CAREER KE CARRIER ….
Recently 10th and 12th standard’s exam completed. And now the kids are wandering what subject to choose or what career path should they opt.
There is no secret in it, that our career choices are narrowed to a few options from millions just because of this three words “log kya kahenge!!
Society; or mainly sharma and gupta aunties (here in Maharashtra Patil kaku and Mahajan’s) are the reason to our career choice today.
From early age, service and desk job in MNCs are shown to us as a benchmark of successful and happy life.
But there are times when some of us or nowadays a large bunch of fresh brains, don’t want to do same work or pursue same degree like engineering, MBBS or CA.
So!
Then what?
There comes the role of our famous gupta ji and sharma uncle ka ladka with there A+ degrees and highly paying jobs to crush our dreams. And most of the times they succeed to ruin our lives and here we are thinking ….yaar life me kuch excitement chahiye…
But as we know there are always some rancho’s out there. Their desire to do something new, to do something they love is much more powerful then pseudo-standards of our society.
Here are some examples of this kind of people those who escaped from dream-crushers aka
Sharma aunty and doing pretty good with what they love.
They started a start-up and running them quit successfully.
So what is a start-up??
According to Forbes: - The term “startup” has been bandied around with increasing frequency over the past few years to describe scrappy young ventures, hip San Francisco apps and huge tech companies. But what is a startup, really?
“A startup is a company working to solve a problem where the solution is not obvious and success is not guaranteed,” says Neil Blumenthal, cofounder and co-CEO of Warby Parker.
Wanted Umbrella,
By kalyani khona
Last year, when Kalyani Khona approached a differently-abled man with a marriage proposal, he was taken aback. Reason: Khona was 21 and the man double her age. He didn't of course know at that time that Khona was the founder of Wanted Umbrella, positioned as India's only matrimonial agency for differently-abled people.
With over 40 million disabled people in India, only 5% or less get married," says Khona who started Wanted Umbrella in July 2014 in Delhi.
The revenue model for Wanted Umbrella is simple: subscription fees and money from organising events. "It's a huge and untapped market waiting for somebody who is passionate to tap into. I have married social cause and business," she says. Now that for sure is a match made in heaven.
Con Affetto
By:- Alpana Agarwal
If your girlfriend is Marwari, the easiest way to earn her wrath is to gift her bouquet of flowers, reckons Alpana Agarwal. "For Marwari’s, flowers are a waste of money," insists the co-founder of Con Affetto, a startup that makes edible bouquets by using cake pops, cookies, cupcakes and cake truffle.
Last September, Agarwal, 32, started this venture with her younger sister Upasana with a seed capital of Rs 10 lakh in New Delhi. With a starting price of Rs 600 and a maximum tag of Rs 3,000, the sisters have been selling over 15 bouquets a day in Delhi and the NCR and soon plan to open kiosks to push their products in other cities, including Mumbai.
While being in a segment where there is no direct competition definitely helps, expanding the market is a tough task for the duo.
Not Quite Kid Stuff – HowToTellYourChild
By: - Deepa Kumar
Last July, when violent protests erupted across Bengaluru over the sexual abuse of a six-year-old student in her school, Deepa Kumar refused to hit the streets. Reason: she was getting ready to fight back in her own unique way.
"The only way to curb such abuse is by talking about the topic with our kids," says Kumar. "We have to get rid of the devil in our heads." Kumar did that with HowToTell YourChild, an online start up that offers videos, books and related products that parents and educators can use to teach children about topics like sexual abuse and puberty in a fun and easy manner. Started in November last year, HowToTellYourChild plans to tie up with schools, hold counselling sessions with parents and make videos in regional languages to expand its reach.
So don’t underestimate the power of a young brain and empty pocket.
They can change world as we know it.
Encourage you siblings, your kids and youth around you to work for their dreams, not dream while they work…..
