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Pricing our services
2008-04-25 16:18:00
Today i would like to talk about pricing for the services offered by 360 Inn. As many of you know, we provide camping , trekking and other adventures in Kodaikanal. In the last few weeks we have received a tonne of customer calls regarding offbeat activities in Kodai. Most customers find our pricing reasonable while a few others negotiate with us to lower our price.Some customers see camping as a truly invigorating experience while a few others assume its a cheaper alternative compared to resorts. A few others assume we will lower our price if the group is larger. I thought i will clarify the amount of work that goes into delivering the camping experience we offer at 360 Inn.First of all, camping for us is not just picking a random site and halting for the night. We typically discuss with customers their preferences over a few calls and get all details regarding the type of terrain they want for trekking (distance, hilly, steep) , the camping areas they prefer (waterfall, river) a...
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Entrepreneurship as an outbound activity
2008-04-18 05:13:00
Hello all, today i wanted to share my views on entrepreneurship. Iam currently teaching entrepreneurship at a few business schools. While iam confident about teaching the conceptual aspects of entrepreneurship the same is not the case with the practical aspects. Entrepreneurship , according to me , is a very eccentric course. Its something like this, lets say you want to become a tiger trainer. You can train yourself to be so using a dummy tiger.Other options are to train yourself with a domesticated tiger in a zoo or a real tiger in the forest. Iam not sure what your chances would be with the latter approach!! Similar is the case with entrepreneurship. A "dummy tiger" kind of course in the classroom is no match to the majestic animal in the woods!So why this analogy? Does that mean any entrepreneurship course wouldnt work? Not so ! One needs the right environment to learn entrepreneurship. An environment that is hostile, where you have to earn your respect using your street smar...