Romancing!
The truth of the matter is
that entrepreneurship is hard. It’s really hard. Venturing out on your own. No
steady stream of income. No way to know that your idea will be the one that
works, not the one that fails. No stability. No demarcation between life and
work. People constantly questioning your progress. You get the picture. It’s
hard.
Despite this,
entrepreneurship, and particularly social entrepreneurship, is in vogue. They
are cool. Everyone wants a piece of the action. What is cooler than chasing
your dreams and having a social impact? No one is ever going to accuse you of
selling out to the machine, of being a slave to the man.
Instead, you are going to
sit and shape one’s career. In our case, the ones are increasing, day by day!
;)
Yet it is increasingly
becoming clear to me that the western conception of entrepreneurship is having
a powerful influence on minds. You need to have an air conditioned office and
that too at a nice location, a brand laptop, and what not. Lot of people ask
me, “Where is your office?” I respond saying ‘Mmmm, Office cum hall at Jilebi
Chowk, Miraj!” They exclaim, “Miraj?? Why don’t you go to Pune/Mumbai??”
Office location, interiors,
the laptop you use, the mobile you use, etc make a difference. I do not
disagree. But many young minds are having these ‘material’ as their first
priority, which according to me is very risky. This way you lose your focus on
the ‘idea’ that you set out to implement at the first place. I see people romancing
all these ‘stuff’ and when they do not make it ‘big’, they think that the ‘idea’
itself was not class.
Valentine day is nearing.
Our business, with a social impact, slowly is gaining pace. I am happy that I
am romancing the ‘morals’ rather the ‘materials’ of being an entrepreneur. The
holy grail of individuality, of being your own person, of choosing your own
path is my muscle power.
Those who wish to experience
this ‘moral satisfaction’ do visit our office/hall at Jilebi Chowk, Miraj. You need
to call me to reach here; you won’t get this address on Google maps! ;)
Happy Valentine day! Happy
Romancing!
