Sunday, November 20, 2005

I told you so - Reliance to build SEZs

, I hate to do it.....but then you have to explicitly tell people to make them realize that you actually did it. Only 3 people till date called me up to say ..." hey Neeraj ...how did you knew that Mukesh will get into the business of building SEZ.....or he actually liked your idea and went ahead with it!!!"

Well it would be wishful thinking to believe that I was the one who gave him the idea of MEGA CITY (http://neerajgutgutia.blogspot.com/2004/05/next-pill-of-viagra.html). To be frank, his recent decision of going to B Schools for recruitment and the $5 billion business plan contest at IIM A urge me to claim that the idea was originated by me. Why else a man who had little faith in B School grads of India suddenly reverse his recruitment policy and also seek business idea from novices? Has one such novice from one such B School socked him with his business plan? The idea had been there on my blog for more than a year. It was published in I Mag 8 months ago and the same idea was selected for an IIM L contest (- "what next for Reliance?") last year – it might be that someone from his close circle came across it somewhere…

But still I would just say that it was the next logical step for Reliance group.. and Mukesh & his team must have thought of it themselves. Even if I cant prove that I gave Mukesh the idea, atleast I have proved my claim that I have the capability to "dream at the same wavelength" as Mukesh!!!

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