Author: bjcharles

I love all things about marketing, small biz idea, and meetups. This blog is just a platform to share my thoughts and network with people like you.

Bake Shop at 12th Main Indira nagar

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Budapest Bake Inn

A click of the latest bake shop which opened at 12th Main Indira Nagar. It looks like a bake shop with the usual set of items that appeals for the youth crowd. Wishing the best to Budapest Bake Inn. I hope you people has put your best feet forward in choosing the menu, training the staff and processes in place.

In case you need a second opinion about your shop as a third eye, or a s mystery shopper, or just to give you folks some suggestion, then you can avail my service.

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This shop has come in the place of a shop which has downed its shutter. At times I wonder would be the cost of a bad venture. How many thousands might have gone gone the drain?  How did it go with the owner? Did he or she had enough cash to offset the loss? Does the government keep track of closed ventures? What lesson did the entrepreneur learn and how can such lessons be shared to others? 

Ring Out the Average

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Average Is Out!

It’s a screen grab from Gary ( garyvaynerchuk) blog. I got hangup on saying the word AVERAGE from Seth’s blog. In fact, I keep repeating this word to such an annoying extend, that my partner gets irritated with it.

What’s is the Fu&*** AVERAGE?

Is it same as mediocre? Could be. Sometimes, when I set inside a clean, well arranged aisles packed with products in a supermarket, I can’t but thing of this phrase – average products for average people.
Sure, these are mass produced products which has found its place in these aisles, which are often picked by the average buyer.

Then, what are not so average stuff?
Does the rest of the things fall into that basket?

Passing Haripad Station

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Haripad Station

Passing and rumbling past this railway station

When was the last time you traveled in an unreserved coach? What do you do to cope with the swelling mass of crowd around you? Will you try to postponed the journey or look for alternate ways to travel if you don’t get the berth reservation in train? Or will you bribe the TT or request him to get a ticket?

For me, this was the latest of unreserved journey which I look from B’lore to Trivandrum. And, this trip gave me a sore ass, that I wished there was a special ass massage at Railway station for the ass weary travelers.

Well, if the airports can have leg massage or other massage facilities, then when can’t railway look for such an option? I think it would give more a lakh of direct and indirect job for Indians.

Imagine, a station with massage cubicles or a service which can be availed at Yatri Nivas. Just have to show the tick pnr and masseurs will do the rest.

Massage Facilities at Railway Station

This idea could be far-fetched in Indian scenario, but not too distant. I can see such added facilities in railway station, from bakeries ( Cantonment Station, Bangalore), to salons for a quick hair cut, Emergency Medical Facility ( Saw one in Quilon), Restaurants, Shoe Shine and Shoe mart, T shirt, Indian Railway Souvenirs, Tourist Information Facility ( already there), foreigners Travel Assistance cell ( For Travelers), etc.

Passing Defence Colony Indira Nagar100

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100ft Road Indira Nagar

Defence Colony

Every Green and fruit trees 

Times when I have to visit ICICI bank located at CMH Road, I often take the route via Defence Colony as it’s a sanctuary from the honking vehicles, cleaner roads, quieter ride. The streets and compound walled houses is a part of elite neighborhood of Bangalore. Some houses looks like the ones in Trivandrum. All these houses are housed in independent compound, with garden, trees and space.

This part of Bangalore is starkly different from most pockets of the city. Other parts, we see houses sharing the same wall, looking like matchboxes or pigeonholes.

While I pass through the posh, silent houses in Indira Nagar, my mind goes to the type of people who live there. Are they are the ultra rich kinds? What are their fears? What could be their network? Will they invite me home? What if I know couple of people in this locality where I can barge in without any invitation, without calling them? Just for a coffee or tea and some conversation.

It’s all part of my old fashioned way of thinking, the connection, and a feeling of talking to someone, knowing more about them, etc.

Meet-up App
This makes me think of a mobile application, which is for discovering or connecting people who are willing to host for tea/coffee/beer.

Just imagine, I can ride around with this mobile and look at places or houses where they can offer me a glass of water, or where they can spare their minutes of time with a stranger? Will it be too risky? Will it lead to better understanding of people? What if we are not willing to let a stranger come to your house, instead, there are places called hub-pads ( a coffee shop types) where it facilitates random meeting of people.

Top 100 Marketing and Motivational Podcasts

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Are you the person who get inspired by other’s idea? Do you read non-fiction books once in a quarter? Do you listen to audio books for inspiration? What are your favorite speaks and motivators? Do you get sufficient time to listen inspiring talk from a business leader? What are the inputs you take home? Do you write down what you listen? How do you recollect the points that you have taken to your heart?

