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Pradeep Chopra: Wisdom from a Real Estate Guy

Arun Agrawal — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:34:48 +0000

Yesterday, I met Pradeep Chopra of the PS Group at the TiE Kolkata Story Session. He is an established real estate guy with a fantastic vision and entrepreneurial temperament. The talk was thoroughly enjoyed by all the attendees. Here are some interesting tid-bits from his talk:

1. What kind of entrepreneur is one who cannot take risk?

2. Opportunities are everywhere. You have to be able to see an opportunity in everything.

3. Selling is the biggest skill an entrepreneur should have. Rest follows.

4. If you can sell something even if you don’t have it ready, go ahead. You will get thousands of people who will be happy to provide or build it for you. Selling is the most difficult part and you have cracked that.

5. An office can earn the money for a new house – a new house cannot earn money for a new office. Buy that office first, if you can only afford one.

6. Invest liberally in technology if you do not want to work with a major handicap.

7. You have to get up and go out to spot those fantastic opportunities. Attractive deals don’t walk in to your office
(well mostly).

8. There is no replacement for quality. If your quality is not great, you are bound to lose out – sooner or later.

9. Don’t advertise directly. Invest in advertorials or PR. An endorsement by a real user or a known face beats an
endorsement by a celebrity, hands down.

10. A good partner is a valuable asset. If you hold the same views, one is reduntant. You must agree to disagree. If you hold opposite views, you get the holistic picture.

So what do you say? Agree or disagree? Your comments are vital – please let me know what you feel about his ideology.

Online Reputation Management: My presentation at Kolkata Bloggers’ Meet

Arun Agrawal — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:02:01 +0000

Today we have had a lovely interactive session with about 150 bloggers from Kolkata and exchanged lots of interesting ideas. I am the Rentablogger guy but quite frankly, I did not even know there are so many active bloggers in Kolkata

I made a small presentation about how bloggers can monitor, manage and protect their online reputation and I am happy to share it with you too. It is very important that we follow certain precautions when posting online because “What we post once, stays on the Internet forever!”. You don’t want to jeopardise that job, friendship or marriage because of what you posted when on a high.

Online Reputation Management

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Feel free to post your comments whether you like it or disagree with some point made.

Kolkata Bloggers Meet – Are You Coming?

Arun Agrawal — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:21:46 +0000

We are having a Kolkata Bloggers’ meet at the Cafe Coffee Day in RDB Adlabs building, Sector V, Salt Lake on August 8 at 5 pm. About 151 attendees have already confirmed participation and I can assure you it will be good fun. Don’t miss out! Mark your calendar, PIM, Ipod, mobile whatever and land up. Did I tell you about the entry fee – it is zero, zilch, nada – thanks to the sponsor.

There are lots of interesting discussions scheduled including a talk by your truly on “Online Reputation Management for bloggers“. I doubt that we can complete all the discussions scheduled but if any are left, we can always follow them up at the next meet

If you are coming, say Hi to me (make a mental note of my photo above) and I will be pleased to exchange notes with you. See you there!

Oh – by the way, why don’t you just post a comment below if you are coming over?