June 2012 Blog Posts (34)

Why I don't refer anybody as SIR..

According to Wikipedia, Sir is an honorific address used as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures. It is often used in formal correspondence (Dear Sir, Right Reverend Sir).

The term is often reserved for use only towards one of superior rank or status, such as an educator or commanding officer, an…

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Added by Vijay Khubchandani on June 27, 2012 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment

Journey of the Devgad Mango

The journey of the Devgad Mango begins as a small twig cut out from the mother plant... like this...

It is then grafted on to a stem that has grown out of a mango seed of a sturdy variety.... like this... Some times one twig is planted into a…

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Added by Devgad Mango on June 27, 2012 at 12:30pm — 5 Comments

Why Customer Care Should Be Simple and Straightforward. If You Believe In Your Point, Say It With Conviction.



Why customer care needs to kept simple and friendly, without beating around the bush. If you feel and know you are right, put your argument forward with conviction. We had a difficult customer in this year's mango season. After he heavy discussion with us on many questions,…

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Added by Devgad Mango on June 27, 2012 at 8:00am — 5 Comments

It's not ABSOLUTE, it's always " RELATIVE, RELATIVE & ONLY RELATIVE "

As long as we live in the " Material world " for material things - our thought process cannot be ABSOLUTE, it will always be " RELATIVE, RELATIVE & ONLY RELATIVE "



For a comman man 1 million is big amount and for a rich man 10 billion are pea-nuts.



For some tea with vada-pav is party and for some dinner at posh luxury restaurant is not just party.



For someone asking financial help is loosing self-esteem and for some…

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Added by Amit on June 26, 2012 at 8:12pm — 1 Comment

‘Return Guaranteed’ – Indian E-commerce and the issue of Reverse Logistics!

This article is republished from the DiscountPandit Blog

Jabong has a No Questions asked 30 days Return Policy. Flipkart has a 30 days replacement guarantee. Yebhi has gone…

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Added by Shilpi Choudhury on June 25, 2012 at 11:00am — 5 Comments

Transformation from One Man Army (Entrepreneur) to General s Army (Team)

Hi All,

It has been consistent learning during my embrace with entrepreneurship. Following is one of my experience 

Mein Akela Hi chala the manzil ki aur

Log aate gaye Karvan Banta Gaya!!!

I found that being on top of the pyramid we become to busy to control everything with our self or we obsessed with our business. Similar was the case with me i was too occupied and want to do everything by myself. I prepared the team and find some good and bad persons. People…

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Added by Deepak Sharma on June 25, 2012 at 12:07am — 2 Comments

The Return of Uncertainty, and How Investors Can Deal With It

The stock markets have received heavy pounding over the past few months. The stampede out of equities has wiped out hundreds of billions of dollars of market value across the world, including India.

This isn’t any banking or stock market crisis that we are facing. Neither it is anymore a government crisis.

Instead, what we are facing now is a ‘crisis of confidence’...and the uncertainty doesn't seem to be sparing anyone...from governments, to businesses, investors, and…

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Added by Vishal Khandelwal on June 23, 2012 at 10:54pm — No Comments

How should a company response in case of default "The Tylenol Crisis"

Hi Dear Fellow Rodinhooders

This is my first blog and I had been trying to learn from Alok's writing for the last few months.

I would like to share a small episode with you all which happened with our e-commerce business perfumcrush.com

Following is the email exchange which happened in the last two days.

We…

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Added by Suresh Mansharamani on June 23, 2012 at 6:00pm — 6 Comments

DevelopHer Hackday Delhi

Hey Rodinhooders,

SlideShare is organizing DevelopHer Hackday Delhi at its New Delhi office. Its an all woman hackday - a first of its kind in India! It is happening on Saturday, June 30th and Sunday, July 1st. You can find more information / register at …

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Added by Kapil Mohan on June 23, 2012 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Wonderful read - Paths Are Made By Walking - --by Nipun Mehta, May 14, 2012

Offbeat Graduation Speech Gets Standing Ovation: 2012's Baccalaureate speaker at the University of Pennsylvania was an unconventional choice for an Ivy League school.To address their newly-minted graduates, 

aspiring to dazzling careers, they picked a man who has never in his adult…

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Added by Amar Shah on June 23, 2012 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS BY ENTREPRENEURS