1. Naval ( https://nav.al/)

 Podcast on different aspects of improving life’s activities and making a positive impact.

2. Communication Guys
   Everyone and anyone who wish to be a better communicator can benefit from ideas and thoughts shared by these two guys.

https://www.communicationguys.com/podcast/

Goodbye Friend Isaac

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Old Carriage which used to Carry Dead Bodies

Old Graves

C.S.I. Christ Church Palayam Interior

 Epitaph – Words Touch Emotions

Old Graves

Fallen Lies, Fallen Leaves

Bouquet of love from Friends

Vinoy looking at the faded inscription

Grave Standing 

These days, almost all personal news are broken, shared on Whatsapp. On one such day, was the day when I one of the buddies of the Coffee House Group messaged the passing of an old time coffee house chap Mr Issac. His untimely death was shocker to many who knew him.

He death adds to the list of people from the Coffee House comradeship who have left early – Justin, Ramesh Nair, Manu, and many others.

Though he was not very familiar to me, I went to attend his funeral at C.S.I. Christ Church Palayam. The funeral mass was attended by many of his friends, and relatives.

One of the touching part of the burial ceremony was the parting speech by his daughter. She sketched his life in a nutshell, her memories and moments with him, his shenanigans, and how Rambo as he was fondly called, will be remembered forever.

After her teary and well rendered parting words, I wandered aimlessly talking to few known faces. Meanwhile, I went around the old graves which was mostly from the British era. As I searched online, I found a well researched and written article ( Vintage charm ) about C.S.I. Christ Church and it’s history.

From the epitaph on a grave

Everyday in some small way
Memories of you come our way
Though absent, you are ever near
Still missed, loved and always near.

Song for the Train Ride

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It’s today’s special for me, when this popped up on YouTube’s suggestion list. Thanks here to the algorithm, no sleazy ones come on the list, especially when someone else is near by.

And when we discover a new song, we normally wonder how we didn’t hear it all these years. Yes, that’s how we find new songs, new routes, new trails, new behavior, etc.


If you can’t give me love honey, that aint enough

Let me go look for somebody else

If you can’t give me feelings with old fashioned meanings

You’re just in love with yourself
( Click for complete lyrics) 

If you can’t give me feelings with old fashioned meanings ( the line which hooked me).

Old Fashioned Meaning! Really. Probably, these are right for old fashioned guys like me, who still cling to old ways of connection.

What do you say?

Confidence Control And Purpose in Life

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I cherry picked this headline from David DeAngelo’s newsletter. If don’t know him, he’s a entrepreneur and one of his venture is https://doubleyourdating.com/ 

In one of the article about creating SEXUAL TENSION with a women, he gives different way to create such a scenario, which will flare up the impending act. 
The article makes a point about what women seeks in a man – CONFIDENCE, CONTROL and PURPOSE IN LIFE.
Is it not true that anyone will be attracted to a person who has an air of confidence, who shows control over the situation and who has a vision and purpose in life. 
This topic and these words should be the guiding posts for anyone who aspires to STAND OUT in LIFE and ACHIEVE.

 Standing out of the competition also means that you need to up your antenna and beat 99% of guys who are out there luring her all day.

Interesting Idea! 

Visit the blog, for more reads on the topic of dating

Forget Swatch Bharth – Let’s Try this

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One thing I like about the genius or the smart act of Mr Modi Ji is the way in which he rolls campaigns. In his tenure as the PM,  he had showed how to bring a buzz in the entire country with different campaigns. One of which is Swatch Bharath.

I’m not sure if you can remember how his call was taken up by the citizens – down south to up North, men and women took the broom to clean the waste, plastics and more.

Well, that campaign did it’s round. But, I’m not sure, if it’s still getting the due attention.

Follow up on Swatch Bharath –

After the initial buzz on swatch Bharath, it seems the idea has lost steam. No more, we hardly hear this term in public discussion nor it’s spoken much in political rallies. One reason is that, we had new campaigns which has come after that and that has taken the pole position.

A Culture of Campaigns 

Modi’s tenure saw a barrage of campaigns which was followed in a initial zeal, 

Bloom Bloom Time

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Poem to Remember
I copied this image and text from Facebook. I know her through my wife. The lines unequivocally has a tone which resonates with the feelings I had witnessed. 
I’m sure, readers of this post will find the connect at different stages of life. Especially when we are going through a stage when changes happen. 

Bloom Where You are Planted, significantly tells use to plant ourselves at the place, looking for ways to shine and bloom irrespective of the adversaries.