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He asked me if I can share some of my experiences? How did I get my work done and the kind of people involved. Also did I set up a separate IT team?

In my experience, I have tried all the 3 things

1. Becoming programmer myself and taking reins in my hand.
2. Outsourcing work to freelancers
3. Recruting employees to work for you on your project.

Lessons which I learnt are:

1. As an entrepreneur do not get your hands into coding because then you loose your business focus and are not able to think at macro level rather your mind get pre-occupied on how to bust that next error/bug that you are getting in the system.
2. If you have good amount of money then subcontract project to IT vendor, by just providing clear cut requirements.

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4. If money is constrain then have employees working with you, either full time or part-time where you sit with them and get the work done.
5. Making decision on which technology to go with is the toughest question and should be consulted with the top most tech ninja that you might be knowing in your life.
6. if you yourself know about programming you can hire, freshers from IT training centers like seedinfotech and mentor them. Note here you can get good techies (you have to take real field test on PC) at less salary. I had hired good techies and was giving them 5K salary (I had constrain of working on the shoe string budget) though they left for other job later on with higher pay.
7. There is no robust intern-hire program which works well yet for employers and interns, hiring intern is waste of time, infact more time is spend in explaining them, training them and getting work done.
8. Always get the documentation done if it is missing then you don’t know how to manage system and your are in mess if project is over.

Out of 6 speakers who confirmed, 3 speakers were present for the event; from those who couldn’t make it one of them was seriously ill.

Right from early start of the session, we had tremendous helping from a toast master professional Nikhil Salvi, he was host of the event, he was so through that he not just summarized what we did last time he also wrote complete information of what to expect from today’s session. Nikhil made everyone feel comfortable. We had total of 14 registrations out of which 11 people turned up. (Ironically, I have observed that, it’s not always that those people who have registered turns up for the event). We had 50% percent of people who were Apple fan and 50% who were Android users. For those who were not able to make it they missed a lot on leaning i.e. what are the world best practices on staying productivity over mobile phone. From this event onward we started collecting nominal fees of Rs.50/- from participants and even from speakers.

About Speakers

Yazdi Tantra – As per Nikhi’s introduction for Mr. Yazdi he was our youngest speaker , His contribution to the productivity meet up was maximum, Yazdi has more than hundreds of productivity apps well tried tested and curated he is a real connoisseur of android mobile apps. As our No. 1 Speaker he was very meticulous to stick to allotted timings and share best of his gems from his mobile and laptop.

Rohan Naravane of pricebaba.com was very humble and a quite speaker, he waited for everyone to finish first, he is so passionate for the mobile and mobile industry that he spends extra time and money to buy the VGA converter to connect to projector to show his apple applications from his mobile phone and laptop. We were able to learn lot of productivity apps and new trends and concepts for from him.

Saswat Banerjee, showed which tools and apps he has been using in his office, He also brought in the open forum discussion that, there is still no one unified solution which takes of productivity in a real collaborative way without being limiting, He also highlighted that it’s not just applications that are enough consistently sticking to these apps, increasing commitment level and bringing other friends and colleagues is also very important.

About Participants

We had amazing mix of participant, like Sachin Chavan, Harshal from toastmaster and we also had one colleagues each from our speakers Mr. Yazdi and Saswat attending our event.

List of Apps which were shared

Productivity Using Mobile Apps

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Productivity Using Mobile Apps

Productivity Using Mobile Apps - List of Apps and Website discussed at Productivity Meetup at Mumbai on May 2013.

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   MightyText - SMS from Computer or Tablet, sync'd with Android phone
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   Fullscreen Countdown Timer - Android Apps on Google Play

   Intended to be used as a scrum countdown timer at meetings, where remaining time must be visible to participants. Works best in portrait mode, where lettering is large...

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   Toastmaster Timer - Android Apps on Google Play

   Ever played the role of the Timer in a Toastmasters meeting? If yes, you know that it can be a choice... you have to constantly check stopwatch and it takes you attent...

