Thursday, October 2, 2014

The reason for this blog

While at work yesterday, I saw another 'farewell' email in my inbox. Not an unusual thing in IT companies. Most farewell mails where I work are for

  • 'Better professional growth', i.e. new job 
  • Or 'better personal growth', i.e. marriage.
This farewell however was a refreshing change. The excited fellow was off to work on a start-up e-commerce venture.
After reading his email it dawned on me that with all the hullabaloo about the e-commerce boom and the start-up culture brewing in namma Silicon Valley, I see very few people quitting to  actually "start-up".


  • There are people who quit, take a holiday, and look for another job.
  • There are people who have been trained to believe that the only time to quit a job is when you have a better offer letter in hand.
  • Then there are people who quit to start-up, but got overwhelmed by it all and went back to working under a boss. 

That last one's me, in case you were wondering.

Anyhoo, my intention of starting this blog is to write about e-commerce businesses that are plopping up from the innumerable home-offices in this intrinsically baniya cultured country.
Why? Because this country is getting obsessed with e-commerce. And I'm loving it!

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