Railways Executive Lounge

Yes that's right... Indian railways or IRCTC have executive travel lounges at New Delhi station.
Very Clean, Comfortable, Cooled, Prompt service and at par with any 4 star + hotel.

Various charges are there for different services like:
- Entry are with Swipe cards. Cost Rs.150 for two hours with 1 time Tea-Coffee and Wifi
- Recliner chairs is costing at Rs. 400 for two hours with unlimited Tea- Coffee, Snacks, and wifi
- Single beds are at Rs. 700 for three hours will all the above things.
- Unlimited buffet Snacks at Rs.150 and also Unlimited buffet dinner/lunch at Rs.250
- Shower and Changing room for Rs.150 which includes Nice towel, and bathing Kit.

Comment under for reviews/feedback or know more.

Link to same is available here: http://www.irctctourism.com/ttrs/railtourism/html/Lounge_FAQS.htm

Standard 10 students gets 3Cr funding

I believe sustain is the key to every business. And in order to sustain, Funds are the main factor of every entrepreneur.
Besides funds, you need management skills, superior product/services, team, marketing and persistence.

Here is the latest story of young guys of age 16ish getting 3Cr funding.

The highlight of this funding which is inspiring is:
- They got out in first round of some startup meet but didn't gave up
- Pitching same thing over and over at multiple places require passion
- Differential product. They catched the trend of No Preservetive, and No Soda.
- Followed up till the end.. as it took almost 1 year for the entire process.

Hats off to the young lads as getting funded is not at all easy in startup world.

Details can be found at http://toi.in/TbJE9b/a19li

Testing mobile version

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To Green And Beyond...: Gallery

Awesome Venture from 8th Grader Rajee Shah 

To Green And Beyond...: Gallery:                                           Ruby Red                                           Angel Tree                           ...

Expedia.co.in taking Superhero route

Checkout the latest Ad from Expedia.co.in. They have Rajnikant and Chuck Norris. Here they are using the superhero card. Overall a really nice animation clip. Check it out...

Market yourself, not your product!

The HubSpots and Kissmetrics of the world have taught us a lot about Inbound Marketing,  a marketing strategy that focuses on attracting prospective customers by offering useful information. At the face of it, it may seem like a tall order. But, is that really so?

The other day I was travelling in Mumbai Local Train and I realized how these principles apply to even seemingly mundane people and events.

The Story

At one of the stations an old lady walked into the train, in tow with a huge bag. She sat down nearby, removed a ball of thread and a spool from her bag and started knitting a piece. She was knitting beautifully with amazing speed quite oblivious to the people around her.
Moral: Pitch yourself, your talent and your capabilities. Don’t always sell.

Inbound Marketing

The Impact

Soon, people around her (including me) started talking among themselves about her skill while transfixed on her craft.
Moral: The slow paced story gradually picks up. Make people talk about you. They will notice your product. If they like it, it will surely create a buzz

The Reward

One lady visibly impressed asked her if she knits as a hobby or makes a living out of it. She said “I sell them. Want to have a look?” The lady nodded. She showed few pieces around and BAM! in a matter of 5 mins she had 10 “paid”  customers!
Moral: “You” are an ultimate seller, marketer :)
This was a classic case of inbound marketing wherein the pure skill and ability of the doer speaks for the product. It’s all about making your presence felt.
Inbound marketing is really useful for Small Businesses/Startups, primarily because it saves a lot of cash.
Disclaimer: The pundits say, do only things which work for you. So, it’s not necessary that inbound marketing or “only” inbound marketing would work.
[Guest article contributed by InteractEasy team. Reproduced from the blog]
[image courtesy Getty Images]
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Energy Demands from Cloud Computing Companies

Well Safecloudlocker.com is going to be a cloud storage business and thus while reading through this article, make me thinking as "How can we go green for backend servers and infrastructure".
Here is the report that can make us thinking...

If cloud were a country, its electricity demand would currently rank 5th in the world, which is ahead of India’s total electricity demand and this is expected to triple by 2020.
A recent report by Greenpeace slams big computing companies for using *dirty* energy to drive their cloud computing initiative.
As more people around the world use the cloud to store and share photos, videos, and documents, IT companies have to build more data centres –buildings so large they are often visible from space – that house thousands of computers and consume tremendous amounts of electricity. These cloud data centers consume a tremendous amount of electricity; some consume the equivalent of nearly 180,000 US homes or close to 1.8 million Indian homes.
Electronic devices and the rapidly growing cloud that supports our demand for greater online access are clearly a significant force in driving global energy demand. The report shares a few specific examples of how companies have used data center location to their advantage:
- Yahoo, US: Yahoo’s decision to locate in Lockport, New York, was connected to its ability to secure a substantial (15MW) allotment of hydroelectric power from New York Power Authority.
- Facebook, Sweden: Facebook built its third major owned and operated data center in Lulea, Sweden, a location chosen for the large amount of existing hydroelectric capacity at high availability. The data center can be fully powered with renewable energy
- An increasing number of cloud companies have begun to take charge of their electricity supply chain by signing long term contracts to buy renewable electricity from a specific source through a utility or renewable energy developer via a power purchase agreement (PPA) to help drive renewable electricity onto the grid.

Open publication – Free publishing – More climate change

Download the report (pdf) from here
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Tips for Startup Co-Founders from Asterix and Obelix

As a child (and even now) I was a huge fan of Asterix and Obelix. I would spend hours reading and re-reading Asterix and son and imagine what it would really be like if I had special magic powers. The possibilities were endless. The names were funny. The fights were amazing. The adventures were awesome.
I did believe for the longest time that the Silicon valley folklore of “Two guys and a dog startup” came from Asterix and Obelix.
On a more serious note, I think there are 3 amazing things about them that make them the perfect startup co-founders.
1. They really respect and enjoy each others company. You can see it in every book and episode. Obelix is the one everyone makes fun of (since as we know he fell into a cauldron when he was a kid) but he’s also the most dependable. They each have their quirks (Obelix loves boars and Asterix, is just nuts for most parts).
2. They compliment each other amazingly well. One is a superhuman (magically gifted) and another learns (or drinks magic portion) his way into super-power. Asterix is supposedly the smarter of the two, but Obelix shows his smarts (Corsica, Spain).
3. They are both focused. I love this the most. They do fight (like most people do) but they know the real enemies are always the Romans. Most episodes do have some fight between the two, that brews for a few pages or panels, but put them in front of a common enemy and they are back to being old friends again.
If you are a startup team, I’d highly recommend you read a few of their comics and keep a few in your office. Things always get tough in small startups and when the going gets tough, the tough laugh it off.
If you have read any of the comics, which one is your favorite?
[Guest article contributed by Mukund Mohan. Reproduced from his blog]
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