I’d urge you to look at this article, which is a reaction to this post, which resonates with your comment.

Sowmya
sowmya@pluggd.in

After all, even Bill Gates once said “640K (roughly 1/2 of a megabyte) ought to be enough for anybody”

It is good to have a vision upfront, but it is bad to predict it in advance.

My $0.03

Drucker, one of the greatest management gurus was of the opinion that the success in most businesses comes not as a result of meticulous planning (he called that a hygiene factor) but its response to opportunities. I would agree.

While “how big do you intend to be?” would be a very obvious question from a VC and a VC will look at the financial terms of size, an answer of 2.25 billion in 5 years would be met with just as much skepticism if not more than 2.25 million.

I assume when looking for a big new business one should would look at the following,
1. How can this product/service help me do thing differently?
2. How pervasive is it/can be?
3. Look for something in the people that tells you
a) They can grab opportunities
b) They have the ability to create opportunities.
I am sure Bill gates or the guys at Google did not realize their idea would be SO big

Wouldn’t it be unfair to ask to ask inexperienced engineers/geeks about how big they think a business can be? I would love to know what the Google guys thought their business was worth at the start.

Givetake.in is an online bartering site. Just like in the old days, you can barter your old shirts and shiny records for other people’s old shirts and shiny records. Or anything, for that matter. The site has categories for practically every consumer good, whether it be antiques, games, electronics or services. To start bartering you’ll need to register first. Next use the search box to find exactly what you’re looking for (or browse by category). Once you’ve found that perfect something, connect with the person who’s got your product and make an exchange. You’ll have to work out the exact terms of the deal, and figure out whether a boot is warranted or whether you can arrange something fancy where A helps B in return for getting C product X and so on. Get creative, it can save you some cash and perhaps make you a friend or two. There are no fees involved to trade your stuff or for registering.

In their own words

“Giventake.in is the Web’s premier free, full-service bartering site. Unlike other similar bartering destinations, Giventake.in is the only one that provides a comprehensive range of categories that truly allows members to trade anything they have for anything they want, be it a product, a service or even cold, hard cash.

Oh, and did we mention it’s free? That’s right. No processing fees. No hidden charges. No kidding!”

Why it might be a killer

Giventake has come up with a new twist on a classic idea: bartering. It’s been in effect for ages, but there hasn’t really been a heavy push on trading in recent times. With Giventake you can save some cash and get something you really like. Better for the planet than buying new too.

Some questions though

Will they add user ratings? As usual this site really needs some users to start bartering otherwise, it can’t go far. How’s it going to attract barterers?

“Are Indian startups thinking BIG enough?”: Are indian entrepreneurs reading this Blog and other blogs about entrepreneurship. How to ensure that they are smelling the gearing up entrepreneurship in india.

Are Sanjay’s articles and everything else in this blog reaching to the aspiring entrepreneurs ?.

We need to reach them and Inject about entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity.

There is lot of Divide. How to bridge it ?.