Bridgegaap Consultancy LLP

12/04/2013

Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it...he who doesn't ...pays it.
- Albert Einstein

12/04/2013

The air is full of ideas. They are knocking you in the head all the time. You only have to know what you want, then forget it, and go about your business. Suddenly, the idea will come through. It was there all the time.
- Henry Ford

10/04/2013

DID YOU KNOW: #02

I Scream, you scream, V All Scream for Ice Cream!!
And dis ones all about our favourite " Cone Ice Cream"

In 1904, there was an exhibition in Louisiana, where a small ice cream vendor called Charles Meck had a stall.

Charles was doing good business but it was a hot day and the crowd queued up for ice cream. The paper cups were soon exhausted. It would be some time before a fresh supply could be got. The crowd got impatient. Just then Charles looked across at his neighbour's stall- he was selling waffles topped with a jam sauce. Charles got a BRAINWAVE.

He bought up all his neighbours waffles, rolled them into cones and filled them with Ice cream.

The rest is History!

09/04/2013

Bridgegaap Education

08/04/2013

#2 - Another success story of a commoner.

Street Smart!- Mr Prem Ganapathy, DOSA PLAZA.

He came to Mumbai like millions of others, in search of a better future. Inspired by Mc Donald’s, Mr.Prem Ganapathy has risen from a humble dishwasher to owner of the fast food chain ‘Dosa Plaza’, with more than 26 outlets across India.

A simple man born in Tuticorin, a small district in Tamilnadu, struggles to speak fluent Hindi with a heavy Tamil accent. But there is one language where Prem Ganapathy is completely at ease ,and that is the language of BUSINESS.

Branding? You bet, I need it!
Costing? Always keep an eye on it.
Customer satisfaction? Usse badkar to kuch hai hi nahin.

Prem Ganapathy (PG) did not have to go to a B-school to learn all this. He found knowledge, outside of college, on the hot and dusty streets of Mumbai.

Starting his career in the ‘restorent line’ as a dishwasher, PG worked his way up doggedly. From tea stall to roadside dosawallah ,to running a small food joint near Vashi railway station –that would have been achievement enough for most people.

Not this man.

Prem Ganapathy went on to open a counter at Navi Mumbai’s first mall-Center One- and has not looked back since.
Today there are 26’Dosa Plaza’ outlets all over india and a franchise even in New Zealand.

It has not been easy but it is possible. Prem Ganapathy’s story gives you hope, that yes,anyone can achieve anything in this country.We can have a hundred Dhirubhai Ambanis. And we must have a million Prem Ganapathys.

Advice to young Entrepreneurs by Prem Ganapathy.... contd.

- Rashmi Bansal
Connect the Dots.

08/04/2013

Great words by Great Men!

07/04/2013

DID YOU KNOW:

HOW & WHEN DID PAPER MONEY START?

In olden days when money was in terms of coins, it was difficult for traders to carry too many coins. So often, dey used promissory notes which could be later on redeemed for coins. However, this system was not fool proof & also not universally acceptable.

The year was 1685, Soldiers serving in French Canada had not received their wages for 3 months. They got restless & agitated for wages. That is when the Governor resorted to a UNIQUE IDEA.

He took a pack of PLAYING CARDS, signed each one for a certain amount & distributed these cards as wages. He had the town crier announce that these signed cards may be collected by traders in exchange for goods for the soldiers, which could den be redeemed for coin money by the traders in the garrison. The idea soon caught on. Its sheer convenience was unbeatable. And so in 1690, in the State of Massachusets in the USA, paper money first came to be used for payment of wages..

07/04/2013

Introducing a new Section called " Train the Brain "
A Fun section full of riddles & puzzles, just for u!! So people its time to rack your brains. We welcome your participation.
Here goes the first one.....

A certain number when divided by 7, 5 remains. The same when divided by 9, 7 remains. What is the number???

05/04/2013

Getting together Smartly!!

04/04/2013

Statement by JRD Tata onn receiving tha Bharat Ratna in 1992... " I do not want India to be an economic superpower. I want India to be a Happy country."

02/04/2013

Thought to Ponder Over.....
" Knowledge & Power are neither good nor bad. It is the MOTIVE & APPLICATION that determine whether these are good or bad! "
- GMCKS

02/04/2013

Actions to be taken when you get a notice from the Income Tax Department...

Be prompt in responding, collate all documents and make a cover letter