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		<title>Welcome to Rodinhood.com!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A hearty, warm welcome to rodinhood.com &#8211; the business and experience blog of Alok Kejriwal. Please enjoy the blog posts as they feature below. Also, please pay a visit to the social &#8216;twin&#8217; of this site called &#8216;The Rodinhoods&#8217; &#8211; http://therodinhoods.com &#8230; <a href="http://rodinhood.com/welcome">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The 9 Best Conversations I have had in my life – and the lessons I learnt from them!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He said, “Alok, we have taken a good look at mobile2win India. We like the business, the Company and the management. We are moving towards sending the board a term sheet to make a large investment. However, we have also decided to acquire your shares since we believe you are not adding any value to the Company.” <a href="http://rodinhood.com/the-9-best-conversations-i-have-had-in-my-life-and-the-lessons-i-learnt-from-them">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>7 Reasons why you MUST know SALES!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was 17 years old, a real estate agent – M.M Goyal of Jaico Real Estates in Mumbai told me a Hindi dialog. He said ‘Vyaapari woh, Jo Bechta bhala’. Translated, it means ‘The businessman who knows how to ‘Sell’ is truly successful”.
 <a href="http://rodinhood.com/seven-reasons-why-you-must-know-sales">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>So, what are you looking at?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[....If a simple, elegant, easy to read and easy to display number that’s most important to your business can be quickly established and then communicated to everyone, it helps a lots of things to fall in place.....So, it’s important to decide what metrics you adopt so as to measure your success internally and externally.....


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		<title>The Seven Subjects I learnt at Marwari Business School (MBS)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I learnt Seven important subjects at Marwari Business School - these were Monetization Mentality, Accounting Archery, Righteous Rigor, Waiting and Watching, Attitude Adjustments, Risks and Rewards and Innovative Ingenuity.  <a href="http://rodinhood.com/the-seven-subjects-i-learnt-at-marwari-business-school">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The toughest decision of my life…</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The incredible story of how I co-founded one of the first mover Companies in the Mobile VAS business in India and China - how VC greed took over - how I the founder was actually thrown (dragged) out of my own Company and how in the end - all was well that ended 'badly'... <a href="http://rodinhood.com/toughest-decision-of-my-life">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The 6 Dangerous Bombs in Share Holders Agreements &amp; how entrepreneurs can diffuse them.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 08:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rodinhood made sure to check Definitions, Pre-Emptive Rights, Representations and Warranties, Restrictions on Shares, Tag Along Rights &#038; Drag Along Rights in the Share Holders Agreement sent to him for approval <a href="http://rodinhood.com/the-6-dangerous-bombs-in-share-holder-agreements">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Marwari – Have you met Mr. Tata?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He chuckled and said’ ‘What nonsense! The first rule of the funding game is to siphon out 25% of the funds and make yourself-rich. Investors can be dealt with later’ <a href="http://rodinhood.com/Mr-Marwari-Have-you-met-Mr-Tata">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Five Marketing Blunders you must avoid!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marketing is the one of the most treachorous business disciplines I know. Most businessmen and entrepreneurs make fatal mistakes while approaching marketing - like believing that 'advertising is marketing'. Most people forget about PR, Hijack and Piggyback marketing and also ignore building their own personal marketing story.. <a href="http://rodinhood.com/five-marketing-blunders-you-must-avoid">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The 3 deadly weapons (in term sheets) that Kill Entrepreneurs..</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rodinhood’s comment was that if VC means Venture Capital, it should remain Venture Capital and not Vampire Capital. Hence, the fair multiple was 1x of the principal back and NOT 2x or 3x etc, etc, in favor of the VCs. 1x ensured return of Capital and nothing more if the Company was sold in extraneous circumstances. <a href="http://rodinhood.com/the-three-deadly-weapons-in-term-sheets-that-kill-entrepreneurs">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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