Dilemma of starting on your own!!.

I am penning down few thoughts that come to my mind for my first LinkedIn post.

There comes a time in your professional  life when you are at a crossroads & have to look ahead and decide what  you have to do with your life.

23+ years in a career spanning 5 different  companies and having worked with number of suppliers /vendors all these years to develop brands, pvt. labels, products and having met the various deadlines all your professional life.

Now at a point,where one has to decide to move ahead in life & may be to do something on your own rather than pursue the professional career ahead.May be start a product management company which can work with various small brands to set up their businesses in online and offline retail.

The eCommerce boom in the Indian economy has given numerous small and manufacturers labels and brands who were till now not having a organised outlet for selling their products. the customers staying in tier 3 cities and smaller towns which till now did not have a opportunity to purchase products which were hitherto only available in metros and tier 1 cities. Now these customers have the product delivered to their doorstep with COD facility thanks to the excellent supply chain set up by the home grown companies as well as the American giant Amazon.

The business has huge scope and even though there have been reams written about the business model of the eCommerce players this business is here to stay and will co exist with the offline retail chains.

There are opportunities which exist in the market with improved focus on " make in India "for which one has been a part of the bigger picture having worked with various small scale industries and entrepreneurs to set up their businesses.

The guidelines which are needed by these first generation entrepreneurs who need to focus on their core competency of bring to life an exciting product and let their businesses be guided by  professionals who know the job of bringing the customer to these products.

Having said what I have in mind in my first ever post in a professional network like LinkedIn, I would appreciate frank feedback to me from my peers, connections and friends here regarding what holds good for future , what they feel should be the path to be taken. 

Hoping to have a free and frank feedback. 

Lifes Musings.

At the age of 45 you reach a point in time where you starting reminiscing what has gone right in your life and what has gone wrong in your life.
some things in life which are often taken for granted like parents are the best that have happened to you as I believe that ones parents are the only free gifts in your life.

Every one else including your own siblings come with  a value attached which is either material or non material.Parents are closest one can get to god as every thing done by them in their life time is with self less love with which we also expect them to do for us and most often the expectations are met.

Our prayers to god for our well being also point to a sense of wanting from god which is moreover fulfilled by our parents in our life time. Our parents are god for us since they give birth to us and bring us up without any materialistic feelings in their actions.

This in today's world is found no where else but in love and care of our parent.s

For me my parents are the best that have happened to me in my as yet life simply because of their unconditional love and care that has been given to me since my birth.

Actually my feelings towards the love and care given by my parents have changed since the time Divyana was born 2 years back and realizing how much  happiness she has brought in our lives.

our life has changed 360 degrees since 13th November 2013, the date when she was born, more so for my wife but since I have been with her in every step taken, I am also privy to the feelings of joy and happiness which engulfs you when you are a parent of a new born and over time as you see the little one growing up step by step.

Divyana' s progress till her present age of 28 months has been observed by both of us very closely and we have taken joy and happiness for every milestone in her life. seeing the joy that Divyana has brought in to our lives and how it has changed us,I can well imagine how my parents may have felt at our birth and bringing us up. The joy and happiness on my mothers face whenever I go to visit her in Pune is worth all the precious gift of life and even at her age today, she stands and cooks fish for me when ever I go to meet her on the weekend.

truly parents are the greatest gift of life.