Current building laws allow coaching only on GF and FF. But right now they are allowing on higher floors. But that can change anytime. Also the law is not clearly written anywhere, but this year May ( I met@Tata and did not know that the popular member was from classes , so when he messaged I called him to MCD office to witness first hand the power of bureaucracy - and after the meeting he decided it was better to be a bureaucrat ). So when I argued before the court that nothing in Master Plan stops us ( I had spent 3 days underlining and going through it ) , the DC cited some other clause where something else was written.. So in Master plan also different things are written in different places.. so state is free to use clause which is convenient to them.
And for GF and First Floor, you will have to outbid Tanishq, Haldiram, Maruti, Hyundai Kalyan Jewellers etc. In our building Best IAS was able to outbid Haldiram ( a 6000 crore turnover company ) , so Haldiram shifted.
It isnt for nothing they say that fact is stranger than fiction.
@Neyawn if I may humbly say something.
You're someone who's seen all the three stages of this exam. You've seen thousands who've cleared and you've seen ten thousands who had it in them but couldn't clear. You clearly understand that beyond a point it's luck. There are so many bright candidates who lose out because things just weren't in their favour in that hour.
Let's be real, forum can only support people to pass the exam, it cannot guarantee ranks to people.
While I agree that forum sets high standards, but without utmost humility, i would like to say that you're being very passionate about what you're selling which clearly involves luck to some extent. Being so passionate in this tricky edtech sector can blind you from potentially seeing pitfalls. It's good to be passionate to that extent in arts and sports, but when it comes to business we need hold our emotions back, be a little flexible with approaches and try to be as inclusive as possible (because TAM is what'll help you to dampen the unforeseen shocks in the market).
As long as you're doing good work, results will come. It shouldn't matter whether you have 200 selections or 700 selections out of 1000. No aspirant looks at those metrics while deciding to invest in you. They look at perceived brand value and trust in the community.
Make education accessible and affordable (to the extent that works for your business), it'll help you to keep swimming against the tides for a long time.
In the era of internet, decentralisation is the way. With the advent of AI, offline centers for teaching will be a part of history in the next 5 yesrs. We'll have offline centers only for mentorship, counselling and doubt clearance.
In the long run, it'll also help you to optimize costs and achieve better efficiency.
Don't worry about results neyawn, you're anyway doing good work, so people will still trust forum even if the selections come down from 700 to 200. People will trust the processes at forum more than the outcomes when the public perception is built, marketed and sold transparently.
This is the right opportunity for you to strategise for the future. Decentralisation and customer centric initiatives is the way forward. When that happens, people will pay whatever you ask and will keep the business afloat.
As business owners of edtech, it would be unethical to impart education to only the bright ones. It's the easy way out. And it won't work for long too. Because the market is super dynamic, what works now don't work 5 years down the lane.
Try to build courses for everyone who wishes to be a part of this journey towards bureaucracy. That market size will take care of most adversities.
Would love to see forum all across India. And also, with the giants of funded edtech falling down, there'll be enough vacuum in the market to accomodate and accelerate the growth of a trusted brand like forum.
Keep innovating and executing. ORN has fallen, the plans for next 10 years should be the things to discuss in the boardroom now.
Wish you the best and loads of strength in these testing times. Supporting forum always ❤️
To the people, it's a request, please be a little kind towards forum,@Neyawn was once an aspirant like all of us. Let's support this community in these tough times and make it better. Your love and support will only make things better for everyone.
PS, also@Neyawn iasmocks is defunct 🙂
