Yesterday I slept at around 4:30 am. I was mainly watching the TV episodes. Today I woke up at around 10:35 am. I knew that I need to go to Powai for the FeastHunt meeting. So, I brushed my teeth, had breakfast, and started to get ready. I also watched one of the TV episodes, and then took bath, and left home with Dad around 1:00 pm. I reached Powai at around 2:30 pm. Then, I and Akshay moved to Mantra's to have lunch. Dallas joined in. Akshay told me that he got a new job in JP Morgan. He also told us that one of his friends showed a bit of interest in the FeastHunt Idea. Anyways, after our lunch we spoke with the manager of that restaurant. Well, it was one hell of a talk. Initially he was very adamant about the whole idea, but we kept him in the conversation, and he gave us a very good idea about the whole "Friday" scenario. We learned a lot from this conversation. Anyways, next we moved to Akshay's house. There we brainstormed for a while, the result of which was more questions and scenarios. We realized that the table management system in many restaurants in not aligned with our solutions. Next, we decided to have a look at our competitors. Well, in my mind, I placed them at a very high place as I thought that they must have a very sophisticated technology to integrate so many systems at once, but very soon I realized that both the sites are nothing but call centers, where someone calls up the restaurant to book a table. It was ridiculous. It did nothing, but increased the number of steps in booking a table. It was not real time. It was just a dubious way of causing a reason to earn money. Akshay and Dallas liked their model a lot initially, but then I showed them the basic flaws, and how the system is obsolete and unnecessary. Meanwhile, I got a call from my sister that her tuition was over and Dad is not picking up his phone. I called up many times at home and at Dad's mobile, and then concluded that they must have left the mobile at home by mistake. Later I came to know that it was indeed the fact. Anyways, then we decided to talk to more restaurants. We chose Bistro Grill, as Akshay told us that it is one of the restaurants that is very new and will be very happy to find a way to increase their presence. So, we went in. Well, it was also one hell of a conversation. The manager was too straightforward, and directly asked the charges for the service. Obviously, we didn't decide any fixed cost structure, but I gave a basic idea of how it will look it. The revenue structure analysis a few nights earlier helped me in this. He even allowed us to see the back end of the system. There we realized that Bistro Grill is not in the Category I type restaurants. It has a billing system, but it is missing a basic Table management System. After that, Akshay had to buy some medicines so we moved to some shop, but I and Dallas decided to go to the P3 store. I bought new headphones finally, and Dallas bought a Lamborghini theme mouse. After that, we discussed final words on action items, and dispersed. It was around 9:30 pm, when I left Powai for Vikhroli station. Meanwhile, I decided to call up Ajeytaa, as I was supposed to meet her today evening. I called her up many times, but she didn't pick up. I don't know what has happened to her. She was become very lazy and at times mean. Anyways, I left her a message. Hopefully she will reply. I reached Kharghar by train. My dad picked me up from the station. Then, on reaching home, we all had dinner except for my sister who had Dosa earlier. Then, I moved to my room. There I and my sister chatted for a while. I taught her to use the SLR camera for a while. Then, she left for the night, and I moved to my laptop. I was enjoying the comfort of my new headphones, but I knew that the sound quality was nothing compared to Scheinheiser. But the headphones were compatible with IPod, so it was very useful. Then, I watched a few Coke Studio videos, TV episodes, and then, wrote this long Diary. Next, I plan to watch the remaining TV shows, and then sleep by 3:30 am.
