#sameer agarwal

A 25-year-old model form Assam who had come to Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur to perform at a function, was allegedly raped by former director of a prominent club in presence of his five aides on Sunday night.

Four persons, including bungalow owner Sameer Agarwal, have been detained for questioning, while main accused Amit Agarwal is on the run.

Voizd aims at 5 million users in two years in India

Voizd, the audio based anonymous online social space provider is aiming at becoming the defacto safe social space for people to discuss topics most close to their hearts. “We are looking forward to on-board around 5 million users in next 24 months”, say Sameer Agarwal and Pooja Daswani, Founders of Voizd: Voice Without Fear. The duo reveals the growth potential of their venture and more toJayasha…

Philoso-crappy aside, every year, right before I break out for the year end indiscipline, I ask myself how far back do I want to ‘reset’ my life.

Go back to a time more familiar. More safe.

I kid you not – the idea isn’t to make myself feel younger. Well …. maybe it is… KA-CHING !

But I now know – the idea is to resist change.

Do you resist change? Or go with the flow?

Philoso-crappy aside, every year, right before I break out for the year end indiscipline, I ask myself how far back do I want to ‘reset’ my life.

Go back to a time more familiar. More safe.

I kid you not – the idea isn’t to make myself feel younger. Well …. maybe it is… KA-CHING !

But I now know – the idea is to resist change.

Do you resist change? Or go with the flow?

The biggest mistake I did in the last 5 months – forgot to take care of my customers. I was too busy trying to get new ones.

Of course I’m exaggerating. But that’s the only way I’ll catch your interest.

Amplifying the proposition is how you’ll grab their attention. I didn’t forget about you. Thanks for still being on this list.

I LOVE YOU !!

Here are top 3 learnings from my last few months of absence:

1. Entrepreneurship is the toughest job out there.

The word ‘Entrepreneur’ doesn’t have a definite etymology. There are multiple theories, the french word ‘Entree’ comes closest to it. Read this.

If you’re thinking about a becoming an Entrepreneur – consider the odds:

- Working hours are 24 x 7 x 365 - You’ll not get paid for a few years - You’ll be paying salaries and will still be the most hated - 9 out of 10 fail

But there’s a flip side that beats it all – I can smoke weed on a wednesday afternoon and no one will cut my pay.

2. Build value – not network. 

“Hey – what’s up – how’re you doing? Wanna buy from me?”

This needs to be replaced with :

“Hey – you’re screwed here. I have a solution that’s free and analytics cost this.”

My network has grown because of my customers. Not the other way around.

When I get more customers – I get more opportunities to solve problems. This gives me insights into their challenges and their current solutions. New opportunities get discovered and my cognizance about my product’s value becomes clearer.

In the last 6 months – I’ve made it a point to talk to as many individuals I can connect across LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and even Angellist. On any day I’m engaged in at least 30-40 conversations across new customers, existing customers, strangers, mentors, and people who hate me and/or my guts.

I guess that’s why my blog took a backseat.

3. Customers are the best investors.

An investor will give you money on his judgement. A customer will give you money for his benefit. Its a far better bet to receive money from someone who’s benefiting today than someone who may benefit tomorrow.

I had an option to chase investors to get their money or chase customers to get their money. I wouldn’t have learnt anything on the road to Investor-hill. But the road to customer-hill was remarkable learning and discovery.

If you are building something for someone so they can benefit and pay you – spend your energy chasing them. They will be the best investors.

The biggest mistake I did in the last 5 months – forgot to take care of my customers. I was too busy trying to get new ones.

Of course I’m exaggerating. But that’s the only way I’ll catch your interest.

Amplifying the proposition is how you’ll grab their attention. I didn’t forget about you. Thanks for still being on this list.

I LOVE YOU !!

Here are top 3 learnings from my last few months of absence:

1. Entrepreneurship is the toughest job out there.

The word ‘Entrepreneur’ doesn’t have a definite etymology. There are multiple theories, the french word ‘Entree’ comes closest to it. Read this.

If you’re thinking about a becoming an Entrepreneur – consider the odds:

- Working hours are 24 x 7 x 365 - You’ll not get paid for a few years - You’ll be paying salaries and will still be the most hated - 9 out of 10 fail

But there’s a flip side that beats it all – I can smoke weed on a wednesday afternoon and no one will cut my pay.

2. Build value – not network. 

“Hey – what’s up – how’re you doing? Wanna buy from me?”

This needs to be replaced with :

“Hey – you’re screwed here. I have a solution that’s free and analytics cost this.”

My network has grown because of my customers. Not the other way around.

When I get more customers – I get more opportunities to solve problems. This gives me insights into their challenges and their current solutions. New opportunities get discovered and my cognizance about my product’s value becomes clearer.

