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The Story Of Paru Jaykrishna

March 8, 2013 Leave a comment

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Paru comes from a humble Jain family.She lost her father when she was a child. She was academically inclined as a child and so did well at Sharda Mandir,the Gujarati-medium school she attended. Her mother passed away when she was a teenager.Then she had to shelve her dreams of becoming a doctor. She then studied Philosophy and Sanskrit. Since she loved challenges, she decided to study English literature next. She did well in that too! She followed this up by studying law.

Marriage in 1964 to Mrugesh Jaykrishna , the scion of the very wealthy Patel business family of Jaykrishna Harivallabhdas of Ahmedabad propelled Paru into the world of business.Aside from the difference in economic background of the couple,the marriage crossed the community barriers of the time. Read more of this post

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Beware The New E-mail Frauds

March 8, 2013 2 Comments

wealthymatters Wealthy Nigerian businessmen and lonely Kenyan women flush with funds, soliciting your bank account details over an email, to transfer millions of dollars are passé. As Indians migrate to the internet en masse, so are the not-so-friendly neighbourhood scamsters. These fraudsters now land up in your inbox as advocates, police officials and friends through emails personally addressed to you and laced with links to malicious software that can steal your personal information including those related to credit cards and bank accounts.

The rise in email scams is directly proportional to the increase in internet penetration in the country, especially with the number of first-time internet users going up each day.A recent Cisco study found that India is the world’s largest source of internet spam, followed by the United States, South Korea and China. With over 130 million users, India’s internet population is one of the fastest growing in the world. Most of these scam emails are targeted at average, technically less sophisticated email users. Read more of this post

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Flexi-Work

March 8, 2013 3 Comments

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MIT Technology Review

March 5, 2013 2 Comments

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Keeping abreast of technology is a great way to build wealth.By adopting appropriate technology faster you could increase your personal efficiency and remain competitive.The same goes for your businesses.

If you have a knack for foreseeing how the technological breakthroughs of today will pan out tomorrow, you could make a pile out of investing in stocks and start up-companies.

If you are a technocrat, and have a head for business,perhaps you could be inspired to start a hi-tech start-up of your own?

However you choose to use technology,here is a site to help you keep up with technology breakthroughs:Link.And don’t worry,even if math and science were bugbears in school,you’ll find this site easy reading.

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Office Space Solutions

March 1, 2013 4 Comments

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Real estate is expensive in India.Period.And rates can verge on the ridiculous in places like Mumbai.To add to the woes,renting/leasing is not so easy,if you are not an established business.

That said,I am of the school of bootstrappers who choose not to put down any money till cash starts flowing into the business. So its work out of home/the garage/hotel etc. till a business justifies rents or purchase of property. After all with a mobile phone,laptop and vehicle,its possible to get a lot done at no extra expense.

But there comes a time, when a semblance of an office,means that potential vendors or customers take you a little more seriously.At such times,here are 2 options you could try out: Read more of this post