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		<title>Coming Soon!! New office for CCSâ€¦</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hooray!! Cogzidel Consultancy Services has grown from a baby to adolescent kid which is on itz own within once year inception. Having started with a shared office a year back, we are moving to our own leased premise near Kodambakkam. Â  Yes it is an 800 Sq Ft office which is on the centre of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hooray!! <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cogzidel.in">Cogzidel Consultancy Services</a></span></strong> has grown from a baby to adolescent kid which is on itz own within once year inception. Having started with a shared office a year back, we are moving to our own leased premise near <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Kodambakkam</span></strong>. Â </p>
<p>Yes it is an 800 Sq Ft office which is on the centre of city with very good access to public transport. From now on we can accomplish a lot of goals and the first thing is my dream project of starting a incubation center where we can help startups by proving space and infrastructure when they are at bootstrapping stage.</p>
<p>Now it is time sit and draw proto type for interior design and interesting part of planning and budgeting.</p>
<p>Keep watching <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.cogzidel.in">Cogzidel.in</a></span></strong> to be updated on our Bootstrapping &amp; Business Incubations services.</p>
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		<title>How I bootstrapped my first venture!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is how I bootstrapped my first venture which was started during the starting days of Dotcom bubble. Â  Shared office space from a Gingelly oil company where they gave us 100 sq ft space, 5 systems, internet connection and a telephone line for $200 a month. Provided out of our business model services which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is how I bootstrapped my first venture which was started during the starting days of Dotcom bubble.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Â </span></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shared office space from a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_oil">Gingelly oil</a> company where they gave us 100 sq ft space, 5 systems, internet connection and a telephone line for $200 a month.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Provided out of our business model services which helped us sustain till we got a groove into our core business. Services we offered were;</span></span>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Linux installation</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">System Assembling &amp; Trouble shooting</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Java Training</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Offering real time projects for college students</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list 1.0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sub sourcing resumes to manpower companies</span></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Since we were out of college we had big network of friends who were college pass outs or students which helped in spreading our services and we got decent response to recover our monthly expense.</span></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Since it was recession there was acute shortage of jobs. We offered jobs for deposit and we got tremendous response for this. We made $2000 from two people which were our six months liquidity with which we stopped all non core activities and concentrated on core business.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Apart from those two paid resource. We hired talented people who joined us for no pay. This changed our fortunes.</span></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Having generated 6 months cash flow and a team of talented people we were able to win projects with the HELP of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization">Search Engine Optimization</a> (SEO) and market places like scriptlance.com and elance.com.</span></span></p>
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		<title>Entrepreneurship!! Whose piece of cake?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 10:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Iâ€™ve seen many highly energized people who approach me with their business ideas asking to review their idea or for investmentâ€¦ Most of these people who approached me said they were meeting more people with their ideas for more than six monthsâ€¦ When I asked the reason for their wait; Â  Some said they had [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Iâ€™ve seen many highly energized people who approach me with their business ideas asking to review their idea or for investmentâ€¦ Most of these people who approached me said they were meeting more people with their ideas for more than six monthsâ€¦ When I asked the reason for their wait;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Â </span></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some said they had family commitments to fulfill and hence they canâ€™t quit their job.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some said they work to gain experience which would be helpful when they start a business.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some said they are waiting for proper timing (Some said market is at itz high and waiting for correction &amp; some said it is recession).</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some say they donâ€™t have enough capital to start a company.</span></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Â </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">There were many more reasons which sound crazyâ€¦ Though I respect their reason be it genuine or not. I canâ€™t buy their reason for delaying their entrepreneurial ambitions because;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Â </span></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narayana_murthy">Mr.Narayanamurthy</a> founder of <a href="http://www.infosys.com/">Infosys</a> had a family (Wife &amp; 2 children) when he started Infosys. Commitments are man made and we have control over our commitments and we have to plan and control our commitments to bring out other desire.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Job experience and business experience are different ball game and when one starts a business at any point of time (with or without experience) they have to come across challenges.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Timings canâ€™t be timed because when market is on a high note there will be business but costs are high and when there is a recession costs are low but business will be poor. Always there is no right time to start a business or to put it optimistically every time is right time to start a business.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Always one need not have capital to start a company. There are many ways to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_(business)">bootstrap</a> and one must read success stories how they bootstrapped in they their early days.</span></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Â </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">I personally didnâ€™t have much job experience when I took up entrepreneurship but today I gained much <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">knowledge and experience</strong> which is required by an entrepreneur. But my friends who started business with 8 years of job experience are overcoming the same challenges which I came across.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Â </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">One more thing which I want to tell every striving or wanna be entrepreneurs is â€œStart something immediatelyâ€ only then you will create a focus and can find your path. Until then it will be a chicken and egg story&#8230;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Â </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let me end this blog with this note;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Â </span></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ship is always safe in the shores but it is not built for that.</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo3;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Start small Think big Work on quick iterations.</span></span></li>
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		<title>Cogzidel Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. Services</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where ever we talk about services offered by Cogzidel Consultancy Services (CCS) people get excited about list of servicesâ€¦ Some people &#38; well wishers also expressed their concern stating we are concentrating on too many servicesâ€¦ For those kinds of people Iâ€™d first request you all to read this blog post http://www.anandnataraj.com/how-ccs-evolved&#8230; Now let me [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Where ever we talk about services offered by Cogzidel Consultancy Services (CCS) people get excited about list of servicesâ€¦ Some people &amp; well wishers also expressed their concern stating we are concentrating on too many servicesâ€¦ For those kinds of people Iâ€™d first request you all to read this blog post </span><a href="http://www.anandnataraj.com/how-ccs-evolved"><span style="font-size: small; color: #800080;">http://www.anandnataraj.com/how-ccs-evolved</span></a><span style="font-size: small;">&#8230; Now let me tell you the advantages of outsourcing to CCS;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Â </span></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Saving cost by outsourcing non-core functions which are mandatory for functioning of businessâ€¦</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Getting services from experienced professionalsâ€¦</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Getting a professional outlook for your entity by complying with all compliancesâ€¦</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Professional book-keeping where we have a copy of all your records and can avail in time of needâ€¦</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Saving the company paying fine and penalties which arises because of inexperience in support functionsâ€¦</span></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Â </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">In short we provide Compliance Management &amp; Business Process Management services and we provide single window service for all services which falls under CM and BPM parseâ€¦ There are the types of services which we offer;</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Â </span></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Regn of company / society / trust / partnership firm</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Employee-friendly Tax planning</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Filing IT returns</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Obtaining PAN / TAN</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Statutory compliances &#8211; PF / ESI / Sales Tax / Service Tax / STPI etc</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Trademark / Patent Registration</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Business Incubation Services</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bootstrapping </span></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Â </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">For more information about the services please feel free to visit <a href="http://www.cogzidel.in" target="_blank">http://www.cogzidel.in</a>&#8230;</span></span></p>
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