In the last 6 months – I’ve made it a point to talk to as many individuals I can connect across LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and even Angellist. On any day I’m engaged in at least 30-40 conversations across new customers, existing customers, strangers, mentors, and people who hate me and/or my guts.

I guess that’s why my blog took a backseat.

3. Customers are the best investors.

An investor will give you money on his judgement. A customer will give you money for his benefit. Its a far better bet to receive money from someone who’s benefiting today than someone who may benefit tomorrow.

I had an option to chase investors to get their money or chase customers to get their money. I wouldn’t have learnt anything on the road to Investor-hill. But the road to customer-hill was remarkable learning and discovery.

If you are building something for someone so they can benefit and pay you – spend your energy chasing them. They will be the best investors.

Here’s a story.

Imagine America is singular. As in an ape. China is another one. So is Zimbabwe and Uganda.

Basically – all countries are apes.

This is just at the dawn of the Neanderthal age – some 200,000 years ago.

You really need to picture the cave men.

  There’s the forest party you see. All the apes show up. Its this magical day of each month when they all get together.

World culture if you may. They all eat together, dance to some tooones, and just chill out.

As the group photograph is announced – all the apes in the world stand together. Shoulder to shoulder. Some are sharply dressed because they are rich. And some are rather shabbily dressed. Some have their bling on. And others are fashionably yet sophisticated in their choice of attire.

Some have their faces covered. Others haven’t eaten in weeks.

Italy is the pretty one right in the middle of a bunch of chimps huddled together. There’s the small oriental looking fellow on the right there. He’s sharp.

The American ape Stands out. So does the Indian.

The Indian ape ?

Well…. he….. is rolling around and screaming and pulling its own hair. When seen from the outside – it looks retarded. The generous would call it poetry or beauty in chaos.

But the Indian chimp stands out.

Sure they all laugh and play together. That’s cause they’ve not found natural oil yet. The crude oil. That black gooey thing that drives us. Our economies and our cultures – forward.

No one knows it exists. No one knows where to find it. No one knows how to distill it to use it. And basically – its useless.

But one of these apes knows something. It knows that black gooey thing will be what everyone will want soon. His observation skills tell him that the apes are beginning to fall in love with automation. They want to automate everything. And machines can automate everything. And machines will need oil. The same stuff that, economies, whatever.

So this ape sets out to collect as much of this stuff as it can. Along the way…

Rages wars with new apes. Fights tooth to tooth with clans of apes that had just begun to believe in some faith and religion was taking birth. Persistence wins in the end and American gets all the oil Earth has to offer.

This ape – called America, becomes obsessed with the knowledge that it possessed that one commodity more than any other – that black gooey stuff.

The sense of preservation – drives us all.

Here’s an excellent game to time travel you through this.

http://bit.ly/17cSkMu

Here’s a story.

Imagine America is singular. As in an ape. China is another one. So is Zimbabwe and Uganda.

Basically – all countries are apes.

This is just at the dawn of the Neanderthal age – some 200,000 years ago.

You really need to picture the cave men.

  There’s the forest party you see. All the apes show up. Its this magical day of each month when they all get together.

World culture if you may. They all eat together, dance to some tooones, and just chill out.

As the group photograph is announced – all the apes in the world stand together. Shoulder to shoulder. Some are sharply dressed because they are rich. And some are rather shabbily dressed. Some have their bling on. And others are fashionably yet sophisticated in their choice of attire.

Some have their faces covered. Others haven’t eaten in weeks.

Italy is the pretty one right in the middle of a bunch of chimps huddled together. There’s the small oriental looking fellow on the right there. He’s sharp.

The American ape Stands out. So does the Indian.

The Indian ape ?

Well…. he….. is rolling around and screaming and pulling its own hair. When seen from the outside – it looks retarded. The generous would call it poetry or beauty in chaos.

But the Indian chimp stands out.

Sure they all laugh and play together. That’s cause they’ve not found natural oil yet. The crude oil. That black gooey thing that drives us. Our economies and our cultures – forward.

No one knows it exists. No one knows where to find it. No one knows how to distill it to use it. And basically – its useless.

But one of these apes knows something. It knows that black gooey thing will be what everyone will want soon. His observation skills tell him that the apes are beginning to fall in love with automation. They want to automate everything. And machines can automate everything. And machines will need oil. The same stuff that, economies, whatever.

So this ape sets out to collect as much of this stuff as it can. Along the way…

Rages wars with new apes. Fights tooth to tooth with clans of apes that had just begun to believe in some faith and religion was taking birth. Persistence wins in the end and American gets all the oil Earth has to offer.

This ape – called America, becomes obsessed with the knowledge that it possessed that one commodity more than any other – that black gooey stuff.

The sense of preservation – drives us all.

Here’s an excellent game to time travel you through this.

http://bit.ly/17cSkMu