The US Story

Oct 22, 2010

Started from Toronto 6 in the morning, that was surprise for me. Had some confusion of roads even after GPS, but got it straight after we took 90 E and took 390 straight to New York. Reached New York 5 in the evening. Met everyone and went for a club party with the bride/bridegroom at Empire State. Came back at 6 in the morning.

Oct 23, 2010

Went to Time Square with Masi/Masad n cousins. Angel was the guide. Did lot of tourist activities. Checked out the first MacD store, Central park, tanga ride and saw rickshaw.

Checked out Tea Brands those were gud.

Oct 24, 2010

Masi/Masad left for Toronto n I left with Sabby. Went to Smagam with him, then went to Simpson Maul. Maul was fine.

Went with Sabby to a store n saw products such as chess BP, tie rope, 3 knot cage, kheper. Thats somethin u never find in India

Went to Jija Ji in the evening, meetin him was gud, discussed some ideas with him, n he offered we could together start somethin after discussion. Thats always a gud feel.

Talked to him abt lase Product, he told to see Bosley, it has given me good clarification on wht I wanted to seek.

Talked to him abt "As u see", thats a gud concept, can think of somethin between Cosco and "As u see", nice mixture n can come up with somethin innovative. Lets see.

Also went to Princeton University in the evening. One of the best campus I have seen. Ny campus that I found gud our K campus, really nice.

Oct 25, 2010

Came to Bridge maul n sitting in Star Bucks spending my time with myself. Nice time. Checked out LEGO, nice gift for Moeshu baby. I like it.

Oct 26

Went to World Trade Centre. Sat at the sea-shore, was awesome weather, specially the music they played.

Oct 27-28

Went to New York University, checked out Mammoun the best fala-fal place in New York. N played games like bear-pong and fuss ball.

Oct 29th

Went to battery park, went to Rivoldi the best Oven baked pizza. Went to Atlantic City. My first official Casino, had gud time at Black Jack/Poker.

Oct 30th

Stayed at Sabby's place.

Oct 31st

Went for Smagam. Saw Sam's Club and BJ. All the same concepts. In the evening went for halloween prade.

Nov 01

Went to Chesea Pier, played Golf at a range near shore. Nice view and game.

Nov 02

Went to Century Place. One of the best clothin place in New York acc to Magazine.

Requiem for a dream

Hearing the music of "Requiem for a dream".

Its a totally different feel. Its like hating someone and at the same time loving him/her. Its amazing how these ppl came up with this music. How they decide on a theme and make a music suited to the theme.

But this is surely a master piece.

Canada Trip

Oct 09, 2010

Went n met Angel, Amit n his friends, Aman n Ricky, the party was good.

Strange Fact - But what I felt strange was got to know that multiplexes don't have seating nos here, ppl queue up n rush to grab seats, lol, that was something that even Indian Cinema changed a long time back. It seemed India is more advanced than Canada. Would like to meet a Multiplex owner in Canada and ask the reason.

Retail Future of India - There is nothing as such unorganized retail here in Canada. I don't see small stores that u find in India. There r only big stores like Wall Mart, Future Electronics that specializes in their segment. It seems India would be one day on the same track, but would like to explore that did Canada ever have small stores or how Retail evolved in Canada.

Oct 10, 2010

Had a good discussion with my Masad today. Talking to ppl is really good. U get to know lot many things.

Sick Unit is a gud option. U r finance req. can be cut short, instead of new company take a sick company, instead of taking over sick company, make a good deal, where u can try out the venture for next 6 months without taking over the company.

Things to do

Lawyer - Good Share Holder Agreement

CA - IPO route n raising money, talk to Narinder Uncle.

Talk to ppl in Sick Unit Industry - Bankers

hunting on other ideas, lets see how it goes.

Oct 11, 2010

had a discussion on import-export licence today, How things work, how ppl profit out of govt. incentive. It seems getting to know abt business slightly.

How CRM works - Instead of asking why don't I get customers to doc with high ego's better say thankyou to docs for the customers they send.

Things to do

How did Masad find the hospital?

How do u find customers after buying the plot - Tomi Mama/Ashok Uncle.

Oct 12, 2010

Went with Masad to his new showroom today, had a gud time. He has done a gud deal. Property is worth 6M, he is getting for 4.5 Million, Income is worth 6 l/year, he has taken private mortgage n given first installment-2M. 2M costs 1 L/Year(Int) + 2L/year(P). Another 1 Million would complete the income. And for 1.5 M he would have his clinic or additional income from store.

This was something like comparison between Sick and running company i.e. a property in downtown vis-a-vis property here. Tomm going to his medical centre.

Things to do in Canada

Also, went to a maul where found two things interesting. One the customized beer made thing and another customized t-shirt. Need to talk to them.

And explore mini-golf courses, waste managment, kumon etc

Oct 13, 2010

Went with Masad to his Medical Centre today. That works really well. Managed by Ontario Government. Then met Aman on the way n went to Qiznos. That was a gud concept. Went to UPS store, a store for all business purposes, not value store. N then played with Aman in the evening on play station.

Things to do

Check Kummon, Golf, laundry n Waste-recycler.