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   TeamViewer for Remote Control - Android Apps on Google Play

   Mobile and flexible: remotely access computers from your android device!Easily support friends and family when they have computer problems - no matter where you are. You can also benefit from gaining access to your private home computer to edit documents or use particular software while you are on the road.

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   Evernote - Android Apps on Google Play

   ★ New York Times 'Top 10 Must-Have App', Winner: TechCrunch Crunchies, Mashable Awards and the Webbys. ★ Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity.

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   Google Keep - Android Apps on Google Play

   Quickly capture what's on your mind and recall it easily wherever you are. Create a checklist, enter a voice note or snap a photo and annotate it. Everything you add is instantly available on all your devices - desktop and mobile.

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   Conjure - Android Apps on Google Play

   Conjure is the fastest, smartest launcher for Android. Use it to open apps, make calls, toggle wifi, adjust volume, create calendar events, and much more. Search results are prioritized according to use so your favorite apps and contacts are always a keystroke away. Start typing and watch the magic happen.

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   Call Reminder Pro - Android Apps on Google Play

   Reminders for every occasion! Call Reminder provides a fast and convenient way to schedule reminders for virtually any occasion. Great for professionals or anyone else...

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   Call Reminder Notes Full - Android Apps on Google Play

   NEWS: If you have Aftermarket Dialer or other apps that interfere with the call and you have problems please uninstall them and should work ok. There might be exceptions however thousand of users use it without problems. Just drop us an email if you have a standard Android OS and crashes and we will look into it.

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    m-Indicator - Android Apps on Google Play

    m-Indicator v7.2 Sparrow 1.Mumbai Local Train timetable-Western (Virar-Dahanu Shuttle, EMU, DMU, MEMU) (16 Apr 2013) -Central (28 Mar 2013) -Harbour (14 Feb 2012) -Thane-Vashi (14 Feb 2012)-Diva-Roha-Dahanu Panvel-Neral-Matheran -Indicator Symbols,-Rail Ticket fare-Rail Map of all routes and proposed Nerul-Uran route 2.Bus Routes-BEST, NMMT, TMT,VVMT-Get route by bus number-Get buses arriving at particular bus stop-Search buses between source and destination-AC bus timetable updated on March April 2013 3.Auto and taxi fare-Day and Night fare-Complaint numbers of RTO-Luggage charges information 4.Classifieds section-Get advertisements of jobs ,real estate, education..

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Next ahead

For next month we have theme as ‘Productivity for students’, Sachin Chavan is an early speaker for the month, we have also set up a meetup event group on meetup.com

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[Kindly note event has been postpone from month of June to July, we are working on Co-founder search in the month of June.]

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Productivity Meetup

Monthly meet up which happens on every 4th Saturday of the month where knowledge exchange of productivity hacks happens.

Inviting productivity enthusiasts across Mumbai city to share their productivity tips and tricks at the event

May Month’s Theme: Productivity for Students

Date:27th July 2013, 3PM to 6PM

Venue: The Playce

Fees: Rs. 200/- only (will be collected at the venue from everyone, including speakers)

Agenda

• Registrations
• Participant’s round of introduction
• Brief on What Productivity Meetup and it’s purpose?
• Invites speaker to share
• Participants sharing their small hacks
• Open House discussion
• Challenge for next month
• Next Month’s theme – Productivity over word, excel & power point

Speakers:

Sachin Chavan

Consultant & Coach (Strategic Change, SMEs, Careers)

Organizer: 

Arun Kumar
982 zero 46 zero 348
arunkw (at) yahoo (dot) com

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Session started with a warm welcome and the brief round of introductions of the speakers and participants, the traditional style of ThePlace i.e. Introducing with name and adjective of the first alphabet of your name; Like Strategic Sachin and Awesome Arun.

The key speaker for the session where Trainer and mentor Arun Chitlangia of Training Tree and Sachin Chavan.

	Arun Chitlangia  Vice President – Western Region at ISTD CEO – Training Tree
	Sachin Chavan Career and Business Coach Certified MBTI practitioner.

