It is amazing how much a kid is throwing a money wrench into my plans for company expansion. I was planning to open 2 new offices in 2013, one in DC and the other in Dallas TX.
I thought of running the DC office and putting someone else in charge of the Detroit office.
I was thinking of letting the wife run the Dallas office.
But with the baby coming the plans are all going to hell.
But a proposed schedule for the next 1 year will be: (But this schedule may change)
Dec 2012
Open new VXL Office in Falls Church VA. - Stay with Ramakka until the office stabilizes and becomes profitable. - My guess is that this will take 6 months.
Vijay moves to Wash DC in December to start marketing and setup classes.
January 2013
Start new batch of classes for Detroit and Wash DC.
February 2013
Find someone to partner with or sell 20% of company to Naveen, so that he can supervise everything while I am in DC.
I was planning to stay for 3 months in India after the baby is born, but I think that is simply to much time for me to be away from the business and I am planning to be there for 1 month after the birth and then come back to run the business and then go back in 2 months to bring the baby back to USA.
August 2013
Buy a House in Wash DC
After we get a house in DC, then Sell House in Detroit
Make final move to Wash DC from Detroit.
I am trying to find time in this schedule to open a Dallas TX office, but I do not see the time, unless I can find a partner that I can trust to run that office.
The big question is shouldn't I be happy making $100,000 a month? Why am I expanding?
I want the baby to grow up in DC and I want her or him to get to know all his or her relatives and most of them are in the DC metro area. So more than trying to make more money, I am simply trying to setup the same business in the DC Metro area so I have something to do every day.
I really do not have to work any longer and live off the income of the businesses, but I think I would be bored to tears just sitting around the house doing nothing.
I was trying to outline a definitive plan for the upcoming 1 year, let us see how much of it actually happens.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Trip to India
The trip to India is booked. I just bought the tickets on Emirates and the prices were very cheap. I got a business class ticket for me and the wife for $9600.
I think any business class ticket to India for less than $5000 each is pretty cheap.
The dates are:
April 19 - July 24
That is a long trip, over 3 months long. Crazy.
I wanted to book the ticket for the baby, but they would not let me book the ticket without a name for the baby. We do not know the sex of the baby yet, so I do not have a name yet.
The infant ticket is only $400 anyway, so not a big deal, we can always buy that later.
I think any business class ticket to India for less than $5000 each is pretty cheap.
The dates are:
April 19 - July 24
That is a long trip, over 3 months long. Crazy.
I wanted to book the ticket for the baby, but they would not let me book the ticket without a name for the baby. We do not know the sex of the baby yet, so I do not have a name yet.
The infant ticket is only $400 anyway, so not a big deal, we can always buy that later.
Trip to Cancun is Booked
I just finished booking the trip to Cancun. We are staying at the Moon Place Hotel.
I just bought the tickets and we will be in Cancun from:
April 11-April 15
I just bought the tickets and we will be in Cancun from:
April 11-April 15
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Baby Names
If I have a boy the name is: Jay
If I have a girl the name will be: Priya
The boy name is fixed, but in case I have a girl there will likely be fight for the naming rights. But I love the name Priya and I have always that that it is such a great name.
If I have a girl the name will be: Priya
The boy name is fixed, but in case I have a girl there will likely be fight for the naming rights. But I love the name Priya and I have always that that it is such a great name.
Buddha and Anger
I have been very angry over the last 2 days. Someone was talking about Budddha and how he said never to get angry.
I was looking up what Buddha actually said and here is what I found:
"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned"
“Conquer anger by non-anger. Conquer evil by good. Conquer miserliness by liberality. Conquer a liar by truthfulness.” (Dhammapada, v. 233)
Anger is one of the three poisons – the other two are greed and ignorance – that are the primary causes of the cycle of samsara and rebirth. Purifying ourselves of anger is essential to Buddhist practice. Further, in Buddhism there is no such thing as “righteous” or “justifiable” anger. All anger is a fetter to realization.
Buddha teaches patience and not reacting. It would be great if I could be like that, but I am not like that. I recognize what is right and wrong almost instantly. I guess expecting everyone to live up to my idea of truth and fairness is unrealistic.
