Friday, August 26, 2011

bread and butter (bi)


there is an old man in shimla
who wanted to do some business
but didn't have much money.
he didn't have money for shop
he didn't have money for raw material
he didn't have any mba
(rather he might not be even a matriculate).

but he had to do something
to support himself and family.

then
an idea struck him.

he bought ten breads
twenty butter packs
fifty paper plates
one knife
and located one wooden apple box.

he located a corner for himself in the city.
turned the box into a makeshift table
started making bread-butter toasts.

who would have bought those?

well, scores of hungry daily labourers passing that way
spotted him
and became his customers.

ten years down the line
you can still see that old man
doing the same thing
at the same spot
in the same way!!!

the only difference
- his turnover now is
rs. two lac per month
with a margin of rs.40000

he spotted a need
and aligned his resources to it!

(every street is paved with gold! - kim woo choong)

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