Sushant Kasbekar led the event,  It started with explaining of the concept productivity, How it is applicable to everyone and How we can learn new things from different people sharing their productivity tips and tricks.

A complete roll out of the yearly themes was put forth on the chart, which gave idea to the audience which themes to expect on the coming months. Next pit stop for the month of May was – Productivity using Mobile apps. Sachin suggested that productivity in house or kitchen should also be taken a theme in future.

2nd Agenda item, was explanation of the session structure which comprise of Big sharing (hacks) from key speakers which will be of 20 min and Small sharing (hacks) from participant which will be for 15 min.

Sushant shared the topic which was close to heart, ‘Use of the covey’s matrix of urgent + important v/s not so urgent + not so important’ post his sharing.

Sachin initiated the discussion on which are the tools and methodology that others are using. Arun Chitlangia suggested that he uses simple excel sheet, he uses sort filter wisely to complete his daily, weekly and monthly tasks. Shekhar Gurav suggested use of Asana and Basecamp both of which are the popular collaborative task management, system which integrates with calendar. Arun Kumar suggested that he uses Seinfeld’s concept of chains, toodledo for tasks and Google tasks for projects and that their counter apps are also available on android apps which syncs beautifully.

Arun Chitlangia started his session, by sharing his experience and journey as a trainer. He conducted learning through game play which thought us lesson on how to appreciate other. Listen patiently and strike better conversation. He also taught on how to not run after money, but to care for others and provide answers to their problems, such that the money will come as by product.

In the open house discussion topic of ‘What do you do? And how do you use productivity tools in your life’ was taken in which sonakashi Pratap, Anand Mudliar and Shashnawaz patel each shared views and usage.

Challenge for the next month announced was – ‘How do you get the street view on your mobile phone‘

An appeal was made to participants and speaker to volunteer to support and carry forward the productivity meet up as a community event.

Feedback, received from the speakers and participant at the end of the session was,

• In one of the concept of ‘How to do XYZ? Is a initiative of new learning, whereas productivity is improvisation on the basic learning hence should be avoided so as not to dilute the productivity concept.
• While inviting people to share ensure that they share from productivity point of view.
• Discuss with speakers in length on what needs to be addressed and what does participant expect.

Finally we wrapped up with a thank you note from all and taking group pictures before signing off.

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Countdown begins

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Productivity Meetup

Monthly meet up which happens on every 4th Saturday of the month where knowledge exchange of productivity hacks happens.

Inviting productivity enthusiasts across Mumbai city to share their productivity tips and tricks at the event

May Month’s Theme: Productivity using mobile apps

Date:25th May 2013, 3PM to 6PM

Venue: The Playce

Fees: Rs. 50/- only (will be collected at the venue)

Agenda

• Registrations
• Participant’s round of introduction
• Brief on What Productivity Meetup and it’s purpose?
• Invites speaker to share
• Participants sharing their small hacks
• Open House discussion
• Challenge for next month
• Next Month’s theme – Productivity for students

Speakers:

Rohan Naravane

• Head of content at pricebaba.com
• Gadget Guru
• Associated with retail sales for Apple

Saswata  Banerjee

• Partner, Progress Partners
  
•  specializing in Business Advisory Services and InfoTech consulting

Anil jagtap

• Founder at startup iOSMobileApps.biz
  
• IT Consultant

Arun Purohit

• CEO at Simplibuy Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Yazdi Tantra

• Director at ON-LYNE

Nimit Kumar

• Founder and CEO of UniRow

Organizer: 

Arun Kumar
982 zero 46 zero 348
arunkw (at) yahoo (dot) com

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Kindly write or suggest us different themes relates to certain specific communities, categories or systems in particular.

Also suggest us speakers for various monthly themes; we would love to invite them in our meet up sessions.

These events will happen on 4^th Saturday every month, at The Playce, Next to Nirmal Lifestyle, Mulund –West, Mumbai from 3 to 6 PM

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