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Are you Crazy?

Rajesh is not getting sleep, He has been trying to sleep for last 1 hour. He took his mobile and saw that it was 11 pm. He got up and switched on the light, went to kitchen. Opened the fridge and took a bottle of water. He went to the drawing room, sat on the sofa, switched on the laptop and opened the PPT that he has been reading and modifying for the last few days.

Rajesh is a Project Leader in Indigo Technologies, one of the leading computer software exporters in Bangalore. He has a good and stable job with an extremely good salary. He owns a car and plans to buy a flat in a premier locality in Bangalore. He is single and planning to get married by next year.

He is in dilemma these days. He has been thinking in completely different angle for some time now. He is planning to start a small software development firm of his own. Yes.he wants to be an entrepreneur. He has already prepared a business plan. He has discussed his plans with his friends and well wishers. He needs to arrange a small capital, resign from his present organization and start chasing his dream.

He shutdown his laptop and got up, went and stood near the window and looked at the full moon outside and drank little water. He felt excited and thrilled about his future plans.

Stating the company, preparing the business strategy, building a professional team, getting funding, developing products and selling it internationally, generating more jobs, becoming rich and famous, listing the company in Stock Exchanges…..all flashed in his mind in a second.

He thought that he should share his dreams, plans, thrill and excitement with his father who has been his mentor and adviser always. He took his mobile and called him.

“Hi Dad”, Rajesh said.
“Hi Son”, Father replied. “Why not sleeping?”
“No Dad, I want to tell you something.”
“Yes tell me Da.” Father replied.
“I am planning to resign from Indigo and going to start a small startup company. I have the business plan ready and just need to arrange some capital and start the company.” Rajesh told without hiding his excitement.

The other side of the phone was silent for some time.

Rajesh said, “Dad, you there?.”
Father said: “Are you crazy?, are you crazy to resign a good stable job with good salary and take such a huge risk?. Entrepreneurship is good for people who are rich, and have no personal responsibilities. Have you gone crazy?, I am now retired, your mother is at home, you have not yet have a house of your own. How you can pay the EMI if you buy a flat. Who will clear the personal loan that you have taken for me. You need to get married soon and who will give his girl to a guy without a proper job.?.

Son, starting a company and developing is a good idea, but not good for us at present, you need to concentrate on your career now, if you feel you need more income, change the job.”

Rajesh got disappointed hearing this . He tried to explain: “No Dad, I have a good business plan, which I have been preparing for last few months. I am very much confident that it will work out and I have been dreaming about entrepreneurship for long time now.”

“I am going to start the company to succeed, so don’t worry about the financial situation, it is only going to be better”. Rajesh tried to explain.

“Business is good if it clicks, what happens if it does not work out?. No Son, it is not going to work out for now, considering our financial condition and environment. Let us see it after a few years, you are still young and you have lot left in your life.”

“But this business plan may not work after some years. This is the right time to start it and moreover entrepreneurship helps generate lot of direct and indirect jobs, I am going to give tax to the government, I am going to contribute to the growth of the nation. I myself will be financially stable.”

“No da, as I told you, it is a great idea if everything is settled. Now you go and sleep well. You need to go to office tomorrow right?, even I am going to sleep. Good night Son,”

“Good night….” said Rajesh in a disappointed tone.

“The biggest challenge of an Indian entrepreneur is social pressure,” Rajesh said to himself.
He hung up the phone and went to sleep. But he knew deep inside his heart that he had started it.

posted by sreejith @ 5:41 AM