Where Are You?

This blog is focused on student entrepreneurs by a fellow colleague sharing and narrating his experiences as to what any other young entrepreneur would go through.

Directly related ones are under the "guide to a student entrepreneur" category. All the rest, I think they're indirectly related.

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21. and counting.

2009 November 3
by sahil khan
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my amazingly beautiful mom. i was probably around a year old.

my 21’st birthday. :)

a huge thanks to everyone who has been and is a part of my life. and that obviously goes to my parents as well who brought me to this world. bad, greedy, dirty, no matter how villainous the world is, i still love it. because i live here.

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5 minutes of me

2009 November 2
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by sahil khan

 

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the scene in question below, from "marley and me"

the movie, marley and me. about  the relationship of a dog with a man and his family. john grogan (owen wilson) worked for quite some time as a columnist at a florida daily. he then shifted to philadelphia as a reporter. he finds himself returning home one night to see his wife jenny (jennifer aniston) going through his columns from the florida stint. she said:

 

even on the crappiest days, when the kids are driving me nuts, laundry’s not done and a hundred other things are wrong, i always know i have this. 5 minutes of you.

sometimes they are sad, sometimes they are really funny; silly or whatever. but they’re all you. in those 5 minutes, you make me feel better.

that john was me, is me. but that jenny, who was her, has remained a certain past only. it’s no longer her. because she had decided not to be like jenny and was not happy with the 5 minutes of me on my blog where she used to read between the lines, love each word and savor the meaning behind those crooked words i used. she wanted more. and i couldn’t give her that back then.

this blog was the “5 minutes of you” for her. just that time fooled each one of us.

Nine Marketing Concepts for the Quirky

2009 September 21

In one of the M. Com classes, a professor was explaining marketing concepts to the students:

1. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: “I am very rich. Marry me!” – That’s Direct Marketing.

2. You’re at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl. One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says: “He’s very rich. Marry him.” – That’s Advertising.

3. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and get her telephone number. The next day, you call and say: “Hi, I’m very rich. Marry me.” – That’s Telemarketing.

4. You’re at a party and see gorgeous girl. You get up and straighten your tie, you walk up to her and pour her a drink, you open the door (of the car) for her, pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her ride and then say: “By the way, I’m rich. Will you Marry Me?” – That’s Public Relations.

5. You’re at a party and see gorgeous girl. She walks up to you and says: “You are very rich! Can you marry me?” – That’s Brand Recognition.

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if you’re being paid, why take free?

2009 July 9
by sahil khan

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Sometimes e-mail forwards are so f***ing true and perfect. Felt it was something to be shared with you people. Etch it, I say, young entrepreneurs!

Do not buy new what you can buy used,

Do not buy used what you can lease,

Do not lease what you can borrow,

Do not borrow what you can barter,

Do not barter what you can beg,

Do not beg what you can scavenge,

Do not scavenge what you can get free,

Do not take for free what some one can pay you for!

emails of lingering hope

2009 July 5
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by sahil khan

A good friend was trying to cheer me up recently when I was going through a low by forwarding me a few emails from her inbox. Thanks Swadha, for being there at 4 am. [And thanks to the ISP for the hassle-free connection. Also another thanks to the countless people behind these chain mails. :P ]

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What it takes to love a Man.

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