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	<title>Why Nepal? &#187; entrepreneurship</title>
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	<description>Sharing provocative, common sense ideas to bring positive change in Nepal&#34; by Ujwal Thapa</description>
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		<title>&#8220;All this learning means nothing until you make something happen.&#8221; tips from a entrepreneur.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ujwal Thapa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small but powerful piece about &#8220;confidence&#8221; from a startup entrepreneur. He argues, &#8220;All this learning means nothing until you make something happen,&#8221; further adding, &#8220;I was an over-confident punk, thinking I had the answer, and everyone else didn’t. But it worked. And in fact, isn’t that kind of confidence absolutely required to get anything done? Isn’t the ... <a href="http://www.whynepal.com/entrepreneurship/all-this-learning-means-nothing-until-you-make-something-happen-tips-from-a-entrepreneur/">Read the rest of this entry &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kiran Joshi, Disney Animator, Animation studio founder in Kathmandu</title>
		<link>http://www.whynepal.com/foreign-investment/kiran-joshi-disney-animator-animation-studio-founder-entrepreneurs-for-nepal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ujwal Thapa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a summary of our last Thursdays series of &#8220;Entrepreneurs for Nepal&#8221; group. I am one of the founder of this group which networks entrepreneurs working for Nepal. This first got published in e4nepal.com ————– Mr. Kiran Bhakta Joshi, the founder of Incessant Rain Animation Studios, left his job of 18 years at the ... <a href="http://www.whynepal.com/foreign-investment/kiran-joshi-disney-animator-animation-studio-founder-entrepreneurs-for-nepal/">Read the rest of this entry &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>This 3 day Nepal bandh (total shutdown of country). This is blackmail.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ujwal Thapa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you looking forward to this 3-day bandh, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday? (Total shutdown of Nepal) What say to the sorry fact that a few big egos with no-one&#8217;s interests at heart but their own, will oppress you for three long days with the threat of some cheap several-hundred-rupee-per-day-hired-goons. Who benefits from this? Can bullying create ... <a href="http://www.whynepal.com/governance/this-3-day-nepal-bandh-total-shutdown-of-country-this-is-blackmail/">Read the rest of this entry &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A better use of the old Royal Palace in Kathmandu.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ujwal Thapa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want some creative use of the old Royal Palace! It is a huge space in the most lucrative business districts of the country and it now houses a stupid museum and a stupid bureaucratic hole. So lets suggest some creative ideas for this space. Here are some of mine: Take the bloody foreign ministry somewhere else ... <a href="http://www.whynepal.com/recommend/a-better-use-of-the-old-royal-palace/">Read the rest of this entry &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Messenger of Sentiments- Bal Krishna Joshi from Nepal</title>
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		<comments>http://www.whynepal.com/entrepreneurship/a-messenger-of-sentiments-bal-krishna-joshi-from-nepal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ujwal Thapa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally co-written as part of &#8220;Entrepreneurs for Nepal&#8221; group along with Samriddhi, the prosperity foundation Bal Krishna Joshi argues that he might most probably be the most famous &#8220;goat-seller&#8221; of the world. Bal is best known for co-founding thamel.com, an internet e-commerce business that enables expatriate Nepalis to purchase gifts and arrange for their delivery within Nepal, ... <a href="http://www.whynepal.com/entrepreneurship/a-messenger-of-sentiments-bal-krishna-joshi-from-nepal/">Read the rest of this entry &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>10 tips on starting your own venture</title>
		<link>http://www.whynepal.com/entrepreneurship/10-tips-on-starting-your-own-venture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ujwal Thapa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We (as part of the entrepreneurs for Nepal group) have compiled a series of tips and lessons taken from established Nepal based entrepreneurs speaking at the Entrepreneurs for Nepal forum. Here are first in hopefully what will be a series. (downloadable pdf version at the end of the article) 1. Success takes patience. Min Bahadur Gurung ... <a href="http://www.whynepal.com/entrepreneurship/10-tips-on-starting-your-own-venture/">Read the rest of this entry &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interaction with a Swedish Investor and a Nepali media CEO</title>
		<link>http://www.whynepal.com/foreign-investment/interaction-with-a-swedish-investor-and-a-nepal-media-ceo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ujwal Thapa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[here are the transcripts of the last thursdays series of the Entrepreneurs for Nepal group in September. It is based on an interaction with a Swedish investor and a nepali CEO. Jonas Lindblom (Swedish Investor in Nepal) &#8220;The market in India is very complicated and it is difficult to do business there. There are many ... <a href="http://www.whynepal.com/foreign-investment/interaction-with-a-swedish-investor-and-a-nepal-media-ceo/">Read the rest of this entry &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>interaction with Ambica Shrestha , social entrepreneur / Dwarika heritage resorts.</title>
		<link>http://www.whynepal.com/entrepreneurship/interaction-with-ambica-shrestha-social-entrepreneur-dwarika-heritage-resorts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:40:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ujwal Thapa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ambica Shrestha is a hotelier who is known in and around Nepal for her conservation efforts of Nepali /Newari heritage through her hotels and resorts.  I got to talk with her a week ago and it was an inspiring talk about how she got to where she is right now and the difficulties faced. Just visit ... <a href="http://www.whynepal.com/entrepreneurship/interaction-with-ambica-shrestha-social-entrepreneur-dwarika-heritage-resorts/">Read the rest of this entry &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>tips from Karna Sakya, a locally established entrepreneur and author.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ujwal Thapa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During a recent interaction with entrepreneurs for nepal group which i established and co-run, got some good tips from Karna Sakya of Kathmandu Guest house fame. Here are a few. Experience is critical for an entrepreneur, more than the academic qualification as its it’s the experience that teaches you better on how to manage time, ... <a href="http://www.whynepal.com/entrepreneurship/tips-from-karna-sakya-a-locally-established-entrepreneur-and-author/">Read the rest of this entry &#187;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>some positive thoughts from a Hydro Power developer in Nepal.</title>
		<link>http://www.whynepal.com/recommend/some-positive-thoughts-from-a-hydro-power-developer-in-nepal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 14:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ujwal Thapa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Few weeks ago, in the &#8220;entrepreneurs for Nepal&#8221; gathering, I got to interact with a Nepali Hydro electric developer and a pioneer, Gyanendra Pradhan at a &#8220;entrepreneurs for nepal&#8221; gathering on 30th of April. He makes a good case for Hydropower development in Nepal. Here are a few stats he pulled out which was interesting. ... <a href="http://www.whynepal.com/recommend/some-positive-thoughts-from-a-hydro-power-developer-in-nepal/">Read the rest of this entry &#187;</a>]]></description>
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