The Elephant in the Room

Wow! So I am a B-School Grad, with some experience working for corporates and now it is time to take a plunge into the family business? The English speaking 2nd Gen entrepreneur is all set to ascend the awaiting stage designed specifically for him/her. We all want to grow big and quick. Our success rates in the past and hey! I have done that before attitude fails to caution us from committing some entrepreneurial sins. "Get into the game if you have the passion. Make the right moves, with perseverance and if you want to play the entrepreneurial game , you bloody well have some guts and patience". - PVR 1) Consultants - Beware of the trap! So here's Mr.Know it all and I can fix everything for you with an invisible magic wand. Either recommended by a fellow entrepreneur, friend or a relative. 50% of his job is done by the one's who have recommended the consultant to you. The rest of course is done by him by throwing around a few big names he knows or he ...

“Life is a sojourn”. A journey where the destination is apparently reached only after spending ones invaluable time pondering over impediments encountered through years – We surprisingly call it Experience. Astonishingly we do not spend time on working a way around the impediments – We sit on it, procrastinating and deviating from our goal our destination. After every dark night there is a bright day..true! It definitely does not mean you do not get out of your bed when your house is on fire pondering, “Why me of all the people?” Well it’s time to act, save your family and house. One tends to sulk and blame God and the entire system for their loss. But have you ever thought and analyzed the reason for failure thoughtfully? Is it my attitude? Or is it my way of performing tasks? Or is it truly the system around me? "I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take ...