As a first time Entrepreneur, I had many questions in my mind. I met with many Entrepreneurs and asked them same questions over and over again. Sometimes I got convinced by the answers sometimes I don’t. Here’s few most frequently asked questions by me and their best answers according to me. (These are piece of advice from many entrepreneurs I met in last couple of years. Few names are : Sameer Guglani, Kris Nair, Mahesh Murthy, Aloke Bajpai, Kunal Bahl and many…
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Added by Sahil Baghla on June 23, 2012 at 7:16am — 4 Comments

Social Media, Cause Marketing and search for the elusive ‘Lethal Generosity’

Couldn’t help borrowing the term’ Lethal Generosity’ from the famed Shel Israel book ‘Twitterville’. The book goes on to describe how Brands across the globe can use Social Media to create, what can be termed a ‘sustained competitive advantage’ applying core competencies of the corporation that significantly advances a desired social change and at the same time contributes to ‘real world’ business results.

This is the kind of stuff that progressive Global brands have picked…

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Added by Subhadeep Bhattacharyya on June 22, 2012 at 6:15pm — No Comments

The height of Indian Ecommerce Madness

The height of Madness of Ecommerce in India is gone to the next level.

Check  out yepme.com.A  classic example of teaching Indian's how to rip off an online company and burn investor's money.They have launched a scheme where they will deliver a product to your house ."TRY IT FOR SEVEN DAYS WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT".If you don't like it they will call you after 7 days and pick up the product.This is just super hilarious!!!

I am so sure competitor companies must…

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Added by Tej kad on June 21, 2012 at 9:34pm — No Comments

Cheer up your friends by sending them a glass of beer in facebook

Are you bored of chatting through emoticons and looking forward to something new?..Here it is!! Take pictures into your chat box using www.picinchat.com. It offers larger images to attach in Facebook chat by simply copy-pasting the code the website generates as you upload your custom image.You can use the basic images that are uploaded already in the website and use them accordingly.

Step 1: Visit …

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Added by Amit Panchal on June 21, 2012 at 6:00pm — No Comments

What we can be ...

Hi ,

I am currently in Switzerland in a small town outside of Zurich. Am here with my family for a holiday and am currently staying at my wife's aunt's house. The aunt is Swiss and quite elderly. One morning she decided to take my wife and kids to a near by farm to buy some fresh vegetables and flowers for the house. The children were excited and happy.

When they reached there, it was a lovely farm, only thing was that the farmer was not present. Instead, fresh vegetables were…

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Added by Paawan Seksaria on June 20, 2012 at 3:19pm — 7 Comments

Dodge these potholes if you are business startup

First time entrepreneurs (like me) are always so passionate about their ideas that they forget or can’t see the obvious. For all the first timers and as a reminder to self, here is a compilation of some of the mistakes that I have made in the last two years or learnt from interacting with fellow entrepreneurs.…

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Added by Lakshdeep Rajput on June 20, 2012 at 3:09am — 5 Comments

Are you the Biz Guy who have joined a startup ?

Bear with me for this longish post.

I was marked in this mail today morning from one of my Business Developments guys who was told by the Sales Manager to collect the pending dues from clients. Oh by the way, My Company is a Education startup. You will see a lot of related stuffs.

Hello Sales Manager,

Due all respect to you & your experience i don't agree…

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Added by Rupesh Kumar Shah on June 19, 2012 at 5:30pm — 2 Comments

$4 Million Complaint Call!

*** Foreword ***

"Customer is not a moron. She is your wife” – David Ogilvy

Customer service is not a department any more. It's an attitude, which will eventually define your enterprise success. If handled well, it can self-propagate your brand, which will convert your…

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Added by Mohul Ghosh on June 16, 2012 at 5:29pm — No Comments

The Gift of Lessons, My Gifting Company Taught Me.

 

This is my Real Life Story and I wanted to share with everyone.  I learnt a few Lessons from my experience which I think would be beneficial for fellow Rodinhooders. I am still using those learning’s today and have tried to not repeat those mistakes again

 

It’s been 16 years, When I joined National Institute of Sales (NIS, part of NIIT group). Even before my Senior Secondary Exams were over in 1996, I had applied and started my “Advance Diploma in Sales…

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Added by Gurpreet Singh Tikku on June 16, 2012 at 5:00pm — 56 Comments

Why Tata Motors is Tata Motors

Hi all, This is one of my best experience working in automobile sector. I was being approached by tata motors to produce one of the components for their factory at Ahemdabad. It was a proud movement that I was about to become a Tata Motors supplier. I offer the price of my component at quite a low margins because I want the business for long term.

Here comes the twist, I met with Tata Motors General Manager Mr. Chakarborty (A…

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Added by Deepak Sharma on June 15, 2012 at 5:00pm — 10 Comments

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