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We have to survive for 5 years..

This was the first thought I had after we had our first meeting about xelpmoc.. 

We have survived and grown..we have stuck to you our principles and plans .. and we have set up more tasks for ourselves for the future. It is now a family of literally thousands of stakeholders and I know that most of them have come to partake in what is essentially their own dreams. We are lucky to have been a meeting point of dreams.

That is more or less the summary of everything you are going to read below. Must warn you that the words that will follow after this "disclaimer" (more of a warning really) is a ruminative ranting of all the flashes of memory, realisations and resolves that has gone into make the above statement come true. This is a personal note of the first thoughts that zip in and out of my mind as I think of the 5 years..

Our mind is like those earthen pots with holes older houses used to have. The food and water was kept inside and birds would come in and eat and go out.. but in that melee which came in first which went out later was never easy to ascertain or predict which bird came in when and which one is going out. Memories are like those birds. There is always a reason for them to linger for as long as they do but we may not be able to logicize it. So I have right now are thoughts like those..

Xelpmoc is and always has been about the people in and around it. And this aggregation is always on the purpose and idealism plain more than any other aspect. It is both inclusive and rejective.. much like a binary operation. It is just meant for some and does not make sense to some. That has always been our binary force.. almost like the force inside atoms.. at a certain distance opposites attract and likes repel .. but when it comes to the binding force likes attract and bond themselves into the strongest force. To each and everyone who have been in xelpmoc are still there and are not there a huge shout out to all of you. You all have contributed to what Xelpmoc is today . Actually Xelpmoc is what it is today exactly for you - you defined Xelpmoc and define it and always will.

The people I always feel indebted to are our entrepreneurs who chose to work with us and have worked with us with symbiosis. Starting from Anjani and Vivek of 4tigo it has been a tradition at xelp to work with people who we could laugh with and enjoy the whole journey. To all our friends who are founders of our ventures, thank you for choosing us, being with us and most importantly thinking of us as you own way beyond the boundaries of the ventures.

Finally it has been for the steadfast belief of some special people and orgs that we could find the wind beneath our wings to boldly go where few "startups" have gone before.. Nimit from Chanakya Wealth Creation and our Anchors in the IPO Notre Dame believed in our vision and sincerity. I dont have words to express the relationship we share. For me he has been as much a part of Xelpmoc as we the founders have been. That event let us discover and harbour our co dreamers from all over and made our resolve stronger that there are loads of us.. loads who want to change and be the change

The future is always more interesting. The greatest realisation is we have to do more - we have to server more and impact more.

In the coming days you will see xelpmoc entering areas in education and children and youth empowering initiatives and ventures and not just in India but in other parts of the world where such change is needed.

We will focus more on our products and new ventures. One thing that these 5 years have taught us is our eye for picking the right ventures and growing it is our biggest strength. We want to play to our strengths more and are convinced that is our fastest way to grow and impact.

Hopefully it is not too long. Would like to end this with a lyrics of a song I find very inspiring .. it is almost like a conversation we have with ourselves, our entrepreneurs and the dreams we have and share .. and another song that I hear often (warning : "nepotism" ahead) in the voice of my daughter - another song whose words stir me to do and keep doing 

This is specially to my co founders Srini and Jaison.. and of course to all my kids and brats in xelpmoc and our eco system!

A million dreams..

I close my eyes and I can see

The world that's waiting up for me

That I call my own

Through the dark, through the door

Through where no one's been before

But it feels like home

They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy

They can say, they can say I've lost my mind

I don't care, I don't care, so call me crazy

We can live in a world that we design

'Cause every night I lie in bed

The brightest colors fill my head

A million dreams are keeping me awake

I think of what the world could be

A vision of the one I see

A million dreams is all it's gonna take

A million dreams for the world we're gonna make

There's a house we can build

Every room inside is filled

With things from far away

The special things I compile

Each one there to make you smile

On a rainy day

They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy

They can say, they can say we've lost our minds

I don't care, I don't care if they call us crazy

Runaway to a world that we design

Every night I lie in bed

The brightest colors fill my head

A million dreams are keeping me awake

I think of what the world could be

A vision of the one I see

A million dreams is all it's gonna take

A million dreams for the world we're gonna make

However big, however small

Let me be part of it all

Share your dreams with me

You may be right, you may be wrong

But say that you'll bring me along

To the world you see

To the world I close my eyes to see

I close my eyes to see

Every night I lie in bed

The brightest colors fill my head

A million dreams are keeping me awake

A million dreams, a million dreams

I think of what the world could be

A vision of the one I see

A million dreams is all it's gonna take

A million dreams for the world we're gonna make

For the world we're gonna make

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