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Water is gold if you are looking for entrepreneurship in Kathmandu.

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Kathmandu, A city of 5 Million (unofficially)

we talk about electricity problem of 16 hours a day load shedding (that is being addressed urgently by the government). A larger problem is looming. “water or the lack of it” is the prime talk issue among-st house-holds in Kathmandu.

Tap water comes once every few days in most places in Kathmandu. With this ‘crisis’ is a gold opportunity.

Just find a way to solve this problem (or small part of it) by and you have a good “social entrepreneurship” opportunity of a life time.
Few ways i have heard so far.

“monsoon rain harvesting in individual homes for use in dry seasons”

“efficient affordable private water distribution systems to invidual homes”

” affordable and big water retention tanks for winter”

“clean technologies that recycle water used in homes”

“kitchen utilities that regulate less use of water with maximum efficiency – ie. new efficient utilities designs”

Up for the challenge?  you are in a gold field here! well i am thinking about it myself.

Share your wild ideas?

few ideas for kathmandu’s guerilla entrepreneurs…

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Pain is Opportunity. This is how we entrepreneurs see things. We just look around, see where certain situations are causing discomfort (pain) to people, families, neighborhoods, towns and even the country. We find an opportunity, an idea to change lives, then offer the services people need. In the past five years, there has been an amazing growth in interest among the new generation of Nepalis to become entrepreneurs. Many young Nepalis are starting organizations, businesses and institutions in their 20’s and 30’s.

We all know Nepal is undergoing a lot of pain these days. But this is exactly when entrepreneurs should seize the opportunity. In a country with where one thousand Nepalis are leaving the country daily for jobs, providing dignified jobs here, is the best social service you would be providing.
For those of you who are just starting out, here are a few examples where pain is an opportunity here.

What if you…

  • Provide a open office space that could be prepaid and rented on a per use basis in the heart of Kathmandu and other urban centers. A great place for start up entrepreneurs to meet others. ‘Co-office’ or brainstorming space or ……

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Business idea: A Public auction place in the heart of the Kathmandu.

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I always thought there was a big potential for public auctions for anything..from cars, to couches to …………… in Kathmandu/

The foreign embassies in Kathmandu hold auctions that are hugely popular and people come in huge droves to buy and bid and (have fun).
i stayed on line for an hour and half to enter the one at American embassy. brutal !

I love the thrill of finding things of value that others don’t see, in public auctions (of new and used items). (maybe its in the genes).

Well if you can get a classic American couch (sofa) that probably cost a thousand dollar at less than two hundred .. the hell if i care if its used for years. (well…as long as they look good).

I think public auctions could be one small but important way to stimulate the flailing economy in kathmandu. (with all that money people have been keeping in banks and NOT using it, it could be a outlet for people to gather, socialize and spend). Also it is a way to bring out people in the spirit of spending (and not keeping and saving).

would a cafe for creatives or entrepreneurs work in kathmandu?

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An idea roaming around:

would a cafe -lounge with  a chilled ambience / atmosphere which invites mostly entrepreneurs/musicians / artists /young passionate people, work as a viable business in Kathmandu ? would it have to be an inclusive place for exclusive type of people (the ones mentioned above ?)

am looking for a place that invities inspiration, passion and an escape away from the mundane and depressing atmosphere in Kathmandu now. Maybe I should open a cafe that does that. Will people come ?

will you come ?

Don’t wait, GET small, THINK big.

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A great article posted by Seth Godin, favorite preacher 🙂

i am posting the highlights from an interview he did . http://www.etsy.com/storque/article/1871/
Basically he talks about how it might be wiser to remain small, and think of big ideas and tis possible to do great and massive stuff while remaining small. (and wiser to do so this way). This applies to Nepal especially where most of us feel ” You have to be big, to make better things ”

We in Nepal, are used to the “big government, big business, small people” and thus have a misguided view that “being small is not going to make big changes, big revenue or big ……. “. or “we need a big powerful government to make big changes, or we are doomed !” This thinking is mostly crap!

Here is a validation on “ GET SMALL, THINK BIG ”

  • Big used to matter. Big meant economies of scale. (You never hear about “economies of tiny,” do you?) People, usually guys, often ex-Marines, wanted to be CEO of a big company. The Fortune 500 is where people went to make… a fortune.
  • There was a good reason for this. Value was added in

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