Investing in People
I have always believed in investing in people . I wish to now take it to the next step if there is a supporting infrastructure in place for my ideas .
This time I would like to list a person on the stock market and then invest in him/her .
Sounds crazy ? No ? Whatever be the case ,give me a chance to explain .Read on .
To think of it , a person is really a company . a child is really a company . He/she has responsibilities for him/herself and responsibilities to the public at large .
He/she has growth targets to meet (if not quarterly /probably annually ) .
He/she needs money from the market to achieve the growth targets .
He/she needs to be careful on who the large investors are and what amount they have and what freedom they give him/her to execute plans .
So then why not list a ticker symbol and open up a portion of his/her stock to the common public just like any company does now ?
It looks profitable to me ,for everybody .
And of course ,bankruptcy laws will apply :-).
for example , i invest 10000 $ for an engineering education for a person in india .I will definitely recover the money in 2-3 years time after his /her engineering .
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
A meeting request i once wrote to my collegemates
l have been busy singing the song of my life, sailing in the ship of my dreams to the shores l know not.But it is good to know that the distant light is you ,guiding my ship ,for now.
I met you that fateful day 15 years back in that sleepy town .for the next four years l wished to walk in step with you .you wished l would speed up but you slowed down unconsciously for me and l thank you .
the minute l left that little town l knew l had a melody i would hum for the rest of my life .
did my life begin when that dream ended or did my dream begin when that life ended ?
Its been long.I wish to halt and see you again .
Because you have been powerful in my journey and you are worth it .
And its been long .
I met you that fateful day 15 years back in that sleepy town .for the next four years l wished to walk in step with you .you wished l would speed up but you slowed down unconsciously for me and l thank you .
the minute l left that little town l knew l had a melody i would hum for the rest of my life .
did my life begin when that dream ended or did my dream begin when that life ended ?
Its been long.I wish to halt and see you again .
Because you have been powerful in my journey and you are worth it .
And its been long .
Sunday, January 27, 2008
If a glass of wine ...
Can drive me to the corners of my mind, exploring the depths of my reasoning ,
then, stay wine ...
Stay with me for some more time .
To see this world through your eyes. Thats bliss.
then, stay wine ...
Stay with me for some more time .
To see this world through your eyes. Thats bliss.
Saturday, September 1, 2007
To sell a car
I have found that "the best seller of a car is the one who doesn't really need to sell and the best buyer is one who doesn't really need to buy" .
I am writing out of my own experience about a car I drove in Raleigh NC for a year and 16000 miles and selling it at the price I bought . I learned this through the technique used by a guy who was trying to buy it .
He used to call up every week asking me if i had sold it and if i was willing to come down on the price . this he did for 5 weeks .Thats when i decided to pick up his method of buying and
apply to my selling .
It worked .
Note : I am not a professional salesman . these are just my thoughts .
I am writing out of my own experience about a car I drove in Raleigh NC for a year and 16000 miles and selling it at the price I bought . I learned this through the technique used by a guy who was trying to buy it .
He used to call up every week asking me if i had sold it and if i was willing to come down on the price . this he did for 5 weeks .Thats when i decided to pick up his method of buying and
apply to my selling .
It worked .
Note : I am not a professional salesman . these are just my thoughts .
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Google and the Dabbawalas
The Google search is powered by cheap linux clusters .Held together with velcro !.
They wrote software that makes sure an alternate server/diskdrive is used if a failure
happens . Hardware failure is harder to predict than software failure .
And when the hardware fails ,they are easily replaced .
That would
mean Google could run continuously and without fail ,using software
to take redundant paths.
In essence ,it is a reliable service built over an unreliable lower layer .
This is a powerful philosophy .
To build something reliable over something unreliable .
Brought to my mind the dabbawalas of bombay .
They have been rated six sigma by Forbes magazine for their reliability .
They use a transportation system which consists of trains, tongas and buses .
Yet these semi-literate guys founded a system that reaches food from the homes to the offices of the workers with clockwork precision and efficiency.
They wrote software that makes sure an alternate server/diskdrive is used if a failure
happens . Hardware failure is harder to predict than software failure .
And when the hardware fails ,they are easily replaced .
That would
mean Google could run continuously and without fail ,using software
to take redundant paths.
In essence ,it is a reliable service built over an unreliable lower layer .
This is a powerful philosophy .
To build something reliable over something unreliable .
Brought to my mind the dabbawalas of bombay .
They have been rated six sigma by Forbes magazine for their reliability .
They use a transportation system which consists of trains, tongas and buses .
Yet these semi-literate guys founded a system that reaches food from the homes to the offices of the workers with clockwork precision and efficiency.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Life is a graphic equalizer
Start with a graphic equalizer . Increase any one frequency to the hilt. Music turns to noise .
Now translate each of the graphic equalizer bars to one aspect of life .
health | wealth | social life |family | achievement .
Now ,say ,increase the "achievement" bar to the hilt . watch the music of life turn to noise .
This universe we live in has a pattern . a symmetry .a delicate chain of events .a rhythm .
