10 REASONS WHY I LIKE STARTUPS

1) The People - A real entrepreneur has a story, an ora and a passion(s)! he is an interesting person by his very nature. Entrepreneurs are unique in that they are limited only by determination and imagination not money or environment.

2) The Process - Building teams with vision and drive has got to be one of the most rewarding experiences. Leveraging knowledge from a group breeds a larger vision and more market opportunities.

3) The Fix - In startups, you can recognize a problem today and have it fixed by tomorrow, try doing that at Microsoft.

4) The Network - Entrepreneurs hire entrepreneurs, they are resourceful, crafty and creative, throw them all in one room long enough and they WILL find a way to make it work.

5) The Ambition - skills can be taught but ambition is contagious. Doing your best 150% of the time is par for the course at a great startup.

6) The MacGyver in Everyone - While most companies are full of Captain Mo, yours is full of MacGyvers (Minus the mullets). Give your team a locked safe, a toothpick and a shoe string and watch them go!

7) The Money - There usually isn't any, so it's obvious everyone is there because they want to be and not because they have to be. This brings out the best in your team.

8) The Learning - Startups are a crash course in business. College is great but this is the real deal.

9) The Camaraderie - You find out who you can really count on when your back is against the wall.

10) The FUN! - Startups are an emotional rollercoaster but are serious fun. I have experienced more personal growth in 2 months in a startup than in 4 years of college.

Forced Forward mails....

I wanted to thank all my friends and family who have forwarded chain
letters to me in 2006 & 2007 & 2008 & 2009.

Because of your kindness:

* I stopped drinking Coca Cola after I found out that it's good for
removing toilet stains.

* I stopped going to the movies for fear of sitting on a needle
infected with AIDS.

* I smell like a wet dog since I stopped using deodorants because they
cause cancer.

* I don't leave my car in the parking lot or any other place and
sometimes. I even have to walk about 7 blocks for fear that someone
will
drug me with a perfume sample and try to rob me.

* I also stopped answering the phon! e for fear that they may ask me to
dial a stupid number and then I get a phone bill from with calls to
Uganda, Singapore and Tokyo.

* I also stopped drinking anything out of a can for fear that I will
get sick from the rat feces and urine.

* When I go to parties, I don't look at any girl, no matter how hot she
is, for fear that she will take me to a hotel, drug me then take my
kidneys and leave me taking a nap in a bathtub full of ice.

* I also donated all my savings to the Amy Bruce account. A sick girl
that was about to die in the hospital about7,000 times. (Poor girl!
she's been 7 since 1993...)!

* I went bankrupt from bounced checks that I made expecting the
$15,000 that Microsoft and AOL were supposed to send me when I
participated
in their sp ecial e-mail program would arrive soon.

* My free Nokia phone never arrived and neither did the free passes for
a paid vacation to Disneyland.

* Still open to help some from Bulgaria who wants to use my account to
transfer his uncle property of some hundred millions $.

* Made some Hundred wishes before forwarding those Ganesh Vandana,
Tirupathi Balaji pics etc… now most of those 'Wishes' are already
married
(to someone else)

apaka pana dost(ur frnd)