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To queue or not to queue.

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 Queues are everywhere around us. And we never want to be in them. But it takes a person to stand in a queue to properly understand the queue and no this is not about queue management. There are 3 types of queues, necessary, required and unnecessary. First let's talk about unnecessary queues because they are most common. Most of the time people queue just because "There already is a queue!". For example, if there is a billing or ticketing counter with a queue next to an adjacent billing counter, most people won't bother asking why the next counter is vacant, they will simply assume that something must be wrong with it. While the adjacent counter is infact vacant because there was no customer to serve to. Second, there are required queues. These are the queues which are created for proper management. Let's say the adjacent counter was infact vacant because of short staff or unexpected customer flow. Like queues created while boarding a flight. These queues would no...

Problem captured.

 For a while we have been facing a problem to acquire funding through government grant. There is a great initiative by the Government of India to support our startup ecosystem by means of funding. One such initiative is SISFS (Startup India Seed Fund Scheme). We were rejected multiple times by the incubators. Upon close inspection of the cause of rejection (this is very important in any venture) I found out that  "there is a need to draw a clear line between incubator and accelerator. Accelerators are programmes run by investment agencies to provide investment to already established and settled startups for their expansion or development. Incubators on the other hand are agencies that support startups during their very initial phase." Really hoping to secure funding for our incubation this season.