Tuesday, January 17, 2006

Want to be an Enrepreneur? Disclaimer: I'm just advising and will not take responsibilty for anybody's failure

Its been a year since I started working and my Enrepreneur instinct has been growing rapidly. But I know for certain that instincts do not lead you anywhere. I've hated working under somebody. I dedicate this post to the millions of wanna-be Enrepreneur in my country ( Pardon me for being country specific, you will know the reason at the end. Disclaimer: Could be useful in other countries too!!!!!).

*** under-grads -- refers to students pursuing their under-grads

The software industry has taken a shift in its course compared to the past decade. Think about an induvidual wanting to start a software services firm in the 90's. He could have been successful with some hard work and luck. But the situation is different now. If you are a start-up services company, you might probably loose the battle (Disclaimer: Unless you know somebody like Larry Ellison!!!!). So the way to go about it is to start a Product based company. Now if you succeed in making a good product, it doesn't neccessarily mean you can sit back and relax. You should have been bruised by the time you accomplish your goal of building a product (I mean financially!! Disclaimer: Not if you are Bill Gates.). Then waiting for the people in the market to come to you and purchase your product (could be a lot more painful).

Now let me analyze the situation in my country. The under-graduate curriculum is not very punishing in my country. A large number of my friends who left to the USofA tell me that their post-graduation requires them to do a lot more work in terms of assignments(Some kind of Home work which will prevent you from playing your favorite Computer games like Max Payne, Mafia, COD etc....). But even after so much more (comparitive) effort required to finish their assignments all these buddies of mine work part-time!!!!! It just stuns me, may be I could have worked full-time in an organization during my under-graduate program. This is the energy which all the budding Entrepreneur's must tap. I can obviously hire a few of these under-grads to develop a product for me. Ohh Ohhh!!! then what about the knowledge that comes with experience!!! I did build a couple of products without knowing the basics of programming (Claim: The code is way too efficient). I did this only with the help of "Google Search"(- I cannot live a single day without it!!!). This should be our target as budding Entrepreneurs tap the under-grads when they have a lot of energy and can be hired at dirt rates. A service based company cannot do this as the CLIENTS of that organization will start doubting the capability of the organization!!!!(Whatever that means)

The next consideration is that Entrepreneurs do not want under-grads with dirt IQ(Although they need them at dirt rates!!!). In this country there are other considerations too, I can stick a poster for Job vacancy outside my organization, but our under-grads will not respond properly (Number of reasons for this: He thinks "Why should I search for a job?", "What if I don't get a job?"...). This is not a failure to our announcement. Instead, we will recieve a lot of applications from people who have completed their grads and know the answer for all the questions in an under-grads mind. When we recieve these applications be sure to close you shop and start writing down the reasons for your failure.

Do not Panic!!!!!! I have a suggestion to help you tackle this problem. Fortunaltely all the under-grads are exited about getting a job in their "Campus Recruitment" program. We can use this as an oppurtunity to conduct our "On-Campus Recruitment For Part-Time Jobs". Now we get under-grads at dirt rates and as a complement they do not have a dirt IQ.

Once successful this program will only improve the overall economy of our country. Students can start supporting themselves, Parents can start thinking about their Dream house.

No Rights Reseved: I do not want to reserve any rights to this post. Kindly make full use of the advice presented and make our country a better place to live in. ;)

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