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By: Changes at Gridstone : Gridstone Research

Changes at Gridstone : Gridstone Research — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:31:30 +0000

[...] Changes at Gridstone March 9, 2009 · Guns We would like to announce that the Board of Directors of Gridstone appointed me to take over the responsibilities of CEO of Gridstone from Basab Pradhan, my co-founder and colleague. Basab continues to be closely associated with the company as a Member of the Board. (You can find Basab’s post on his blog about his future plans here.) [...]

By: Basab Pradhan

Basab Pradhan — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:53:38 +0000

Thanks again for your comments and good wishes. In the interest of civil discourse I had to delete a few comments that didn't pass the smell test and some others that responded to the deleted comments. I am now closing this entry to further comments.

By: Hariprasad Poojary

Hariprasad Poojary — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:19:10 +0000

Best Of Luck Basab!
Hope the entrepreneurial spirit continues..

~HP

By: Satya

Satya — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:48:29 +0000

Here is one quote from Basab:

"I will stay on the board of the company to help it in whatever way I can. "

So, he is very much with there at Gridsone. Read before you put your nasty comments.

Regarding the tinge of sadness – we all feel that – every time you a leave a place, a company, a friend circle. You always a leave a piece of yourself. It is not easy.

Now why I came back?

I normally do not and I sound biased here. Yes, I am biased here. We need more people like Basab. We need 10 entrepreneurs like him to create thousands of jobs than just one creating 100. Let us have more people who build 10 more companies in their life time in place having just one.

Also, here is one person who is from a very humble background and he is from the best IIT and IIM from India, built a billion dollar empire for one company, another company from scratch…if you have done better in your life, you may criticize (in fact, who have done something, they do not). Otherwise, just shut up.

Basab,

I'll look forward to your new venture and let me know if I can be of any help anyway.

Disclosure: I am not with Gridstone or Infosys, neither have I met Basab personally ever.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:09:19 +0000

and would have proven yourself… it is difficult to fathom that you feel that a company established by you and passing thru' difficult phase , does not need you ! try to come clean

By: Senthil

Senthil — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:35:24 +0000

Basab – If your company is going through a very challenging phase, I would have thought you would be more motivated to stay on and get past the hurdles before moving out. I am a little surprised.

By: ramesh

ramesh — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:35:52 +0000

if you are honest to yourself and to your readers , you must come out with real story of GRIDSTONE …. silence only means that you are talking like a NETA… come on ….. every body has ups and downs ….

By: ShreyasiD.Chatterjee

ShreyasiD.Chatterjee — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:46:53 +0000

Basab,

It is with surprise and a tinge of sadness that I read this post. Wish you all the best for your new journey.

I cannot agree with you more when you say that Gridstone has a stunning team. Not only are they superb professionals, they are all such wonderful people. I have known in my corporate experience that it is hard to find such a group.
All the best to Guns and the rest of the team.

I have always been an admirer of your blog and its observations so am excited to know that you will write more often. Happy writing!

By: Anonymous coward

Anonymous coward — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:42:55 +0000

yeah, and Basab's going to split his guts wide open and lay it all on the table since you asked for it…geez

By: ramesh

ramesh — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:23:07 +0000

But is it proper for you to leave a company (founded by you) when times are tough and challenging ? Is it not running away from responsiblilty ? there must be something else which has forced you to leave ?