Energy and Water

It has been a really long time since I made any entries here - my projects,retail sales activities, plastics and electronics, green and clean biz opportunity tracking and constant surfing on the internet in search of new websites and articles is keeping me occupied - my attention is turned to water and energy these days and am happy to inform that yes there are plenty of stories,blogs, software,projects, their impacts and interesting applications of the above described on the net - it is practically impossible to keep track - mine is a feeble attempt.
I hope I will become more active from now on and actually start making some money from Blogging-will definitely do more from now.The websites that caught my fancy are:

1. http://www.tfot.info
2. http://www.willowstick.com

Till next time.

Eid Mubarak and Haj Mubarak

Wish all of you a great Eid ul Azha and a great Haj - do remember me in your prayers and help all people succeed.

Jinfo,Adsensetop and Shoemoney

All the 3 websites work and help pay the bills.The questions are always the same more or less:

1. Am I enriching people or not with my blog-yes/no
2. Is my information of use to (a) the masses (b) individuals (c) companies (d) associations and lastly (e) Nonprofits.
   
3. What am I doing to become more green

The websites are:

1. http://www.jinfo.com/
2. http://www.adsensetop.com/
3. http://www.shoemoney.com/

Now I hope this gives real examples of how blogs are working - I did not believe it myself but when I saw the image of the check from Adsensetop it is difficult to beat the same.So yes I too will be more active in the blogosphere from now on and yes do keep returning for stuff you will not necessarily find elsewhere - remember the info here can be used and those who want more can always email me. { email: ahmedparvez(at)yahoo(dot)com}

Some simple stuff - it works

1. Keep thinking positive - be optimistic about being able to deliver-the chances are you will deliver and once the first client is pierced- the assignment is done - you will realize - this can be repeated.
2. Add value to whatever you are doing - Share information genuinely with companies you want to partner with and complement their businesses by being creative.For example talk about saving money by using tech more efficiently.Even today this works when the returns are clearly identified.
3. Accept you will have to keep finding new clients - With the same clients even you will get bored as the opportunity to learn will be minimal
4. Build models even if the model is 1+1=2 show the model to clients - simplicity in decision making helps out
   
5. Never accept defeat - Having a next to impossible goal sometimes really motivates to do what was once thought impossible - the best examples are Russia sending a dog into space and US sending man to the moon.
6. Think green,think clean and use tech better save the world-be rational about the same.
7. Ignore Naysayers - There will be negative people always - listen to them and improve if possible or plain and simple avoid them-even better will be use a favorite solution of mine,I stood where I am - the world beneath me rotated-it also means learn to carry the masses along with you.
8. Always think about minimizing expenses-to the society and to yourself.Raising voices in public forums work many a time.
9. Be open to getting help - there are people who need help - you could be one and may not know it so find your partner-a person who actually show the real situation to you-a person who will give you a dose of reality-In other words find your mentors-financial,technical and down to earth people.
10. Keep your family and friends in the loop - it helps to share your dreams and aspirations.
11. Do some not for profit work too-it works!
12. Join a supportive network like your school's alumni association or a local business chambers of commerce-what ever.
13. Pray - it helps you remain sane (this is my opinion only-I also pray to Allah - the Almighty for help)
    
14. Read motivational quotes - if they can do it so can we!
    

Transfer data securely reduce pollution and save trees

The companies mentioned below will actually help you do the same!


1. www.accellion.com - reports that some of its customers are using the virtual appliance to transfer more than 2 terabytes of data per month.Accellion figure that one terabyte of data transferred with its technology is equivalent to 50,000 trees that were made into paper and printed, or 2,000 compact disks filled with data and shipped overnight.
2. www.xign.com - A JP Morgan company - this company is absolutely serious about reducing pollution and it handles invoicing for about 50 very large companies (like Verizon Wireless), representing about 55,000 trading partners, according to executives for the financial services firm. Executives for JPMorgan Xign figure that about 80 percent of all invoices are paper-based. The company offers a two-fold proposition to its customers: the chance to save some trees AND a very real reduction in invoice processing costs of about 60 percent, since invoices can be handled more quickly, they say.

US jobs for US citizens and a few global jobs

I am going to help a few US citizens and a very few global residents help get find IT jobs.For more details please me with your resumes and please note everyone will not get the jobs so no point in complaining and cribbing with me.Bangalore techies also will be assisted in getting jobs in Bangalore/India depending on my being able to find the right jobs and companies.

This is for people with experience of 3-10 years in the IT,Environment (Cleantech) and tech sector and as I know a few VCs and CEOs so please note I am taking a few huge risks.

