These Posters Will Show You How Famous Start-Ups Were Conceived

Every great idea comes from a dream and all our dreams can come true,  only if we have the courage to pursue them. This goes for everything in life, including start-ups and business ideas. They all start the same way, from a scratch, but only some make it to the top. 
These posters by information designer Anna Vital will tell you what it takes to be on the top.

Here is why most people choose to be entrepreneurs.

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A lot of us feel the same way but end up doing nothing to change it. Just because you have never done anything exceptional does not mean you don't have it in you.

Not all of us did well in school. Honestly, it doesn't matter because school is not the only education. Here are people who dropped out to do what they did and were really good at it.

Here's a crash course you'll find useful:

So, here's how these guys made it big:

Feel motivated to start-up but unsure about where to start from?
Here are some tips.



If you have an idea and want to get started on it, start now. It is never too late to make the first step.

Give it your best!

10 Things We Should Start Doing More Often

Your early twenties are the time you step into what is probably your first job. Life begins to change when you start working – you wake up early, slog the whole day at work, curse the traffic throughout your way back home and go to bed as soon as you reach. And, before you know it, it has become a routine. So, if you think your work life has sucked life out of your body, here are 10 things you need to start doing more often.

1. Reconnect

As you grow up, it becomes more and more difficult to hold all your relationships together. While you may not feel the need to be around friends at the moment, there will come a time when you’ll regret putting the people who matter lower on your priority list. Catch up with friends you haven’t seen in ages. Work will make its way back, your friends may not! Just a day well spent with them will fill your heart with enough joyous moments to last another month!

2. Read

There’s so much happening around us all the time, thanks to our active presence on social media, spending even an hour reading a book seems to be an unimaginable task. Let’s not be so restless all the time, and just spend a day reading what we like. It will not only open up your mind, but will also help you discover a new side to yourself and the world around you.

3. Converse

The most memorable moments are made when you’re least expecting them. Have pointless conversations about random things in life. Spend a night talking to a friend about anything and everything in the world. Not everything you do needs to have a well thought of meaning to it. Let it all out. You need to shed that weight you’ve been carrying around in your mind.

4. Take Breaks

Don’t stress so much. Success will only come when it has to. Don’t always chase things. Don’t miss out on life for materialistic dreams. Every now and then, take a break from everything around and do nothing. Doing nothing is the most underrated pleasure in the world. Relax. Just be.

5. Travel

Take that holiday you’ve been planning to go on since forever. There will be no better time. Travel. See the world. It is much more rewarding and life altering than the appraisal and promotion you’ve been eying since months.

6. Spend Some Time Alone

Stay alone, away from the world every once in a while. You must learn how to enjoy your own company, as much as you love partying with friends. It is a habit that will make you emotionally stronger and bring you closer to the real you.

7. Stay Off Social Media

Sign out of Facebook, switch off the 3G and keep that phone out of reach. Instead of sending your friends Snapchats, go meet them in person. Live the moment, don’t Instagram it. Do things because you want to do them, not because you want to tell the world about them.

8. Surprise Someone

People you care about are as busy as you, maybe even busier. Take some time off and bring a smile to their faces. Surprising people is a habit we seem to have lost over time. Time to bring it back and make people around you happy!

9. Celebrate

You don’t need an occasion to have fun. Celebrate whenever you feel like it. Make it a point to reward yourself every time you achieve something, no matter how small it may be. This will make you realize there’s a lot more you already have than you think.

10. Explore The City

Set out alone. Explore every nook and corner. There’s so much more to your city than you can ever imagine. Pull those blinders off and widen your horizons. Feel one with the place you live in!

5 Common Foods With Nasty Ingredients; And You Thought Maggi Was Bad!?

We are what we eat. But if the recent brouhaha over Maggi noodles has proven anything, it's that we probably have no idea what we're eating. In an effort to educate, here are five foods that may have nasty ingredients that you wouldn't know of, yet.

