Noise Digger

For  a woman holding a job  , if you make  a noise about the discrimination or harassment you face  from your colleagues and / or superior,  she is likely to be labelled as a “troublemaker”  . If the person harassing is influential,  she may find it difficult to find another job.  So it is always better to be self employed.

I had been wondering where the startup founder had  disappeared.  She got married , relocated and is now looking for a job.   That is one of the reasons most  people don’t take female business owners seriously in India, they  assume they will get married and give up everything.  A lot depends on the kind of person you are, looking at the CV it was obvious that it was not a long term committment.

One of the key things in running a business , is to eliminate the noise or false claims. Yesterday  I read a post at a  popular website (which was also published in a newspaper) about how some one was running a business and claiming a turnover of  several hundreds of thousands of dollars. This was because of “social networking” skills. But the Linkedin profile of  the individual still showed that she was an employee of a company and did not even list the name of  her own business.

Obviously, it appears that some one is being economical with the truth.  So in future whatever is written about her and by the author of the article will  be taken with a pinch of salt by me.  That is why credibility is so important.

If you make a noise at a deserted place, no one will hear you.  In a crowded place, if you are in danger and make a noise,  at least some people will come to your help.

Most customers will try to get response the conventional way.  They will try to contact customer support or the concerned person by phone or by email.  If they do not get any response or are not satisfied by the response they get, they will  use other methods like posting on forums and blogs.