Let me see what I get for this experiment - I am going to try out for a month maximum so hurry and send the resumes to ahmedparvez (at) yahoo (dot) com

more interesting news from Bangalore

I am promoting an industrial project called Plastics Udyog Nagar (Plastics technology industrial cluster) in Bangalore.I can help out a few good companies who are in the plastics or allied sector and promise to support local industry get some land at a slightly concessional rate.Only for serious people with great project ideas with complete business plans.

I am going to review the plans myself along with plastic industry professionals and recommend the same to the principals who are behind the project.

I am monitoring this blog and this offer is for a very limited time only-the sooner your plans are in the better - email me at the earliest - ahmedparvez@yahoo.com - yes I check my email and mark your email with PWS in the subject.

PickyDomains

www.pickydomains.com - A cool idea and a niche business opportunity - think about it all visitors to this blog - sorry folks for not have blogged for long - I was too stupid not to blog especially since I started getting a few quality visitors - the kind who add value and give back to business and society - well no need to despair - I am back and want your support once again.In my defense I am saying I did not shut down this blog - that is just too easy and will free up some of my time. Yes I am busy trying to promote some great ideas in Cleantech for India and that has kept me busy - I need to earn too and do more work.

Long time

Been a long time since I have blogged.Have made a few good friends thanks to Mobile Monday Bangalore, www.proto.in and Bootstrap Bangalore.Will do it (blog) more often now.

looking forward to helping my blog readers and entrepreneurs raise money

I hope some of you - visitors to this blog actually approach me for Angel/VC funding - I have plans to start a very small Angel/VC fund along with a couple of co-investors from industry - with people who have established businesses and a sound reputation in industry.

Been a long time

By the way I attended www.proto.in in IIT Chennai visit the site for getting the profiles of some of the most exciting startups from India. Basically I had fun and got some great work done there and made a few very exciting new friends.

I am also trying to get some work done with a Bangalore based co. called Floraison - their URL is www.floraison.in so do visit the websites by typing the addresses in your browser window.Find solutions to exciting problems that already exist in the world.What was not possible 25 -30 years ago is possible today and by and large some costs are indeed dropping and things are just a little more affordable.

Let us make the best of what we have and grow and give opportunities for growth too and yes givers really gain !

Gaping Void and MouthShut

I should have blogged about www.gapingvoid.com and www.mouthshut.com a long time ago.Both sites are interesting to read updated quite frequently and the stuff makes sense to me and as some of you are aware MouthShut is a consumers products comparison website and GapingVoid is a website for the slightly creative minded people - this said all people are creative and want to get ahead doing the right things - the 2 websites are doing some things right and yes their readership is growing - even I refer to them from time to time these days and yes some of the ideas and product reviews are indeed good.
So go ahead and check the websites by simply typing the above mentioned URLs in your browsers address bar and see things differently.

What to look for in leaders

Leadership consists of a set of skills that can be identified and learned. It’s true that some people have a greater aptitude for leadership but all of us can be leaders and can build our leadership skills.Leadership should be encouraged at every level of the organization (with a few flexible rules of behavior to prevent conflict and confusion).

Leaders are almost always:

1. Challenging the existing processes within organization and society in general.
2. Such people are inspiring and create a shared vision of success
   
3. Lead by example and provide frameworks for friends.
4. Accept mistakes quickly and rectify (or atleast try to rectify) the same almost immediately.
5. Appreciate the ingenuity in children,older and younger people.
6. Look for stuff that can be verified or create benchmarks.
7. Are always hoping for the best to come from the worst situation.
8. Praying for the best for every person.
9. Are open to new ideas and ways of looking at things in general.
10. Never discriminating in nature (discriminating by gender,race,creed or color) and treat according to the merit of the idea/case.
    
11. Encouraging everyone to do their best from the heart.

Lastly they smile and spread cheer to among their colleagues,within the company and in the surrounding communities.

More than 22000 entries

Just want all to know that today or yesterday I have crossed 22000 entries in my Stumble Upon page - some of you may be aware of the same - for those who are not aware check out

http://parvez.stumbleupon.com

Cut and paste the address in your browser's address bar.I have managed to put up 1100 entries in

http://del.icio.us/parvez1

Again do the same for this also and get the benefits.