So I guess we can add a few more faults to my list, I get angry at dishonesty. I get angry at unfairness.
I was looking up what Buddha actually said and here is what I found:
"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned"
“Conquer anger by non-anger. Conquer evil by good. Conquer miserliness by liberality. Conquer a liar by truthfulness.” (Dhammapada, v. 233)
Anger is one of the three poisons – the other two are greed and ignorance – that are the primary causes of the cycle of samsara and rebirth. Purifying ourselves of anger is essential to Buddhist practice. Further, in Buddhism there is no such thing as “righteous” or “justifiable” anger. All anger is a fetter to realization.
Buddha teaches patience and not reacting. It would be great if I could be like that, but I am not like that. I recognize what is right and wrong almost instantly. I guess expecting everyone to live up to my idea of truth and fairness is unrealistic.
So I guess we can add a few more faults to my list, I get angry at dishonesty. I get angry at unfairness.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Baby at 14 Weeks and 3 Days
Baby at 14 Weeks and 3 Days as of today, these are measurements from 2 days back. Not sure what it means, but here they are.
Also the percentage chance of a miscarriage at this point is now 1%, so it is looking good that there will be a new child in the family.
Also the percentage chance of a miscarriage at this point is now 1%, so it is looking good that there will be a new child in the family.
GA :
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14w1d
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BIPARIETAL DIAMETER :
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2.55
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cm
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ABDOMINAL CIRCUMF :
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7.91
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cm
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HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE :
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9.52
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cm
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TRANSV ABD DIAM :
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2.59
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cm
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ANT-POST ABD DIAM :
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2.65
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cm
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Heart Rate
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130-150
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BPM
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Saturday, November 3, 2012
Friends from childhood
I had 2 very close friends when I was growing up in Wash DC metro area. One was Bobby and the other was Suman Cuddapah. So when we were growing up, we three would always be together almost every single weekend. If a 3 day holiday came up, we would get together at someones house for the three days. You get the picture, friends like the ones in the movie, Stand By Me. Together virtually every free moment.
Suman and Bobby know everything about me, the good, the bad, the ugly.
After we had grown up Suman chose to not be friends with me and I respect his decision. We were friends right up to the point where he got married and had a baby. He invited me over to see the baby and his new house in Potomic, MD and that was the last contact I have had with him. Ok, so I did not make an effort to keep in touch either, but I would guess that it has been 7 years since I have spoken to him.
So we come to Bobby, just like Suman he knows everything there is to know about me and we have always been close no matter what. We may not call each other for a whole year, but when we do get together it is always just Awesome! Yes we still play epic battles of RBI baseball on our old Nintendo.
Bobby is a transplant surgeon.
About 2 years ago I was looking for investors in my current company and he asked me how much I needed and I told him. Eventually he gave me a total of $105,000. To get the new company off the ground I needed every penny. This was a big deal, because he had invested in another previous business in which he lost $75,000. So I was asking him a few months back why he had invested in the new business after he lost $75,000 in a previous business with me.
Bobby told me "Vijay I invested because it sounded like you needed help."
He would go on to say that he never even read any of the business plan stuff and that he knew I would try hard, but he invested just because he thought I needed his help and he did it to help a friend.
You have to really think about someone said to really see the impact of what someone was willing to do to help you out. Here was a friend that had invested with you previously and had lost $75,000 and was still willing to invest another $105,000 to simply help you out. The type of heart that this requires is so great, I cannot even put into words. I will always be humbled by Bobby's actions, even now after so much time and I think about it, it moves me tremendously.
So recently we have been paying back the profits from the company and I had given Bobby 2 checks of $10,500 each for dividends and we will be giving his this same amount every month or every second month based on cash flow for the conceivable future. Not sure I ever mentioned this to Bobby, but it is one of the great pleasures in my life to send him the dividend check.
I hope that each of you can have a friend like my friend Bobby. People like him are special.