It is imperative that we fall in line .
Now translate each of the graphic equalizer bars to one aspect of life .
health | wealth | social life |family | achievement .
Now ,say ,increase the "achievement" bar to the hilt . watch the music of life turn to noise .
This universe we live in has a pattern . a symmetry .a delicate chain of events .a rhythm .
It is imperative that we fall in line .
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Le Affaire Router Debug
One of those office days when the pressure slowly builds up
and then its a free
for all ,do or die situation . How many burnout situations have
passed like that .
Anyway I was ,as usual , in the middle of this ,as expected .
The router box was in the lab and I had to plug /unplug the cards to check if
my code worked .
That is when one of the cards got stuck and I cut my finger. I went to the first aid
room and applied the medicine ,plaster and all .
Went back to doing the card thing .A day passed .slowly i started getting the
feeling of what if ?
... its TETANUS.
I tried to brush it aside .But google was ever so near .and the thought of just
finding out the symptoms overpowered my desire to brush it aside .
I began the search about tetanus ,how it begins,where and when the pain begins
and whether there were
any similarities to my condition .
Coincidentally ,the conditions seemed similar and panic started slowly creeping in .
The muscle pain and the finger movements were getting restricted just as
I had read .
Could you call this GoogleItis ?
Well , I got to this level of paranoia that I rush to the nearest "Five Star Hospital" ,the cheesy Sagar Apollo :-( .
I sat in the parking lot and I thought out loud - "If I dont go in ,
I might die of tetanus .
But If I do go in ,
I might not die but they will drain the last paisa out of my
pocket and tell me there was nothing wrong with
me in the first place ".Yes ,they are that cheesy .
I decided to go home . Back to Dr.Google .I liked the idea that I could
drive this doctor to
think in an angle I wished it to .
Bearing the brunt of my "pain" was my wife and kid ,who gracefully ,
held their calm .
But it was too much for them to bear when I decided to rush to St John's
emergency at 12AM .
The emergency room is not a place for the faint hearted .Poison cases ,
suicidals ,you name an extreme human condition ,its there .
Yet I managed to stay calm till the duty doctor rushes at me and
starts shouting at me without even knowing what I came there for .
I waited patiently for him to finish as I was only trying to figure out what
he said.
By then a lady doctor comes and tells this agitated doctor that the
poisoned patients' relative is not me .
doctor 1 leaves . lady doctor asks me whats wrong ?
I say i feel I got tetanus .. the spasms ..er..
She tells me bluntly that I wouldnt be standing if I really had
tetanus .
Smiled and told me to go home . That simple . Dr Google vanished .
Anxiously waiting in the car was my wife and kid and seeing
my
sheepish grin ,they sighed in relief .
All's quiet in the car . phew .
THE END
and then its a free
for all ,do or die situation . How many burnout situations have
passed like that .
Anyway I was ,as usual , in the middle of this ,as expected .
The router box was in the lab and I had to plug /unplug the cards to check if
my code worked .
That is when one of the cards got stuck and I cut my finger. I went to the first aid
room and applied the medicine ,plaster and all .
Went back to doing the card thing .A day passed .slowly i started getting the
feeling of what if ?
... its TETANUS.
I tried to brush it aside .But google was ever so near .and the thought of just
finding out the symptoms overpowered my desire to brush it aside .
I began the search about tetanus ,how it begins,where and when the pain begins
and whether there were
any similarities to my condition .
Coincidentally ,the conditions seemed similar and panic started slowly creeping in .
The muscle pain and the finger movements were getting restricted just as
I had read .
Could you call this GoogleItis ?
Well , I got to this level of paranoia that I rush to the nearest "Five Star Hospital" ,the cheesy Sagar Apollo :-( .
I sat in the parking lot and I thought out loud - "If I dont go in ,
I might die of tetanus .
But If I do go in ,
I might not die but they will drain the last paisa out of my
pocket and tell me there was nothing wrong with
me in the first place ".Yes ,they are that cheesy .
I decided to go home . Back to Dr.Google .I liked the idea that I could
drive this doctor to
think in an angle I wished it to .
Bearing the brunt of my "pain" was my wife and kid ,who gracefully ,
held their calm .
But it was too much for them to bear when I decided to rush to St John's
emergency at 12AM .
The emergency room is not a place for the faint hearted .Poison cases ,
suicidals ,you name an extreme human condition ,its there .
Yet I managed to stay calm till the duty doctor rushes at me and
starts shouting at me without even knowing what I came there for .
I waited patiently for him to finish as I was only trying to figure out what
he said.
By then a lady doctor comes and tells this agitated doctor that the
poisoned patients' relative is not me .
doctor 1 leaves . lady doctor asks me whats wrong ?
I say i feel I got tetanus .. the spasms ..er..
She tells me bluntly that I wouldnt be standing if I really had
tetanus .
Smiled and told me to go home . That simple . Dr Google vanished .
Anxiously waiting in the car was my wife and kid and seeing
my
sheepish grin ,they sighed in relief .
All's quiet in the car . phew .
THE END
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