http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:10:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A comprehensive article on Service Tax has been posted today on ApnaComplex blog. The article tries to bring the entire sequence of events related to service tax on apartment / residential complexes at one place and provide a hisotrical perspective and the current status to the reader. Imposing a tax, ... http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in/2010/06/01/service-tax-implications-for-apartment-complexes/ Spent the noon today in Startup Buddies meeting. Startup Buddies is an initiative from Amit Singh of HeadStart - In Amit's words - "Startup Buddies is a community initiative where 5-6 entrepreneurs meet every month to acknowledge what they have accomplished in the previous month and declare what they are taking on ... http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in/2010/05/16/startup-buddies-meeting/ Just come across a recent web startup using quite a few "dummy" sites (that only have a blog) to create inbound links for their main site. Am sure it would have improved their pagerank - but wondering how "ethical" is this SEO practice? While one may call it as a ... http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in/2010/05/16/dummy-blog-sites-to-improve-pagerank-is-it-ethical/ Went to Vellore's famed Golden Temple yesterday along with family.  Route: Bangalore->Hosur->Krishnagiri->Ambur->Vellore all on NH7 and NH47. It was a trip on a wednesday (now, that's THE benefit of being an entrepreneur). Started at 11:30 AM at home. Reached Siripuram at 2:30 PM. Had halt as usual at BP Station near ... http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in/2010/05/15/trip-to-golden-temple-vellore/ Finally, the first product from our (mine and one more ex-colleague's) yet-to-be-named venture's stable is out few days back - doe check it out @ apnacomplex.com. The vibrant, yet extremely simple logo for Apnacomplex and the home was designed by Dotline Designs. They seem to have done a good job - ... http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in/2010/05/15/apnacomplex-launched/ Its been a while I posted here - am heads down busy in setting up foundations for the the venture we (I along with one more ex-colleague) are about to launch.  As mentioned by Sameer in his brilliant post - Ready to endure and enjoy the startup-pain?, right now there ... http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in/2010/03/28/starting-up/ They hover around in bunches of twos and threes giving you a surreptitious once-over. They are seemingly engaged in their own funny conversations until you move closer to the racks for a closer look. Then they swoop in on like vultures going for the big kill. "Yes Ma'am - can I ... http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in/2010/01/09/have-maal-shall-mall/ Started by two grads from NIT, Trichy - interviewstreet.com takes the preparation for interviews to a new level. The idea is very simple - making me wonder why it has not occurred to me earlier any time :-). In simple terms, the product provides a platform for interviewees to attend mock ... http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in/2009/12/21/interviewstreetcom-attend-mock-interviews/ Anyone who has a kid at home knows how "useless" it is buy a toy - most of time the toy becomes useless from the next day it is bought home as the child quickly loses interest in the toy after the initial exploration. Now starts the trouble for parents  ... http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in/2009/12/09/library-for-toys-rent-a-toy-rentoysin/ I came across this start up - TrackEveryCoin.com. The website name tells it all. This is basically a way to track the money one spends. The product/service is yet to be launched. As per the website, there are two ways to use this service - 1. Download a app on to your ... http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in/2009/11/09/track-every-coin-expense-management/ If you have a dream of leaving your well paid job and then starting something on your own you MUST read this one on Sky Diving (hopefully before leaving the job :)  ) - Sky Diving.  Too good. I could not find a better summary of the thought process that goes in ... http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in/2009/11/05/thoughts-of-an-entrepreneur/ If "Buying home to get safer.." article in Times of India comes true - this is a huge reason to cheer for most Indians. This is a proposal to impose regulations on the property developers to ensure the buyer is protected. Buying a property is a nightmare here with not even a ... http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in/2009/09/26/new-real-estate-bill/ I would like to meet the person who has invented break-time in the TV world. I’d send him/her flowers or maybe just go up to them and give a congratulatory pat on the back. It is one of the best things that ever happened to the TV, since TV.  For without ... http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in/2009/09/08/life-after-the-break/ I had a little surprise in store today from ICICI - the bank quietly has imposed a service charge of Rs. 5 + service tax for online fund transfers effective Aug 24th 2009. While the amount is nominal, I am 100% sure this is a regressive step. I was about to ... http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in/2009/08/26/icici-bank-service-charges-for-online-fund-transfers/ Came across this really cool technology - ScreenR. This is a online screen casting tool - one can record screens directly thru web browser with out installing any sort of software. One can record a screencast of up to 5 minutes. The resulting video can be tweeted, uplaoded to youtube, downloaded ... http://blog.thoughtsinprogress.co.in/2009/08/19/screenr-online-screencasting-tool/