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.

Jhanki and Watts going on?

I came across 2 websites today - one is www.jhanki.com a general website about news that is interesting to Indians and people orinally from India.The website is full of gen info on India and then I found an alternative energy blog - yes I too am working on coal to energy,Alternative energy and related infrastructure work - I am always on the lookout for stuff that realy cuts costs.The link is www.wattsgoing.com . More links later - when I do more for myself and yes I am going to go for TiE ISB Connect in ISB,Hyderabad got some work there too andI look forward to hearing and meeting entrepreneurs and doing more work.Till then - keep surfing and have fun.

Use Influence

Just try and use authoritarian ways of managing people at work and see what reaction you get.
Today, unlike the past, the "do-what-I-say-or-else" approach will not work.Try it - you could be surprised with the result.

That doesn't mean to say that you can't get people to do what you want. It's just that you have to use less force and more influencing.

"Remember the fable by Aesop in which the North wind and the sun had a contest to see who could get a traveler to take off his coat first. The wind blew with all his might but the traveler just held his coat tighter. The sun then shone with all his might until the traveler grew too warm and had to take it off.The sun used influence not force.

Blogs are making big bucks today and influencing in a very subtle manner - want examples see

GigaOm,AlwaysOn-Network,Drudge Report,HuffingtonPost,engadget,textually.org,TechCrunch etc. Blogs are growing and growing and growing only and have become real easy & cheap to maintain too.This blog itself is quite old and is getting some traffic too - even if it is one visitor in a lifetime - that visitor will take action after reading the stories and seeing websites mentioned here.

That is all for now.Till next time.

A couple of landmarks (strictly personal)

I just want to submit here that I have posted more than 1000 articles that have been saved in the page http://del.icio.us/parvez1 and yes I have thumbsupped more than a 20,000 articles and pages I liked on http://parvez.stumbleupon.com and more than 5000 unique visitors have seen my pages on the above 2 websites and on the personal front I have been able to find a few great friends in India and abroad.I have been able to strike a few business deals too online.All you need to do is meet more people and talk about what you want after explaining the need to a client and without wasting time conclude a transaction.I have been able to empower a few rural entrepreneurs and given them a new source of income through the sale of an idea to the enablers of the deal and all of it was done through the internet and yes I am writing about it here to just inform it is possible and a real difference can be made and yes there is real money online.I am also glad some info on the above mentioned collections has been really used to make real some info has been used to make living a little easier through the medical and health related info there,a little info has made lives easier for NGOs and teachers in general and some business decisions have been made by firms that have resulted in business gains.Who says the Net does not work!,it not only works it rocks!

A post on self esteem

self esteem

Self-esteem reflects whether a person loves, accepts, and believes in who they are. The simplest way to raise a person's self-esteem is to improve that person's way of thinking and add reason to the same. This is easy, thereasons have to be right and should appeal to the person and/or group self-esteem will grow by adopting these thinking patterns:

1. Rediscover and reaffirm your personal strengths: Sometimes you have to take a new inventory on what you like about your looks, smile, body, sexiness, health, personality, and character strengths. For areas you don't feel real positive about, try to be more accepting of those unique features (example: nose or ears).Still if you want go ahead and change your appearance - people have become black and white too.Be yourself and natural - it works for most of us.
   
2. Figure out the hidden strengths in your so-called weaknesses: There is always a positive in every negative if you look hard enough. For instance, you may think of yourself as stubborn, but the flipside is that you're also persistent and dependable.You might waste your time surfing the net - it is quite possible you could come up with the next big idea - you need to find your guru,friends,philosophers and guides online.
   
3. Make a long list of your personal breakthroughs: Think of times when you did something that you thought that never could do but managed to pull off successfully. These breakthroughs can generate an authentic source of never-ending pride in you. (Example: speaking up at a meeting,winning a prize in school,sourcing an important component,writing a novel etc.)
4. Negative comparisons: These are best avoided. Human beings can amplify or reduce their value by contrasting themselves either positively or negatively with others. The most common trait of persons who have developed low self-esteem are to diminish themselves by contrasting how they don't measure up to others.As long as you are doing positive things and earning the bread and growing personally and professionally ignore comparisons.
   
5. Stop the critic inside of you: Some people have a nasty habit of putting themselves down often. They say damaging things to themselves like, "I'm always late. Why am I such a flake?" or "There I go again, stupid!" Get in the new habit of catching yourself saying critical things about yourself and learn to silence your inner critic.Be positive and accept that a person makes mistakes - a person who does not make mistakes is not really taking enough risks.It is better to do what you have always loved than be called a wimp or sissy forever.
   
6. Blaming yourself for mistakes in the past: Some things are only minimally in your control, but people who develop low self-esteem take the full blame for the resulting negative outcomes. Instead, learn to honor your efforts and give proper credit for things that you have done well.Like in the previous post accet that all make mistakes - have you tried to correct your own mistakes (think about it) - the ones in your control.A corrected mistake is a sureshot way to end the blame game!
   
7. Have more compassion for yourself: Realize the adversity of life can make you a stronger and more understanding person. The pain that you have suffered in the past can help you relate to a wider array of people. Your suffering makes you more human if you choose to channel it that way.How many other people have you helped besides yourself?
   
8. Be your own cheerleader: The energy and enthusiasm of a cheerleader is necessary in order to make the radical emotional changes required to raise your self-esteem. Use this analogy to illustrate how you talk to yourself, handle adversity, and summon up the courage to pursue your interests. Being your own cheerleader isn't silly, it's smart and contagious.Of course you have to cheer yourself - be your own cheerleader - it is not difficult - stop being indifferent and care for yourself too for a change and do it one thing at a time - say a pat on the back for doing a good thing a day.
9. Learn something new: Do you like being bored - you might other people do not - it is important to learn something new everytime and keep yourself occupied.
10. Teach others : Find what they want first and then pass on what you know to the people it is important that you be interesting enough to the people you want something from or else if you do not care who does?Think about it!
    

The Bottom Line: High self-esteem is attractive and low self-esteem is not. You really want to attract, get, keep,become successful,be able to contribute and enjoy love and acceptance,then it is very important to maintain a high level of self-esteem to keep oneself interested and occupied - the alternative is be boring,stupid, cynical,uncared for,pitied upon,cranky,always whining and complaining - the former is any day better than the latter in my opinion.

There is not a single person on earth who has not made mistakes - have we learnt from our mistakes or not and if yes what are we doing to change for the better ?

Thanks for reading - I know for sure this post will bring greater change and make people more compassionate,less indifferent and more positive.