If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

-Rudyard Kipling

There is something about being a leader that is to be learnt from this poem. My parents taught me some of the things in this poem, without me even realizing it!

Wikipedia - Knowledge is the Supreme Goal

Dynamics of the Indian Telecom Industry 2009

Dear Reader,

Thank you for coming back.

The telecom industry has shown tremendous growth in the past few years. Mobile services, the primary growth driver has propelled India into the third largest telecom network in the world. As with most things in India, there is great potential for the industry but the slow pace of reforms are, in some sense, hindering this growth. FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) is providing the much need liquidity to propel the telecom industry from the third largest to the soon-to-be second largest telecom network in the world.

And yes, there are more than one ways to get a piece of this growth. Most of the big players in this industry are publicly traded companies. Owning a piece of the business will expose you to the volatility in this industry.

What is also interesting is to see how consumers respond to new marketing strategies, price wars, and network affects. A classic network affect is the rise in the use of Value-added Services (VAS) and growth in revenues from VAS vs. voice services. This kind of a network affect is more prevalent in countries where VAS are still cheaper than voice services.

Its a wait and watch scenario now, with the bigger incumbent players fighting it out with each other for market dominance and the smaller players try their best to innovate for a piece of the action.

I did an analysis of the industry and presented to a group of managers in a leading semiconductor industry. See the full presentation below.

Comments/suggestions are welcome.

Regards,
Jyothin

Dynamics of Indian Telecom Industry 2009 v8 by jmadari

Digital Media aided Primary/Secondary Education in India

Dear Reader,

The primary/secondary education in India is undergoing a big change. Changes in syllabus, new and upcoming private schools, international schools, new content are just some of the few changes in this industry. Below is a marketing and sales strategy presentation I did as a consultant for a start-up that focuses on using digital media (audio/video, streaming content, DVDs, etc.) that aid in teaching difficult topics to children.

So how does one get a piece of this action?

Unfortunately, there are very few publicly traded companies in India whose primary business is in publishing material for primary and secondary education. Most are privately held firms or closely held family businesses. This is probably another indication for the kind of growth one can expect in this industry.

Comments/suggestions on the presentation are welcome.

Regards,
Jyothin

Digital Media Education v6 by jmadari