To be really Honest … & I am telling this by holding my hand on my heart … well at least on two times, before I began typing this and second time when i finished coz its bloody difficult to type with just one hand … It was quite some time back when my younger brother introduced me to the ‘Rodinhood’ blog of Alok … I got captivated and read it for like almost 2-3 hours … then I realised that there is quite a gap from the last post of his and I kinda got thinking “how someone who has been sharing so much and so candidly, hasn’t had anything in so many weeks which he could share,” so I wrote back to him saying how much I enjoyed reading his blog and asking him, why there are no recent posts there …. I was not really expecting a quick answer, may be till that time I hadnt really understood / known him as the person that he is … but got the answer … thanking me for my comments and introducing me to therodinhoods.wpengine.com.
That was the #GoodLuck moment for me …
Why you ask …. well that was the time I was nostrils deep in the corporate world, and was just having a casual fling with the idea of being an entrepreneur … then I got into more reading over the span of next 6 months … then interacted with few fellows here … got more inclined towards the serious relationship of being the Entrepreneur … attended the open house in Mumbai … and then before i knew it i was madly in love and wanted to be The Entrepreneur.
And Now … its been almost 14 months .. & I have been able to ride the initial waves of struggle or thats what it feels like … but still not out of the doldrums … moving into second phase of the Venture … looking to hire a few people … Yes, till now we have been just on our own … a two man tag team. We have moved into black, notionally. And have managed to impress a few clients, coz they have been giving us repeat business.
Now I am a free bird … and all thanks to my younger brother and that magical moment of Good Luck, & hopefully onto the ride of my life.
**Image Courtesy : ETSY.com, through Google (https://www.etsy.com/market/good_luck_card)
PS: My twitter handle @abhigite
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asha chaudhry
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this is a lovely testimonial for us as well!!!!
which open house did you attend abhishek?
you must feature your venture in our showcase section. and of course share ups and downs of the entrepreneurial journey!
pls write to me at asha@rodinhood.com to claim your book – yes you just won it!!
Abhi5hek Gite
hey Asha … thanks a lot … & yes Rodinhoods is doing a lot for people like me !!! Much more than you think 🙂
I attended the March2013 Open house … which was focused on the theme of Celebrating Failure .. (https://www.therodinhoods.com/forum/topics/what-made-therodinhoods-mumbai-open-house-in-march-so-special) … & it was really good for me .. to hear out people talk about their failure so candidly and share the learnings.
& yes .. I am writing to you for the Book .. Thanks 🙂