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Size of a Cherry

admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:12:23 +0000

The cherry is a round fruit with a round stone. If the flesh of the cherry around the stone is as thick as the stone itself, can you calculate mentally how much more pulp than stone there is in the cherry?

Building a Play House

admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:56:31 +0000

Rakesh and Nikhilesh were carrying pieces of timber to build a playhouse. Nikhilesh said to Rakesh ‘Give me one of your pieces so that we shall both be carry the same number of pieces’.

‘No’ said Rakesh, proudly wanting to display his strength ‘Give me one of yours and I shall be carrying twice your weight’.

Can you tell how many pieces of timber were each Rakesh and Nikhilesh carrying?

Number of Poles in a Fence

admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:15:44 +0000

A farmer built a fence around his 17 cows, in a square shaped region. He used 27 fence poles on each side of the square.

How many poles did he need altogether?

A Steamer’s Route

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:28:48 +0000

A 150 metre long steamer has changed its direction through 30 degrees while moving through a distance equal to twice its own length. Can you tell the radius in the circle in which it moves?

Why Front Wheels Wear Out?

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:22:17 +0000

Perhaps you have noticed the wheels of some carts - the front ones are smaller than the rear ones. Why do the front axles wear out faster than the rear?

A Problem of Candy Bars

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:38:39 +0000

Recently I attended a birthday party. All the

children in the party were having candy bars. All the children got three candy bars each except the child sitting in the end. She got only two candy bars. If only each child had been given two candy bars there would have been eight candy bars remaining. How many candy bars were there altogether to begin with?

A Problem of Gooseberries

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:59:45 +0000

When I was a little girl, one day my mother had left a bowl of gooseberries to be shared between my two sisters Lalitha, Vasantha and myself. I went home first. I ate what I thought was my share of gooseberries and left. Then Lalitha arrives. She thought she was the first one to arrive and ate the number of gooseberries, she thought was her share and left. Lastly Vasantha arrived. She again thought she was the first one to arrive and she took what she thought was her share and left 8 gooseberries in the bowl.

When we three sisters met in the evening we reliazed what had happened and my mother distributed the remaining 8 gooseberries in a fair share.

How did my mother do it?

Our Story in YourStory.in

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:43:40 +0000

Passing out from the Indian Institute of Management, Indore, Vineet Patawari found it hard to resist a seven-figure job. However, the urge to aid the larger student fraternity got him to start his own venture. Thus was born fireup.co.in, an e-learning portal for training for management entrance examinations. With funding from his parents and two partners, Patawari laid the foundation for his first entrepreneurial venture in June 2008. “Fireup”, Patawari says, “is a revolutionary portal that is designed to aid students in cracking the Common Admission Test (CAT), the toughest management entrance examination for the IIMs and other top business schools in the country.”

Patawari explains the way the portal assists students in their preparations, “Fireup provides top-quality online preparation modules that prepare students for the exact testing standards of the CAT. Moreover, the portal offers an active e-course with a learner-centric, interactive and adaptive learning approach.” This budding entrepreneur has found the potion to leverage technology to enhance learning and in turn giving its students the winning edge in cracking CAT and realising their dreams.

Talking about the scope of the new start-up, Patawari told yourstory.in that students appearing for the CAT, MAT, XAT, SNAP, NMAT, IBSAT etc are the ones who take help from Fireup. The figure comes to around more than five lakh students. The benefit these students derive is that since most competitive entrance tests are gradually shifting towards an online format, they would find it easier to adapt to the mode. Patawari plans to expand the range of services to other competitive exams such as the CPT, PCC, Band PO exams, final level exam for CA and entrance exams for the IITs. He further said that with the aid of a venture capitalist or private equity, Fireup would be able to augment their marketing strategies and reach. This would enable them in making Fireup a household name in helping students across the nation, across domains.

Hailing from a non-technical background, Patawari faced a few challenges when it came to adapting various technical concepts and the functioning module of the dotcom and e-learning business. However, after more than a year and with an employee force of more than fifteen, those seem to be times long gone.

Speaking to yourstory.in about the edge that Fireup has over other training institutes, the young entrepreneur explains at length the extensive research that they put into formulating every single question and its explanation. With a broad smile, he says technology-friendliness is their key differentiator. Patawari explains the way each paper comes with real-time analysis along with the individual score. Fireup gives students a detailed report as to the areas they are strong in, the areas that need to be worked on, along with effectiveness of a particular test-taking strategy.

Talking about his entrepreneurial venture, Patawari told yourstory.in that he always had the zest to start off on his own. He always resented the monotony of a nine-to-five job, though starting up on his own was not a cakewalk. Initial large investments that later turned futile, the uneven revenue stream, manpower issues and unforeseen delays in projects made him question his choice a number of times. However, now a successful and proud entrepreneur, he says, “The learning from starting my own venture has been tremendous, which no job could have given me in such short span of time.” This learning and freedom to make his own choices are what kept him going. He says perseverance was his mantra to succeed as an entrepreneur.

The B-plan for 2010 for this start-up is to increase their service range to the other competitive exams. Fireup is also planning to start an institution that will provide guidance to school and college students undertaking various courses under one umbrella.

On an ending note, Patawari says every dream is at least worth a try. Your degree is an insurance that will cushion you in case things don’t click. Also, he says, it’s a good time to try your luck as the stakes are much lower now than perhaps they would be half a decade from now. The mantra to success that he wishes to share with all aspiring entrepreneurs is perseverance.

Yourstory.in wishes this budding entrepreneur and his fine venture all the best for the coming year.

Source: http://www.yourstory.in/entrepreneurs/entrepreneur-of-the-week/2775-vineet-patawari-founder-fireupcoin