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		<title>Why I dropped out of MBA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R R Padhy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After coming back to India, I joined one of the top-20 b-schools for part-time executive MBA. I continued two sessions, and then I dropped off. My friends are about to complete their MBA in 2014, so they are a bit more than 60% thru already. I have been asked many a times the reasons behind [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashmiranjanpadhy.com&#038;blog=3096163&#038;post=730&#038;subd=rashmiranjanpadhy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An attempt to become an Early Adopter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 01:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R R Padhy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an entrepreneur, as every entrepreneurs, we need early adopters, loads of them. However, if you are an Indian Tech Entrepreneur, you might have this question, where do I find these early adopters? Not long back, I was also having this question. That is when I asked,  am I an early adopter? In every country, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashmiranjanpadhy.com&#038;blog=3096163&#038;post=729&#038;subd=rashmiranjanpadhy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Building Self-Discipline</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R R Padhy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a little over an year since I have started working seriously on my startup idea. I have been going at it pretty hard. However, one thing which I have been lacking all these time has been discipline. Yes, I have been working hard, and in the best interest of the company, however [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashmiranjanpadhy.com&#038;blog=3096163&#038;post=724&#038;subd=rashmiranjanpadhy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurs why you should not &#8220;patent&#8221; but publish towards &#8220;open innovation&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:17:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R R Padhy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost every entrepreneur and startup I meet, at one stage or other, talks about patenting and protecting their IP. Earlier, even I was in that domain, trying to find out how can I patent some of my methods and implementations. Some may or may not be patentable, but still I was looking for it. Only [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashmiranjanpadhy.com&#038;blog=3096163&#038;post=703&#038;subd=rashmiranjanpadhy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When should one pivot?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R R Padhy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most common understanding is that you should pivot when you see something is not working. I differ from that belief. Small market: Most often when we start, wr believe it is a big market and a big opportunity.  However, more often than not, we find that the total addressable market (TAM) is actually small.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashmiranjanpadhy.com&#038;blog=3096163&#038;post=702&#038;subd=rashmiranjanpadhy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Indian Startups should think like Lifestyle business</title>
		<link>http://rashmiranjanpadhy.com/2013/01/20/indian-startups-should-think-like-lifestyle-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R R Padhy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay. You may consider this a rant or experience, either ways, I know this is right. Firstly,  what is the difference between a startup and a lifestyle business? I asked a similar question at a recent event. I was told,  lifestyle business gives money or salary to the founders every month, Startups do not make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashmiranjanpadhy.com&#038;blog=3096163&#038;post=701&#038;subd=rashmiranjanpadhy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How Apollo Hospital scares patients to make money</title>
		<link>http://rashmiranjanpadhy.com/2013/01/18/how-an-apollo-hospital-scares-patients-to-make-money/</link>
		<comments>http://rashmiranjanpadhy.com/2013/01/18/how-an-apollo-hospital-scares-patients-to-make-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R R Padhy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rashmiranjanpadhy.com/?p=697</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After having viewed a similar episode on Aamir Khan&#8217;s &#8220;Satyamev Jayate&#8221;, facing something actually was something I had not foreseen. In an unfortunate incident, one of my close relatives had some severe health issues. Initially, we thought it was a Heart Attack. However, thankfully, later it was cleared and it was found to be gall [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashmiranjanpadhy.com&#038;blog=3096163&#038;post=697&#038;subd=rashmiranjanpadhy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We Screwed Up and We are Pivoting</title>
		<link>http://rashmiranjanpadhy.com/2012/12/18/we-screwed-up-and-we-are-pivoting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R R Padhy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a month back, we started with a new startup, ParallelWay. The purpose of ParallelWay is to solve the pain of ecomm companies, when it comes to shipping and delivery. However, we screwed up. When, we started with a model, we were not too sure if the solution we are proposing is right, and more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashmiranjanpadhy.com&#038;blog=3096163&#038;post=693&#038;subd=rashmiranjanpadhy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ecommerce in India &#8211; Customers are ultra connected</title>
		<link>http://rashmiranjanpadhy.com/2012/12/14/ecommerce-in-india-customers-are-ultra-connected/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R R Padhy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I said how being a courier delivery guy is helping me understand customers better. Another quick point I wanted to make is, Customers are ultra connected. Many customers staying in a community, know each other. Here is an instance. I had gone to deliver a package to a community. There were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashmiranjanpadhy.com&#038;blog=3096163&#038;post=692&#038;subd=rashmiranjanpadhy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>E-Commerce in India &#8211; How to deliver better UX</title>
		<link>http://rashmiranjanpadhy.com/2012/12/13/e-commerce-in-india-how-to-deliver-better-ux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>R R Padhy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I go to deliver packages like a courier delivery guy. Today, I saw a very good opportunity lost. We have started a new service in the logistics sector, Parallelway. We intend to change a few things in the logistics industry, and taking tiny steps ahead. So, to get a deeper operational insights, and understand the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rashmiranjanpadhy.com&#038;blog=3096163&#038;post=496&#038;subd=rashmiranjanpadhy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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