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[OffBeat] An amazing song – hum na samjhe the

Pushkar Gaikwad — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:55:13 +0000

I remember watching Gardish back in 1993-94 on cable (“Disk” as we used to call back), I really loved the movie for some reason specially this song and often listen to it in my free time. It is a real shame that now we don’t make such songs.

2011 Year Review for me

Pushkar Gaikwad — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:22:32 +0000

My 2009 Review Post on 31st Dec 2009
My 2010 Review Post on 31st Dec 2010

Alright, so 2011 is also about to end in next 4 hours and as all the news channls and everyone else do, here is my last blog post of the year reviewing what happened in 2011 and what I will do in 2012.

If I look at the post that I made on 31st Dec 2010, I had ended it with this

I have no intention of putting any bucket list for 2011, no need for making any resolutions, I made my own “live, work, plan, enjoy, think for today and tomorrow only” formula, it has worked really well till now and I will keep on betting on it.

still here is a review of what happened in 2011

1. I Finally took the plunge and Started WorkMonk. Now I will work on it day and night to make a Billion dollar company in next 5 years.
2. Joining TheMorpheus was also a big thing as I have met some of the most amazing people with very different personalities and outlook towards things and life.
3. Financially I did alright, I have almost stopped thinking about personal wealth now.
4. In terms of health, I am doing alright too.

Overall a satisfactory year minus some personal/family problems.

The way 2011 has shaped up, 2012 will certainly be make it or break it year for me. My life is on an inflection point and if things go as per the plan, 31st 2012 will be an amazing day for me to write the review for the year.

Why everyone should work in atleast one startup in his lifetime ?

Pushkar Gaikwad — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 09:22:20 +0000

because startup build “Character” and because money is not everything in life and because there has to be difference in the world with you and without you

That is why …

Lokpal Bill Debate – What exactly Government and Anna Hazare wants ?

Pushkar Gaikwad — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:29:01 +0000

My facebook wall is filled with Anna Hazare supporters (who on facebook is supporting government?) so I just did some search to find out what are the stance of both, government and Anna Hazare camp.

It will be impossible to get it passed in the current format but if both sides (specially government) can compromise, it can do wonders to reduce high level corruption in India. The good thing is, it seems this time, the common man is determined to make something happen. Lets hope it ends in best possible way for Indians.

Do you want to work in a Promising high growth startup ?

Pushkar Gaikwad — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:01:45 +0000

Do you want to work in a Promising Startup in Bangalore ?
Do you want to have ownership of the work and want to play multiple roles in Challenging environment ?
Do you have “I will do it” and “We can do it” attitude ?

If the answer to above 3 questions is YES, then you may want to check WorkMonk Job Openings Page.

WorkMonk is looking for 3 Profiles
1. Developer who is Technically very sound
2. Workforce Manager, someone who can play multiple roles, manage people and also technically good
3. Business Developer, who can take care of sales part, talk to clients, can wear multiple hats and manage people.

Please read the above post and it has all the info.

Internet is My Religion

Pushkar Gaikwad — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:47:33 +0000

Too good of a video to not bookmark and put on my blog

Futurebazaar SMS and email Spam

Pushkar Gaikwad — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:46:58 +0000

On some dreadful not so perfect day, I create my profile on futurebazaar, I never purchased anything but apparently filled my correct mobile number and from then onwards, FB (not facebook, futurebazaar) is sending me spam sms and emails as generously as laxman siviramakrishnan (sp?) says “karbon kamal catch” or “citi moment of success”

so I checked my FB account and tried to disable both the services

the problem is, even you OFF the services, there is no save option and it doesn’t save the details automatically which means your settings by default, will always be ON! This is something which justdial was doing something back when the unsubscribe link in their spam messages was leading to 404 page not found! Anyway I am still trying to figure it out what to do before I complaint to Airtel

Edit – as per Internet, you have to send “DEALZ NO” on to 575758 to unsubscribe for the promotion (spam) SMS from futurebazaar

Pain of being a Single Founder in Indian Startup

Pushkar Gaikwad — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:05:32 +0000

1. So Ronery – No shoulder to cry, talking to yourself way too much!

2. You can not validate ideas and implementations. No one is there to tell you that you are wrong.

3. Have to do all the work which reduces the pace of growth of the startup and increases tension, pressure and worries (many of them are unnecessary)

4. You have to pay all the expenses from your own pocket.

5. You will lose lot of Hair!

/written from my own personal experience

Touché

Pushkar Gaikwad — Tue, 03 May 2011 15:33:31 +0000

i have deep and longstanding self esteem issues from childhood that cause me to be insecure, jealous, anxious, neurotic, depressed, lie about things, feel guilty about everything, and go out of my way to do things for other people because i feel like they deserve a lot more than i do. all. the. time.

working on it.

/Reddit

My Life Graph (Money can’t buy the good stuff, damm you money)

Pushkar Gaikwad — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:55:28 +0000

I am probably going to regret making this post but life taught me to live life in “moments” so here it is, I had made this graph last year, drawing my life parameters, Happiness, Health, Money and “People in life”. I drew this with total honesty

apparently my happiness is inversely proportional to my bank account balance, my health is doing alright and the LIMIT of people around me is approaching towards 0.

I had made this graph at around 1 am in the night and I often look back it to think, where I was, where I am and where I will be in next few years ? The answer came, I was doing alright (though could had done better), I am doing alright (though can do better) and will surely be doing well in future too.

The good thing with money is, You just have to get rich once. Being a somewhat “smart” guy, I live frugal life and not many materialistic things excite me. I am really lucky that I was able to understand this that It is easier to save money then make money. Anyway back to post topic, why the image looks so bad for someone who try to improve himself on daily basis ?

The answer is – if we all draw out life graphs, it will never look good. We will always be disappointed with our life graph even though we are doing really good as compared to millions who were not fortunate enough but then it is alright to not satisfied with your achievements as long as you trying to make things better for yourself and for others.

Feel free to clean the image in MS paint and redraw it for yourself and save it to look back every 6 month.

Edit – if you see, that 19-20 year was the point when everything changed dramatically, because that was the time when I found INTERNET.