Bobby I love you tremendously and if you ever need anything you know you can come to me for anything. I am trying to think of someway to repay Bobby for everything he has done. I paid for a Hawaii vacation earlier this year and that was awesome, and I was thinking about a fully paid European vacation for his family and mine in 2013.
So Bobby, I will email you today, pick some dates and your family and mine are going to Europe together, fully paid by me. I know it is so inadequate for everything you have done for me, but I figured it is a start to paying you back for all the support and love you have shown me.
By the way Bobby is in my fantasy football league and he got an award for the best draft but I think in life there are periods in which luck is with you, poor guy, I have beaten him twice and enjoyed beating him both times already. Yes we are both super competitive.
Suman and Bobby know everything about me, the good, the bad, the ugly.
After we had grown up Suman chose to not be friends with me and I respect his decision. We were friends right up to the point where he got married and had a baby. He invited me over to see the baby and his new house in Potomic, MD and that was the last contact I have had with him. Ok, so I did not make an effort to keep in touch either, but I would guess that it has been 7 years since I have spoken to him.
So we come to Bobby, just like Suman he knows everything there is to know about me and we have always been close no matter what. We may not call each other for a whole year, but when we do get together it is always just Awesome! Yes we still play epic battles of RBI baseball on our old Nintendo.
Bobby is a transplant surgeon.
About 2 years ago I was looking for investors in my current company and he asked me how much I needed and I told him. Eventually he gave me a total of $105,000. To get the new company off the ground I needed every penny. This was a big deal, because he had invested in another previous business in which he lost $75,000. So I was asking him a few months back why he had invested in the new business after he lost $75,000 in a previous business with me.
Bobby told me "Vijay I invested because it sounded like you needed help."
He would go on to say that he never even read any of the business plan stuff and that he knew I would try hard, but he invested just because he thought I needed his help and he did it to help a friend.
You have to really think about someone said to really see the impact of what someone was willing to do to help you out. Here was a friend that had invested with you previously and had lost $75,000 and was still willing to invest another $105,000 to simply help you out. The type of heart that this requires is so great, I cannot even put into words. I will always be humbled by Bobby's actions, even now after so much time and I think about it, it moves me tremendously.
So recently we have been paying back the profits from the company and I had given Bobby 2 checks of $10,500 each for dividends and we will be giving his this same amount every month or every second month based on cash flow for the conceivable future. Not sure I ever mentioned this to Bobby, but it is one of the great pleasures in my life to send him the dividend check.
I hope that each of you can have a friend like my friend Bobby. People like him are special.
Bobby I love you tremendously and if you ever need anything you know you can come to me for anything. I am trying to think of someway to repay Bobby for everything he has done. I paid for a Hawaii vacation earlier this year and that was awesome, and I was thinking about a fully paid European vacation for his family and mine in 2013.
So Bobby, I will email you today, pick some dates and your family and mine are going to Europe together, fully paid by me. I know it is so inadequate for everything you have done for me, but I figured it is a start to paying you back for all the support and love you have shown me.
By the way Bobby is in my fantasy football league and he got an award for the best draft but I think in life there are periods in which luck is with you, poor guy, I have beaten him twice and enjoyed beating him both times already. Yes we are both super competitive.
Friday, November 2, 2012
New Baby
It has been a long time since I posted an entry and I have some good news so I waited about as long as I could. Here is the news.
We have been doing Invitro for a couple of years now and on the latest attempt we have finally passed that critical phase of 3 months. The baby is currently: 12 Weeks 5 Days.
Here is the current Ultrasound:
I am not a very emotional person but after the loss of the last baby at 2 months it was devastating to me, but I doubt that you would have sensed it, even if you were around me. So I waited patiently until we passed the 3 month mark this time to make sure there is a high chance of success this time.
In this scan, we can finally see that it actually looks like a baby.
So it looks like there are going to be major changes in my life coming up next year.
We have been doing Invitro for a couple of years now and on the latest attempt we have finally passed that critical phase of 3 months. The baby is currently: 12 Weeks 5 Days.
Here is the current Ultrasound:
In this scan, we can finally see that it actually looks like a baby.
So it looks like there are going to be major changes in my life coming up next year.
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