 100, with the latter scrapping through at 100. The University of Calcutta was ranked 110. The only happy news is that IITB stands at a proud number 10.

Despite the positions, its not fair to compare a 50 year old institution like IITs with a 120 year old universities like Tokyo Institute of Technology!

Flush with Cash

I read this in a leading newspaper in the city.. A separate column to showcase the most funniest, silliest, sign one has encountered on Indian Roads..

The below is a board seen at one of Sikkim's tourist spots..

Pay & use toilet

Long - Rs 2/-
Short - Rs 1/-

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~TOILET~
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The go more, pay more basics

Thorannai - A crown to Tamil Cinema Industry

After seven months time, i stepped my foot into theatre.. This is the first time i'm out with my brother to theatre.. Without much difficulty and sweat we managed to get the tickets(first day first show!) the tickets were numbered as 26 and 27.. My brother was very curious and asked, we stepped in first but tickets had some number in it.. He enquired that to a ticket checker, is that the seat number or the total number of tickets sold so far? He replied in a vexed tone, hey including the guy next to you, the total number of people in this theatre is 12!
We were shocked..

The film casts include, 'Puratchi Thalapathi, Vishal' glamour queen sizzling Shreya, Prakash Raj, comedian Santhanam and many..
I would even say that,this is not a Vishal film.. This may be attributed as mark of success of 75 years of Tamil Industry..
Right from the hero introduction to climax, you could see styles of all heroes seen by this industry.. The list below includes the heroes that were enacted by Vishal and the places those occurred..

1.Vijay type Intro
2.Vikram dialogue in film Gemini as climax.. Give us a chance to live Good! Its better to forgive criminals when they are ready to be good rather than killing(Vikram says this dialogue when news Commissioner takes incharge)
3.Mocking Kamal Hasan.. A scene where one of the comedian says, dasavatharam la kamal 10 get ups da.. But to correct this figure i tried 11 get ups..
4.Selling a Scooty pep to heroine, saying, this scooty was used by Rajini in film BABA(telugu baba).
5. Varanam Aayiram Surya, playing with guitar in a song which is very close to that of a song in surya's film..
6.Padikathavan Dhanush dialogue.. Hero says heroine that you will propose to me within 24 hrs..
7.Vijaykanth type of fight.. Hero is always on air..(do not mistake that hero is so popular, he is on air here means, he didn't even keep his foot on ground)

what i've listed is just few..So this might be regarded as a tribute to Tamil Cinema. Hats off to director for bringing all heroes in one single screen

Indian Railways..

Many a times I've been to Chennai by train.. But this is the first time i travel amidst of huge crowd.. Uhhh.. Even in the end of vacation i see trains so crowded.. I remember studying a principle in my chemistry book, which states, electrons try to occupy free spaces or occupy shells of least energy something like that( i got 197 in this paper in my board exams.. Hmmm need to work on my memory..).. So do People try to occupy every corner!
I agree Pauli as great scientist, for a fact that, he said no two electrons can have same l,m and n values(shell values).. But here two or even three people occupy a single seat! If he hadn't mentioned the word electron and stated that in general, then i would disprove his theory and would have won a nobel prize! Just miss! :-(

This stupid Railway department would not provide any additional trains during vacation days but love to have a golden feather in its hat stating, ours is the one among largest networks in world!

I thought Dr.Manmohan Singh as one of very few intelligent PM India has ever seen.. But after giving Railway minister post to Mayawathi, i was shocked.. What background does she possess to get it and to be more straight, demand it! And this is her first package.. "Those who have their salary below Rs.500 are eligible to get railway pass for Rs.20.." now who in this country get a salary below Rs.500 and even if one gets, for what hell will he be travelling in train.. Silly government and silly packages..

I pray God that, some intelligent people get into Govt and change existing policies..

The reason behind all these decline is being RIGID.. Rigidity in old policies is the sole reason.. Govt should frame policies adapting present needs and demands..

~voice of an Indian Citizen