Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Enter the Corporate World

Two guys were hiking through the jungle when they spotted a tiger that looked both hungry and fast. One of the guys reached into his pack and pulled out a pair of Nike. His friend looked at him "Do you really think those shoes are going to make you run faster than that tiger? I don't have to run faster than that tiger, his friend replied. I just have to run faster than you Welcome to the corporate world!! I know that this is not the case every where, but yes, at time you would find such incidents.... I believe the employees should understand that if they work for the greater good of the organisation and not the individual interests, it would ultimately lead to their own benefits.

Monday, November 5, 2007

A small tip for the successful wanna be DotComs

"Worry about advertising after building the traffic. But the first rule there is to create a solution that solves a lot of people's problems"

Friday, November 2, 2007

For all the budding entrepreneurs out there..


"The world will never believe in you till you achieve something. But if you believe in yourself and what you are doing is right and has a future, then you should persevere and work honestly towards your goal. If you do this you will surely be successful one day."

Monday, July 9, 2007

Chini Internet

Chini Internet?
 
No, it has got no reference to the flick Cheeni Kum.
Am talking about Internet in China(worlds 2nd largest Internet market)
 
Mark the letters in bold!
 
Yes-Internet is a huge market in China and there are some growing concerns over what is accessible on WWW in China. To put it straight- What is made accessible to the Chinese citizens by the Government.
 
PCWorld.com reports that the Photo Sharing website Flickr.com is not accessible to the Chinese consumers with no definite problem at the company's end. Is China blocking Flickr.Com ?
 
Another concern here could be for Google as Google Earth could show you China's New Ballistic-Missile!!
 
For all those of you thinking to enter the Chinese Internet Market, take a deep thought on what your business offers. If its something like AliBaba.com , you have no reasons to worry....Get Going!!
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Vanilla-Voila!!




Hi,
Let me begin the first post with the forward that I just read. Read on:
 
Vanilla Ice Cream that puzzled General motors!!!!

Never underestimate your Clients' Complaint, no matter how funny it might seem!

This is a real story that happened between the customer of General Motors and its Customer-Care Executive. Pls read on.....



A complaint was received by the Pontiac Division of General Motors:

'This is the second time I have written to you, and I don't blame you for not answering me, because I sounded crazy, but it is a fact that we have a tradition in our family of Ice-Cream for dessert after dinner each night, but the kind of ice cream varies so, every night, after we've eaten, the whole family votes on which kind of ice cream we should have and I drive down to the store to get it. It's also a fact that I recently purchased a new Pontiac and since then my trips to the store have created a problem.....

You see, every time I buy a vanilla ice-cream, when I start back from the store my car won't start. If I get any other kind of ice cream, the car starts just fine. I want you to know I'm serious about this question, no matter how silly it sounds "What is there about a Pontiac that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice cream, and easy to start whenever I get any other kind?" The Pontiac President was understandably skeptical about the letter, but sent an Engineer to check it out anyway.

The latter was surprised to be greeted by a successful, obviously well educated man in a fine neighborhood. He had arranged to meet the man just after dinner time, so the two hopped into the car and drove to the ice cream store. It was vanilla ice cream that night and, sure enough, after they came back to the car, it wouldn't start.

The Engineer returned for three more nights. The first night, they got chocolate. The car started. The second night, he got strawberry. The car started. The third night he ordered vanilla. The car failed to start.

Now the engineer, being a logical man, refused to believe that this man's car was allergic to vanilla ice cream. He arranged, therefore, to continue his visits for as long as it took to solve the problem. And toward this end he began to take notes: He jotted down all sorts of data: time of day, type of gas uses, time to drive back and forth etc.

In a short time, he had a clue: the man took less time to buy vanilla than any other flavor. Why? The answer was in the layout of the store. Vanilla, being the most popular flavor, was in a separate case at the front of the store for quick pickup. All the other flavors were kept in the back of the store at a different counter where it took considerably longer to check out the flavor.

Now, the question for the Engineer was why the car wouldn't start when it took less time. Eureka - Time was now the problem - not the vanilla ice cream!!!! The engineer quickly came up with the answer: "vapor lock".

It was happening every night; but the extra time taken to get the other flavors allowed the engine to cool down sufficiently to start. When the man got vanilla, the engine was still too hot for the vapor lock to dissipate.


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On a personal note too, I have realised that listening and observing the customers opens up new avenues for the business.