February 2009

A night in the life of an entrepreneur

by The Big K on February 28, 2009

An entrepreneur stayed awake writing personalized emails to potential clients located far far away. Every email was hand-crafted and took lot of time to compose. At about 2.10 in the morning, he sent his 9th email. He pressed ‘Send/Receive’ button in Outlook before hitting the sack. All nine potentical clients had replied with a polite ‘no’. -The Big K-

Marriage, Entrepreneurship, Economics & Your Country

by The Big K on February 28, 2009

Snippet from Dilbert Blog – ————————————— Single people are free to take more economic risks than married people. It makes me wonder if there is a correlation between the average age of marriage in a particular area and its economy. My hypothesis is that places where marriage happens early, by custom or religion, will also be the places with the slowest rate of development. In such places there might be fewer entrepreneurs and everyone would take fewer risks. Exceptions would [...]

Blogocommentophilia

by The Big K on February 28, 2009

Blogocommentophilia is a 21st century disorder that is smyptomized by strong urges of leaving comments on other people’s blogs. -The Big K-

An Engineer Wrote…

by The Big K on February 27, 2009

Continuing the tradition of publishing the stupidest mails written by engineers, here’s the latest one in the series:- i want information abt exams to apply,as i want to apply Yep, that is one-liner email I received. -The Big K-

Invited by IIM-L

by The Big K on February 25, 2009

I’ve been invited by IIM-L folks to participate in their final placements for 2009. -The Big K-

Today’s lesson

by The Big K on February 25, 2009

I must be a nice, poor, quiet guy until I become important. -The Big K-

Why I’m so rude!

by The Big K on February 25, 2009

Because unless I honk twice, people won’t get off the road. -The Big K-

Look at this exciting social network!

by The Big K on February 23, 2009

Hey superblog readers! I bet you will love this! I recently got an email invite from a lifeless stranger to join this wonderful network called IndiaShines! Here are few reasons why IndiaShines is exciting – Registration is FREE! [I repeat, F-R-E-E!] You can upload your photos! You can post your blogs! You can start groups! You can find interesting jobs/classifieds. You can make friends and connect with Indians! You can watch videos online! Listen to music! Have the content in [...]

Pre Election Time. Everything looks fantastic!

by The Big K on February 22, 2009

Suddenly, everything looks good. Have you seen it on TV? Kids in remotest parts of India go happily to school. They get their mid day meals there. Farmers have cell phones. Government servents are smiling. Educated people have jobs. Truck drivers are smiling. The black roads connect every village. There’s electricity everywhere. Wow.

Of Marriage & Men

by The Big K on February 21, 2009

I found one of my college senior’s blog post quite amusing. Look at it – Of Marriage & Men -The Big K-