हजारों ख्वाहिशें ऎसी की हर ख्वाइश पे दम निकले…
2007 proved to be one of the most important year for my aspirations. The single most important thing that I had envisioned when I was still in college (maybe even before that) – changed state from just being an idea to a business plan and then into a real entity. Yes, my own startup. The legal entity was formed and registered on 20th December ’07 – I still remember when my Mom called up to give me the good news! It all started with just an idea – when I saw my roomy (Subu) unhappy about the fact that he has to walk a neat 1km to get his mobile phone recharged. The idea struck me like a lightening blow and I instantly called up Sammer & Sandy to get their views. The idea changed forms many times – from being a mobile app to finally being a web app. The team happily settled with the web app plan 
Whatever be the idea – I totally enjoyed the churn! Bringing together the best of minds and taking them along to start something profitable gives me an immense kick – something that a job can never offer. Nurturing something from the very start & see it grow is almost like being a parent of a child. Best programming practices is almost comparable to telling your kids what’s good & bad for them. And if your venture is profitable – its almost like experiencing Nirvana – you own your own destiny!
We are still to launch our first product – ApnaBill.com – eventually that will happen! And with my new year resolutions, I plan to make it happen no later than Jan end
Another interesting thing that happened this year was me joining IBM and then travelling to Atlanta. Going to USofA was a unique experience – it just reinforced my decision to stay in India. The opportunities here are immense – specially because we are still a developing nation. US is good if you need quick money – but nothing beats India! Nothing!
Talking of IBM, I cannot leave out Ruby on Rails from this post. RoR has opened a gateway to commercial web applications for me. Ever since I graduated from college, I hated PHP, never liked the way it was used to write web apps (no offence to hundred’s thousands of PHP developers & the PHP community – just a personal dislike) – but getting introduced to RoR changed it all -”in a snap”! Today, I am proud being a RoR developer. Even the startup is spun around Rails.
Oh yeah, how can I miss my dance performance at Foot Loose – IBM – I broke a 3 year long jinx that I cannot dance. I still remember how my friends used to laugh at me. We practiced hard for a full week before getting onto the stage – messed up our music CD in the first run – fought the judges, got another chance & performed again at our best! We never got past the judges – but I am happy! We all were! And above all that, now nobody can say that I cannot dance 
Ok, so cutting the chase – Here are the resolutions for dear ’08
- Launch ApnaBill.com on or before 31st January
- Be back with family
- Pizza holiday in January (more months to be decided laters)
- Dedicate 1 hour, 5 days a week to fitness – jogging (gym maybe)
- Play Tennis once a week atleast – keep bugging Ratish/Kapil/etc
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