Maria @ Wimbledon 2007

She might have been blown over by Venus Williams in the 4th round but I wish she had continued for the sake of seeing her wonderful dress. There are people who notice and follow every small detail of the fashion statement these tennis stars make these days. But I noticed it like any normal person watching the game. It was so eye catching that I thought about posting it.

The skirt became fluffy with the constant breeze that blows at the Big W. It was even far more decent than what other players have been wearing this summer. The next thing you'll notice is the gills that she wore behind her back. Some may find the ruffles annoying but I thought they were cool. Way to go Maria . . .

The Gooogle Story

This blog is certainly not meant to become a book review blog but I can't help but post about another magnificent book I just read, "the Google Story". Like I said its just magnificent to
read about great people and great ideas. Here are two guys Larry and Sergey, who just took 7 years to become billionaires. After reading this book I'm sure your role
models will become Larry and Sergey and not Sachin Tendulkar, Roger Federer or Tiger Woods.

One of the best things I found out after reading this book is that a business should be aimed
at solving a social problem rather than setting out to make a money machine. These guys were so frustrated with the search tools available back then that they thought of making a better search engine. And when they went to show their first business plan they did not have an answer to the first and the most basic question a venture capitalist would ask after seeing a
plan, "How would you make money ?"

Well, "how would you make money" is now an 80 billion dollar thing. So even now Google's motto is to first make a product that is technologically and performance wise far superior than others, and then think of monetizing it. Thats how you make something that goes on to have a social impact.

It Happened in INDIA

As soon as I saw the coverpage of this book I thought I need this book.
Then when I flipped and saw Rs. 99, I thought I really need this book.

What I liked is that this book has a very fitting title "It Happened in India". People actually think that brands like 'bare', 'john miller' and
retail stores like 'pantaloons' are foreign. It is heartening to see that all
this professional stuff happened right here in India.

As for Kishoreji, all I can say is 'unbelievable'. His core competency is
that he knows the Indian consumer so well that the rest is taken care
of by itself. You'll know how 'Indian' this person is with the most minute details of his malls like making malls look like mandis and letting stray dogs remain in the mall area ( believe it or not he mentioned this in his book. I would really like to see a mall with street dogs roaming about ) !

All in all This book is a wonderful read. You get to read about great ideas and great people.

I think more Indian CEO's and entrepreneurs should write about themselves ( and also make sure that their books are buyable like this one ). There are surely many more stories like these in India.

Rewrite rules, Retain values. . .