Supercomputing for stocks

Some of you who know me do realize that I try to save time and money for people and companies in general.Keeping the same in mind here I am posting about a company 0called Gstock.It is into supercomputing for stocks and shares.Ordinarily it takes about 1-3 hours or so to do routine technical analysis of stocks and shares in most countries - now compound the same with have many stock exchanges in which you can put your and then try to bet on companies you think that will deliver - it takes time - what if this could be done faster ?

The answer is www.gstock.com - 1 website for the maximum benefit.The cost of use of the service absolutely free!.Now what re you waiting for friends.

Agloco

I read about this new company somewhere on the internet - I am giving the same a shot and as you my bloggers know I surf a lot and spread a lot of info around most of it being useful to someone or the other I am giving www.agloco.com also a shot. For all of you here who want to sign up do use my referral no. which is below and spread the word.

www.agloco.com/r/BBBB8475

To constantly learn about more new stuff and interesting new websites (some could be old also-I do not rule out the possibility) keep coming to this blog.By the way I want to say that www.orkut.com does work and yes I am finally making a few decent contacts from the platform Orkut provides.One has to be patient for getting the best results and one has to smart and sincere or else nothing really works out.

All the best and keep in mind my request.

Atlantis Computing Home

This post is about an interesting company my good friend is working in and trust me the team behind the company is real smart - to quote from the company's vision,values and mission statement "What does it take to make computing cheap, reliable and abundant for the next billion people? This is the question that excites us at Atlantis."

The Atlantis computing platform allows you to transform any Windows,Unix,Linux or Solaris application into a hosted webservice. Read the rest on the website mentioned below.
www.atlantiscomputing.com

Congrats to www.Jotspot.com to on getting acquired by Google Inc. !

A tribute to TiE Bangalore

I have been a TiE Bangalore member for sometime now - to me TiE Stands for

T - Truly, Technology,Talent,Trust, Thinking, Try, Take,
I - Innovative, Ideas, Inspiration, Information, Inventive, Individual, Initiatives,
E - Encouragement, Enterprise, Entrepreneurs, Equality, Ecosystems, Effort, Educate

I have in my own tried to do all the above in some way or other and TiE Bangalore perhaps has benefited from my membership after all and I too have gained inspiration and have been enriched individually from being a TiE Bangalore member.

It is important to find a mentor who is able to guide and help you make true progress as an individual and it does not matter if you learn or teach other people - you end up benefiting only.Age does not really matter - the quality,scalability and merit of idea and the process of building a company and team and then replicating the process are the most important in my opinion - mistakes have to be avoided and learnt from,all emotions put aside,the numbers should justify and show promises,pie should large and growing,aim has to be among the top 5, the pace has to be scorching hot - yet the planning has to be sound and there have to be backups (the what if it fails?), relevant partnerships have to be formed and sustained, setbacks have to be overcome, unfair advantages need to be created, talented people have to be found, understood and encouraged, ..., this is endless and will go on and on and on,.....,on.

I can say the same for the other non profit institutions I am a member of and the fact is there are plenty of opportunities to learn and teach and get enriched in the bargain and yes win win situations have to be created for both/all sides - it is not easy yet the effort is there and better results are actually being seen even in many developing countries.

Will sign off for the time being - the link is www.tiebangalore.org - till next time!

Imagination Cubed,VentureWiki and VentureWoods

Below is a great website from GE Inc.

www.imaginationcubed.com

It lets you express yourself through drawing and convert the ideas into products - whats more it is backed by GE Inc. , think about it and do the needful.Apart from this do check out www.venturewiki.com and www.venturewoods.org - the websites are helpful to people who are starting out on their own.
The fact is most entrepreneurs are in the startup woods - this could be some much needed direction that all want.

Comments from website visitors

Yes I have gotten positive feedback for a few ideas presented here for your information blog readers - I want comments to be posted directly to my email address and they better really inspire me to do more here you know after all it is not very easy to sell ideas,concepts,imagination, vision,growth,get real savings, find new business opportunities and spread positive news in general with all people to make a difference - yes it is a lonely path and sometimes it is that single line of encouragement that does the trick.

Think about what a person can do and take responsibility for the same - once people know you are responsible you have the power to change the world with your ideas - I promised myself I am going to try and do something about the power industry in India and I am actually going to do something for a 1000 MW col-fired thermal power plant in AP,India.Learn whatever you can identify the technology to be used to make a real difference to the bottomline of your client and get in touch with the tech providers - approach the buyer identified and then prove yourself literally.The earning will follow and yes a difference will be created in due course of time.

The websites for today are:

1. http://www.dailytech.com/
2. http://www.jobwerx.com/
3. http://www.medgadget.com/

Hope these actually help out.So long for now.