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Gaurav Bhatnagar reporting from New Delhi, India

Happy Birthday, Mr. Canter

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Marc turns 50 today. Now generally it is considered bad form to suck up to a client on a public forum. But on an occasion which is very special to Marc, I think it is OK for me to wax eloquent about Mr. Canter.

I met Marc just little more than two years ago via email. Marc was building Ourmedia at that time and needed development resources. Ourmedia was built on open source technology which is diametrically opposite to the Microsoft background that Ashish and I came from. However, we went on a limb and told Marc we could pick up whatever technology in a matter of days. Marc immediately responded with a challenge which we worked hard to meet it. It was Marc’s faith in our abilities (never having met us in person and not having any references to check with) that got us started as a company. I think very few would have shown the trust Marc showed in us back then.

So Marc – a very happy 50th birthday to you! It is a pleasure and honor to know you and work with you!

Written by gaurav

January 14th, 2007 at 1:37 am

Posted in General,My Company

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  • http://www.socialmedia.biz JD Lasica

    Yes, happy birthday Marc!! It’s been a long, fun, wild ride on this Web 2.0 rollercoaster.

  • http://www.socialmedia.biz JD Lasica

    Yes, happy birthday Marc!! It’s been a long, fun, wild ride on this Web 2.0 rollercoaster.

  • vijay

    Marc’s faith in your abilities even before knowing you fully was in conformity with his adventurous spirit.

  • vijay

    Marc’s faith in your abilities even before knowing you fully was in conformity with his adventurous spirit.

  • http://www.geocities.com/prizmaweb Anirban

    You mean you got your first client through an email exchange ? In general, from your experience, should one start a service company and then hope for clients to appear ? [unlike the product case] You’ve never blogged much about how to get out getting the first set of clients,though you’ve covered other issues of a startup,so I wondered.

  • http://www.geocities.com/prizmaweb Anirban

    You mean you got your first client through an email exchange ? In general, from your experience, should one start a service company and then hope for clients to appear ? [unlike the product case] You’ve never blogged much about how to get out getting the first set of clients,though you’ve covered other issues of a startup,so I wondered.

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