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Before you start Solopreneurship

 Solopreneurship is when you pay yourself. SOLO here I mean completely solo starting from dusting your office table to making schedule for next day. No human support. Starting a company is always a nice idea, failing is not bad but when to start. Often mentors say, start now. And we jump to conclusion too fast. But before you begin, buy that office chair, get a business email consider your resources. Plan your budget. This is not for people  who have backup support. But for those who have no support and for whom support comes for a price. Technology and Human Resources you always can get for a price. So you before you start consider these points. Resources I need to do this business? From where I can acquire best quality resources for my business? How much will be resource cost? How long I will take to build this business? What are my liabilities? What challenges I would face in building this business? When I will get my first customer? How I will scale up further? How much mo...

Move out or move on,

 when no option is left? Students of Mathematics knows that every problem has a solution; and, even no solution is a solution. You do not need to be a Mathematician to accept this. The thoughts I am going to say here are outcome of a hard learning out of my personal life (details not needed) but this relates to business as well. Starting a business is first step but to take it to next level needs significant efforts. 3M = Money, Mind, Mass: you need to put in right proportion, at right time, at right places to keep it going. Often you succeed. However there is always a possibility of unknown. This unknown could be small, medium, big or giant to stop you. And unfortunately when everything is going fine and you are near to achieve your targets you meet this unknown, the giant: a situation when everything is going good but all of a sudden everything put on a halt with a massive jerk. You are in a situation where nothing in your hand, you think why this has happened to you, where you n...

Steal that Lunchbox

Employers in majority like to see heads sunk in computers and machines. Business managers like to see team sweating and shivering. Clients do not fix appointment but they give own time. Perhaps this is story of many under growing companies. On the other hand growing companies work in association with team mates. In undergrowing companies employees are paid for task. In growing companies they are paid for value addition. Human mind is designed to add value when put for a challenge. Normally business managers, ceos, clients do not put a challenge, this is where productivity hampers. You can not open and shut human brain with commands. There requires right enzymes in right amount at right time to add value. Every brain is important. Every mind has some potential. And to dig out that potential you need to sweat. The work environment should not be boring for anyone. There must be enough flexibility for everyone. And you need to add some fun too. Fun is not about taking your employees to hil...