I have been associated with this website for almost two years. As I was cleaning up my email archives I was amazed that I have corresponded with over 300 individuals either directly from the Jatland site or those who obtained my email address from someone on this site. It has been a pleasant experience as there have been several positive outcomes through this process.
But when I look from the point of view that what could be accomplished through the joint effort of all the talented young people on this site then I feel rather disappointed. There has not been a united effort to pool the talent on the site. As I am on a Sabbatical leave and have more free time I have read lot of the posts on the Jatland site and I did find few posts where some members have tried to invite others into action but with futility.
So, I am writing this post to challenge the youthful, talented and energetic members that instead of spending time on writing silly posts do something more productive. I see immense opportunities in the next economic upswing and you have all the resources to take advantage of it.
Here is my suggestion:
Schedule Chat sessions for brainstorming to come up with a plan to use the technical talent and financial resources available through the site and make a commitment to develop one or more successful corporations in the next 5 years. We have talented people from many fields on this site and there is lot of potential for synergy.
With apology to all whose names are not listed here I urge the following people to schedule and start the Chat sessions ( open to all who want to see what is going on) - Anil Chaudhary, Anuj Kumar, Anuj Kadyan, Anurag Kadyan, Amit Shokeen, Monica and Nitin Dahiya, Anmol Ratan, Rahul Malik, Uday Dahiya, Ajmer Dahiya, Sabeena Chaudhary. (I picked these names from the site to include a variety of fields ranging from Operations Research, Economics, Marketing, Investment Banking, Organizational Psychology and Software).
Believe me, if needed, lot of venture capital (millions of Dollars) can be raised from this site alone.
I plan to spend about 3 months in India (Oct. to Dec.) at my home (on our land more than a mile from the village) and will be cutoff from the outside world. But before that I hope something comes out of it.
I apologise for not including names of lot of talented people here but this is only a start. Let us do something meaningful rather than wasing time on writing silly posts.
Birbal Singh