1. Chewing gum

What you think you’re eating (or, chewing)- a gum with lower calorie count as compared to candies, that cures bad breath and curbs your appetite, right? Well.
What you’re really chewing on to- is most probably sheep sweat. That's right, all gums contain lanolin (wool wax) or paraffin wax and such, similar ingredients. That’s not all, almost all chewing gums replace sugar with aspartame, which is an excitotoxin. It causes overexcitation of neurons in the brain until they burnout, which can result in lower IQ. The long term effects of aspartame include Diabetes, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

2. Bread

What you think you’re eating- a little bit of protein and fibre, and a whole lot of carbs.
What you’re really eating- cancer causing potassium bromate or potassium iodate. The dough improvers are commonly used across the baking industry as maturing agents in breads.

3. Beer

What you think you’re drinking- barley, yeast and water, fermented to perfection into a refreshing alcoholic beverage.
What you’re really drinking- barley, yeast and water, fermented to perfection into a refreshing alcoholic beverage ... with some, surprise surprise! Your beer may also include monosodium glutamate, or MSG, which has effects similar to aspartame. Other additives may include isinglass (made from dried fish bladder) and insect-based dyes. Refreshing, no?

4. Apples

What you think you’re eating- soluble fibre (meaning, lower cholesterol. Yay!) and immunity-boosting antioxidants like quercetin.
What you’re really eating- sugar cyanide compound that converts into toxic hydrogen cyanide, IF you chew on the seeds, that is. Small doses of cyanide will result in dizziness, headaches and vomiting. Bigger doses, though, can harm the kidney and cause breathing problems, and in rare cases, even death.
The good news, however, is that our body has the ability to detoxify low doses, so a seed or two won't harm. But, you do need to keep the seeds away from children and pets.

5. Rhubarb

What you think you’re eating- calcium, vitamin A, C and K, and a lot of antioxidants - all that good stuff, packaged into that yummy tart, pudding or jam.
What you’re really eating- poison. More specifically, oxalic acid - the same thing that’s rubbed onto marble sculptures to give it a shine. Oxalic acid is also commonly used as a cleaning and bleaching agent, as well as a rust remover.
So, how do you stay safe? Make sure NEVER to consume rhubarb with its leaves. The stalk, as such, is not harmful.

15 Types Of People You Will Meet On Your First Day Of College

Ah, the first day of college! A day of hope, with the promise of starting afresh for some, and a day tinged with dread and “hope-I-don't-get-ragged” for others. Whatever your feelings about this momentous occasion, there are a few people you're bound to meet. And no, I'm not talking about those seniors who rag you. I'm talking about:

1. The Sports Quota Guy

He'll be in every team and he'll play every sport. During a sports' fest, he'll be the one holding the fort.

2. The College's Universal "Bhai"

The moment this person enters the college campus, he makes friends with EVERYONE, bar none. From one group to another, he trots as the universal buddy, bhai, and boss.

3. The Socially Awkward Kid

Far away from the crowd, he (or she) stands alone. The poor thing interacts with only one thing, a phone.

4. The Padhaku Baccha, A.K.A, The Teacher’s Pet

This person will be seen sitting on the first bench, ferociously taking notes. Generally a gregarious animal, padhku-intelligentus get fiercely aggressive when asked for notes.

5. The Professional Bunker

This person is never seen in class. Because clearly the bunker has better things to do, like chilling in the canteen and having a blast!

6. The Gaayak

He's the guy who comes to college with a guitar slung on his back. The guy breaks into song at every opportunity, both appropriate and inappropriate.

7. The Chaep. Yeah, Not "cheap." Chaep

When this person is not mooching off other people and begging for notes, he can usually be seen ogling at girls and being his magnificently creepy self.

8. The Firang

The exotic accent makes this kid stand out from the crowd. He/she will say that they have just returned from Canada or the U.S, but don't you believe a word.

9. The Rich Spoilt Kid

This kid comes to college in a big car. He's usually the first one to go to a bar. Richie Rich won't care much about grades because his father is minting money in business and trades! And maybe smuggling. Who knows?

