Looking forward to an awesome 2011
The past few years have been a complete roller-coaster ride! With each passing year – I was getting closer to my ultimate objective.
- 2007 – This was the time when SammyTammy, Sandy and I teamed up to kickstart our entrepreneurial stint with ApnaBill.com
- 2008 – We brought ApnaBill.com into existence. Jan 28 was when we hit the 400 mark for our beta signup list!
2009 & 2010 were the magic years when things started going really well. My single minded objectives for 2009 included getting aboard full time, getting INR 1M in profit for the year, moving into a full time office, etc. As it happend, our (then) experimental idea AdoMado.com also sprung to life in 2009 – and was selected as top 10 finalists for IIMA BPlan contest. We met some really good folks & finally partnered with them to bring into existence – AdoMado.com, the AppStore, Custom Toolbars, etc.
Today, as I look back at the objectives I had set for myself in 2009 – I feel glad that each one of those objectives were achieved in 2009 & 2010. It took us (& me personally) 2 years to achieve all of them – but we did it.
- Bring ApnaBill.com out of Beta
- I don’t remember exactly, but we hived off the beta status somewhere in early 2009.
- Graduate the <ff.labs/> experimental projects to Betas
- AdoMado.com was one of the experimental projects we were cooking up. What started as a simple ad serving technology, has evolved into a wonderful self serve custom toolbar platform - and we are still scratching the tip of an iceberg!
- Rake in first Million Rupees for Four Fractions
- With the products still being in early beta, the team has pulled this one through. The business is doing good!
- Start working for Four Fractions full time
- Though I had been working 100% with the AdoMado team for about 6 months now, January 2011 will see me getting aboard AdoMado as Chief of Technology – with no strings attached to my past. There couldn’t have been a better start for 2011.
- Build a full time team
- SammyTammy was the first to take the plunge in Feb 2010. I used to help him part time – however I could. After my engagement, my part in AdoMado got significant. And from past couple of months, leading the Engineering Team @ AdoMado has been my sole task.
- Convert JD 10-B as Four Fractions office.
- Dec 25th, 2010 was the day when this finally happened. A souvenir from the day’s party. JD 10 B is now an happening workplace.
- Outsource finance, monitor it personally
- Something that I’ve learnt during these last years of my entrepreneurship is that one single person cannot do everything. Each one of us has tried doing everything (Sam had even tried reading C programming) – but it obviously did not work out. Now we divide work as per our knowhow and do it to best of our ability. Since Sam handles all the finances now (sort of), things are much more streamlined now that they were 2 years ago.
2010 was also a wonderful year for me personally. I found the love of my life in Kanika. We committed in Feb 2010, got engaged in June 2010 & got married on 13th November 2010. I love you Kannu!
As I start the new year 2011, I want to thank my family for being there when I needed them the most. Now with Kannu by my side, there’s nothing out of my reach. The destination may be a bit far… but hey, isn’t the journey worth more than the final destination?
More about my objectives in 2011 to follow…
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