I was surprised to see the main page of Economic Times with this message
The Sensex is Down.
Industries are Facing Turmoil.
The Job Market is in Chaos.
A Great Time to Start a New Enterprise.
You turn the page over and it says
Introducing THE POWER OF IDEAS
If you have a business idea, we will turn you into an entrepreneur.
To participate you can
SMS ETPI with your name and email to 58888
email etideas@indiatimes.com
visit www.ideas.economictimes.com to know more
I was surprised coz i didnt expect ET to come forward with something like this… I keep hearing from everyone that yes this is the time to jump in and start something… Dont know how many have the guts to do it though… For those who have taken the plunge Hats off to you and all the best!
Cheers
I got a very interesting mail from Nishit today… I am just gonna paste the content… I missed the marathon this year and this looks fun!
Just a quick brief
Date: 28th Feb 2009
Team Size: 4 (3guys+1gal)
Task: Treasure hunt spread over dozen forts
Cost: Rs 1625/person (includes Travel+Food+Stay+Pickup/Drop) + Tons of Freebies!
Place: Lonavala
I have stayed at Renaissance Hotel a couple of times in the last 3 years and i love the location and the hotel. Its a perfect place to relax and enjoy. The hotel is located at Powai (near Chinmayanand Ashra, L&T, Hiranandani). The place is huge and is on the banks of the Powai Lake. The view from the lake facing rooms is fantastic specially at night.
Some of the things which i love doing there
I wanted to register a .ly domain for a while now. But thanks to me being super lazy i lost the domain. So i had to settle for a .li extension.
For those who don’t know which country these domains belong to…
.ly is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Libya. Wiki link
.li is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Liechtenstein. Wiki Link
My hunt for a registrar started. I usually register domains with Indialinks or GoDaddy but none of these registered a .li domain. I asked aalaap and also did a google search and found a couple of sites like