10. The Ms. Goodie Two Shoes

She's like the nerds but friendlier. She's a hardcore fan of romantic Bollywood movies and everything else that's cheesy! Usually has a heart of gold.

11.  The Girl who Wears Heels To College

I shall let this gif speak for me.

12. The Protester. Krantikari. Very Krantikari

These people like to exercise their right to protest against injustice. Both real and perceived. But while they usually have genuine intentions, they sometimes get carried away with protests and politics and become a nuisance.

13. The Gunda!

If you are ever in trouble, then he's your go-to man. Also, he could be the reason why you're in trouble in the first place. Either way, the dude spends more time picking random fights than figuring out what to do with his life.

14. The Playboy

Or girl. They are likes bees, happily buzzing from one flower to another.

15. The Gymer

You may think that he's super strong but my friend, you will proved very wrong. The only thing he's good at is flexing and bench pressing.

11 Of The Most Famous Accidental Inventions Ever

People are always chasing after the next big thing, and sometimes, it falls on your lap without even knowing it. From household crispy potato chips to life saving Penicillin, all kinds of famous and revolutionary things have come to be thanks only to a sleight of hand or a twist of fate. Inventors are a dime a dozen, but these ones definitely lucked out!
Here are some of the most famous accidental inventions!

1. Play doh

The sticky toy was originally marketed as a wall cleaner that didn't work so well. Luckily, kids started using the product to make little sculptures, and before long, the fledgling company was making waves as a children's toy staple.

2. Potato chips

A story that would make it onto countless food forums today, Potato chips were accidentally invented when an annoying customer kept asking a restaurant to make his French fries thinner and crispier. George Crum, the chef, sliced them wafer thin as a joke, but the guy loved them and the potato chip was born!

3. Microwave oven

Percy Spencer was experimenting with a radar related vacuum tube when a candy bar in his pocket started melting. Utilising this new knowledge, he patented the microwave. What a lucky accident!

4. Post-its

Spencer Silver discovered a 'low tack' adhesive in 1968 for which he found no use. Art Fry was frustrated with not having sticky notes for his church books. Combining their heads, they launched post-its in 1980. Fridges have never looked the same since.

5. Cornflakes

John and Will Kellogg (Yeah, they were actual people) discovered the staple breakfast cereal when they accidentally left a pot of boiled grain on the stove for a number of days.

6. Penicillin

Sir Alexander Fleming only discovered the wonder medicine after giving up on his medical experiments. He noticed a mold on an old petri dish which was breaking down bacteria around it. Growing the mould himself, he discovered that it contained the antibiotic Penicillin, and history was made.

7. Slinkies

Richard Jones, a naval engineer, was experimenting with tension springs for battle ships when one of them dropped to the floor. It kept flopping around, as slinkies are prone to do. Jones got rich and kids everywhere now enjoy stairs a lot more.

8. Non Stick Pans - Teflon

Chemist Roy Plunkett was trying to create a new form of CFCs (God knows why), but instead created some mysterious white flakes. These turned out to be the high melting point lubricant now consistently applied to all non stick pans. Easy omelettes for all!

9. LSD

Albert Hofmann (who some of you may know of) was working in his lab with a derivative of the fungus ergot when he started experiencing strange mental and physical sensations. Unbeknownst to him, he was experiencing the first acid trip in history. Soon after, the floodgates opened and everyone started tuning in and dropping out, so to speak.

10. Matchsticks

British Pharmacist John Walker was stirring his chemicals when he noticed a dried lump on the end of his stirring stick. Trying to scrape it off, it invariably sparked a flame, and the idea struck him to convert these to proper matchsticks.

11. Safety Glass

Chemist Édouard Bénédictus was working in his lab when a glass flask dropped on the floor but didn't shatter into several pieces. This was because the inside happened to be lined with plastic cellulose nitrate. He patented it and it is now used in all cars as well as gas masks and the like.