Tuesday 1 May 2007

Getting started

I have been wanting to blog for a while. Never got down to it. I didn't want to start a blog and then not sustain it.

Years ago I had tried to learn golf. A golfer friend advised me to buy rather than rent a golf set since that would ensure that I would play regularly. A set cost more money than I could afford at that time, so I asked my brother to get one for me from USA. I went to the driving range a couple of times to hit a few balls and then my interest in playing golf petered out. Perhaps if I had paid for the set I would have been more committed to the game. The clubs are lying unused in a cupboard at home.

Now I am often asked if I play golf. I wrinkle up my nose and say I don't have the time.

Will my fledgling blog share the same fate as my golf game? DKCS. I can only try.

I met Gautam Ghosh on a trip to Hyderabad a few months ago and told him about my interest in blogging. He encouraged me to get started. I promised I would. I didn't.

Till now that is.

So here goes I've managed to blog a couple of hundred words without saying anything.

Hopefully I will have something more to say sometime soon.

23 comments:

Gautam Ghosh said...

welcome ! Hope you find the blogosphere interesting and yes, I have already blogged about you blogging ;-)

Ashutosh said...

Welcome Sir, would love to hear more from you about Online Recruitment, your experiences and anything that you would like to share

-Ashutosh

Shankar Iyer said...

Hey Welcome to Blogosphere, I attended one of ur sessions during a guest lecture @SCMHRD, Pune....hope u make this blog as interesting as ur speech on ur business and its start..was passionate:)

U can visit me @ www.mbajunction.blogspot.com

I sees Me said...

Welcome to Blogging!

We hope that after sometime when you are asked whether you blog, unlike the golf case, your answer would be in positive!

Happy Blogging!

Anonymous said...

It was great meeting you at the ERE Expo, and I hope to talk again soon.

Welcome to the blogosphere!

Unknown said...

Hey Sanjeev, never had a chance to see you know you or hear you talking but yes got many inputs from a confidante. You are our Indian version of starting from a garage (your dad's garage with a rent of Rs. 800). Happy blogging!!

Nachiketa said...

Your start has inspired many to start....
This Philosophy is so you
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
George S. Patton

Thank you for leading the way....

Anonymous said...

Hi Sanjeev,
Its nice to see that you have started blogging. Very shortly, it will not be a matter of choice but a compulsion for an online company management to blog, where they could interact and exchange the ideas with customers, users. Its a very nice way to create a buzz...

Anonymous said...

Hey Sanjeev!!
gr8 to know that you are blogging!!!

Anonymous said...

Hi Sanjeev,

Congratulations on your first post.

Look forward to your wisdom in hindsight (and foresight as well).

- RP

Anonymous said...

Welcome to the blogosphere.
We would love to hear more about your entrepreneurial experiences.
Wish you good luck.

India Business and Stocks said...

Welcome Sir...I read your interview in Moneylife..it was very inspiring..Hope to see many more inspiring stories on your blog.
- Devesh Kayal

Anonymous said...

Sanjiv,
R u planning for public listing?
Zafar.

Unknown said...

Welcome to Bworld, Hope you find time to do this at regular interval.

/Yuva

khyati said...

Hello Sir....I cannot believe ..CEO of Naukri.com writing blogs !! and I am posting comments on it !!!...Your blog was reallly very interesting and I hope you will continue writing it.It gives us platform to interact with you. I would like to share with you that I am a jobseeker and I have registered myself in many Job Portals.But I found naukri.com the best. You are absolutely right in telling that both the job seeker and the employer knows which job portal is no.1 for them. Infact I am going for an interview tommorrow for a job which was featured in naukri.com !....Continue blogging !!!

khyati said...

Hello Sir.. I cannot believe ..CEO's writing blogs...!!Your blog was very interesting. I would like to share with you that I am a job seeker. I have registered myself in a number of Job portals but I found Naukri.com the best. You are absolutely right in telling that both the employer and the jobseeker knows which one is no. 1 for them. Infact I will be going tommorrow for a job interview which was featured in naukri.com. Continue blogging !!!!

Anonymous said...

Welcome to the blogosphere! Looking forward to your infoedgical posts :)

Unknown said...

Hi Sir,
You have certainly inspired me for blogging!
Its great to catch you here...

--Shweta

Gauri Shankar said...

i think i m gonna learn tht blogging spirit too besides tht entrepreneural spirit frm u...
good going...please keep us motivated!

Anonymous said...

sanjeev,
get me a job, find me a bride. quick. :-)

Best wishes

Anonymous said...

It's great to see CEO's blog. Having read so many, some times its difficult to tell whether its a PR activity or a sincere effort to connect in a more personal manner with the people who do and dont know about you. This is true for most blogs, and especially for blogs by CEO's.

Well sir, congratulations on the start of your blogging experience and hope to see many more.

Anonymous said...

By the way... are you planning to sell your golf set?

gourav sharma said...

Hi Sir,

Having read your first post when it's nearly 3 years old,I must may that,it was good that you didn't took blogging like you did with golf.
Otherwise we all would not have had this pleasure to read such learning and inspirational thoughts of yours.

Thanks & Best Regards

Gourav