F: PG is such a huge part of your life, is there life or an identity for you beyond PG?
Me: mumble mumble

After the exchange I did wonder if I really thought of anything other than PG (food doesn’t count) since I am back from the US  – MBA & all.  I think I am lucky. I have something on my mind all the time – its either dreams, worries or just the sheer happiness of managing something as beautiful as PG.

Like a baby that has grown healthier & is growing fast – I am realizing how fast I need to let go of things at PG to ensure its own growth. At last count there are 15 folks working at the HQ and the number will be doubling in the next couple of months.

Every waking moment, I think about what to do better at PG, who else to hire, how else to do things better, how to manage the resource crunch and yes .. the ever elusive question of ‘where is all this heading’.

I do wonder if I have a separate identity beyond PG, but honestly I am not sure I care. I consider myself lucky that I get to do the things I do, touch the lives I can, help build a beautiful workplace, help people make their educational choices, work with world class folks and continue to dream.

F: Do you like the way the world is?
Me: No
<brief pause>
Me: I have PG.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.- Albert Einstein

Ok, this is the possibility, next question is do we have the ability to fulfil that kind of inventory? When we’re looking at fulfilling approximately 3 crore impressions a month, I am realizing that it is extremely tough to get that many advertisers on board to ensure that the inventories are taken care of.

From what I sense, once the bottleneck has been identified, the problem area can be fixed. But here, I think I have become the bottleneck

May be its time to hire a dedicated crew to market the website, but I am not too fond of that idea because I’d rather focus on what we do best. Develop new features and build better communities. Anyone here who can guide me to somebody who has a much better idea on media selling than I do ?

Start of Company –> No money –> No development –> No Future –> No Money

I guess people who finally break out of this vicious cycle go ahead with their ventures. In the words of the guy who taught me cricket – Either you Hit out or Get out, dont stand there and enjoy the scenery.

Realizing that understanding women and tee-shirt designing for women .. are both impossible.

“No, its too girly”
“Baaaaaaah!”
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”
“Looks like a shaadi.com ad”
“Its cho chweeeeet”
“Its so cuteeeeeeeeeeee”

No wonder bschools are jam packed with folks who have to sell soaps on graduation ..to women.