Oct 14, 2010

Went to auditorium for seminar, just a normal

Oct 15, 2010

Went with Masi to few mauls, Elington square, Parksway maul. Checked out concept of advertisement gift voucher thats a gud concept. In India but can be taken to next level. Also had special puri in breakfast at Ahstmi, It was really gud.

Oct 16,2010

Today was masad's Bday, had a party. Went to Marshe, nice place where u get all cusines. Also checked out Mexican Grill with Amit, nice concept. I think its India SubWay.

Oct 17, 2010

Went with Masad to Costcho Retail Outlet. Nice concept worth exploring. They make members for retail and make wholsale outlets for ppl to come and shop.

Went to masi's friend for a party. All the uncle's were playing cards "teen patti" in Poker Nation.

Went to club after that with Aman n other cousins. The club was awesome, have't seen a club like that in India.

Oct 18, 2010

Went with masi to FairView Maul. Checked out the maul, found the juice bar concept. Also, shopped for Moeshu baby. Went with Aman in the evening to "Glow in the dark", a maul concept of the same is ready for use idea for Ambienace Maul.

Oct 19, 2010

Went with Masad to Torenton. Car got punctured on the way, 4th time in his last 25 years, lol.

Then reached his place, went with Aman for Wineyard n missed u lot today. Clicked awesome pics of the fall. Was a good day as an amateur photographer.

Went with Aman to "All Star" restaurant. Only models r their in this restaurant as waitress :)

Oct 20, 2010

had a rest day, went with masi/masad to Downtown n then Parkway maul. In the evening did net surfing.

Liked the idea of discount coupon booklet for marketing.

Oct 21, 2010

Went early morning to Vaughan Mill, had a gud day.

Checked out

1. Concept of Gift Voucher at Maul Level. Vaughan Mills.

2. Gold Rush - Cash for Gold was also a fine thing.

3. Teaopia has also potential in a country like India.

4. Got a customized T-Shirt "Revolution"

5. Got made BaB, nice concept.

Made friends at Tim Horton. Checked out Metro. N now m ready for New York. I leave for the new country tomorrow morning. Excited abt the nation.

Have got enough concepts in Canada, lets see what has US to offer.

Too busy: June-Aug

Oh wrote a blog after a long time, I did't know after Chairman retired I got even more busy that I could't even write a blog here, bull shit, was just wasting my time in these three months.

Blogging is very useful in this sense you get to know/review u r time. Optimistic abt utilizing my time in next 2-3 months.

I have started doing one good thing, I have started attending start-up saturdays. Those r fun days, u get to hear entrepreneurs, people pitching and evaluating their ideas.

Met Mr Vinay from GVK, awesome person, who can give u simple electronic solution to any common problem.

Would update from North America now.

My new blog

I have started another blog just for the books I read

http://classyconcepts.blogspot.com/.

Hope to make more entries in the classyconcept. Also planning for my Canada/USA trip. Its fun reading about session's in those areas, lets see if I can make it to one of them.

Lunch with Chairman Sir on 30th May, 2010

Chairman Sir took us to lunch in IIC on 30th May 2010, before leaving the office.

It was an awesome day. Wanted to hear lot many things from Sir and got the chance. He said in the starting “Jain u r a smart boy, but I couldn’t give u enough time”; I said I learnt a lot under his leadership. He said that he was just being frank.

Everyone was quite and only Chairman Sir was speaking. No one had anything to share, it was slightly weird.

I had loads of things to ask and say but wasn’t speaking may be out of utter respect. I was looking at Chairman Sir with a smile; he knew what was going through my mind, n he asked me “Yes Jain”.

I asked him Sir what are your hobbies, he smiled n said ”I don’t have many hobbies but I like reading, going for a walk n listening music”.

Then I asked him “Sir u r our role model, how do u maintain personal/professional life at such a high stature”.

He started laughing n said, for this I might not be your role model.

He said incase your work is demanding, you can devote more time to Office at the cost of family time. But make sure you don’t spill office work at home. Family would understand if you can’t give them time, but whatever few mins you give, should be relaxed and should be 100% for the family.

He also said normally ppl are good. Or have potential for becoming good. Work with the ppl who are good, transform thos ppl who have the potential for becoming good.
And there is set of people who won’t improve, remove that chunk of ppl, don’t try to improve them.

He said whatever articles you gave I have saved them and kept it at home. Chairman Sir had made my day; I couldn’t get an honor more than that.

Then we gave him a farewell gift, he said “Singhal, (Corp Affair head) u know wht type of person I am, still, u shouldn’t have done this, I am in embarrassing situation, neither can I refuse nor can I accept, instead of this u should have given me a letter, I would have framed it”. And then we moved for office, lunch was done.

In office I went to him and gave the letter that I had written, he read the letter and said thanks. His PS was there he asked him again where is the bunch of articles which Jain used to give; PS said I have sent it to your home. He said I didn’t find it, PS said it’s there. He said OK. It was a great feeling that those articles meant something for him.

Then finally he said whatever ideas you have in mind keep implementing, don’t worry abt the circumstances, keep moving forward and also keep away from cynics. These are the Golden words, and I’ll always remember them Sir.

15th May, 2010

Got NOC for Canada, US and Dubai, let’s see how things turn up. There r loads of positive things to cheer up today.
What a coincidence last time when idea came n blogged, it was 15th April :)