Ilya
Zhitomirskiy was a Russian-American software developer and entrepreneur.
Zhitomirskiy cofounded Diaspora social
network and scaled newer heights at a
very young age, but sadly died in San
Francisco at age 22.
Read
elsewhere that the biggest predictor of
suicide may not be depression or thoughts about killing self (what people in
mental health call "suicidal ideation") but the feeling of being
trapped. This subtle shift in
understanding about suicide might just save some lives if colleagues, friends,
family, psychiatrists, therapists and entrepreneurs themselves pay attention to
it. When an entrepreneur indicates one is feeling trapped, it's time for
aggressive action --by the entrepreneur himself if he can manage it, or by
those who care about him if one cannot. While mental health care might be essential,
it's equally important for the business to take care of the structural business
issues that are contributing to the feeling of entrapment.
The
Netravati River has its origins at Kudremukh in
Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka. This river flows through the famous holy place
Dharmasthala and is considered one of the Holy rivers of India. It merges
with the Kumaradhara River at Uppinangadi before flowing to the Arabian Sea,
south of Mangalore city. Earlier in the last century it was known as the
Bantwal River; the important town of Bantwal is seen on its banks. .. .. today the web would see many searching on this but would
end up leading elsewhere, rather to an incident than the river !!
.. Café
Coffee Day – CCD is in news ! for wrong reasons ! .. it was they who designed a new marketing
strategy - “lets meet for coffee.” Some called it a coffee
revolution. Though not entirely new, CCD
claimed it to be a humble expression of love for coffee that spread like a
wave. CCD earned its place as the front
runner in the coffee space, by always making special occasions extra-special
and memorable. Cafe Coffee Day Global
limited Company is a Chikkamagaluru-based business which grows coffee in its
own estates of 20,000 acres. It is the largest producer of arabica beans in
Asia exporting to various countries including USA, Europe and Japan. Café
Coffee Day was started as a retail restaurant in 1996.bThe first CCD outlet was
set up in 1996, at Brigade Road,
Bengaluru, Karnataka. It rapidly expanded across various cities in India. Later with foreign capital foray, it became a
MNC with a different logo.
Yesterday web was
agog with news of Café Coffee Day founder V G Siddhartha reportedly gone missing after he left from Bengaluru on
Monday night. Mr Siddhartha, the
son-in-law of former Karnataka chief minister S M Krishna, was headed for
Sakaleshpur but on the way he had asked his driver to go towards Mangaluru,
according to the police. It was further
reported that on reaching a bridge over the Netravati river in the Kotepura
area in Dakshina Kannada district, he got down from the car and told his driver
that he was going for a walk, not to be seen thereafter – Police officials went
on a full search.
"He (Siddhartha)
asked the driver to wait till his arrival. When he did not return even after
two hours, the driver approached the police and lodged a missing
complaint," deputy commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district Senthil
Sasikant Senthil told PTI. News reports
suggested that more than 200 policemen
and divers on about 25 boats were carrying out searches for him. The help of
local fishermen too were sought. In
Bengaluru, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa visited S M Krishna's residence and
held discussion with the family members. Senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar
also visited Krishna's residence.
Now there is news
amidst of speculations that the young entrepreneur had committed suicide. A letter doing rounds in media suggests that
he ended his life unable to hold the business pressure. “I fought for a long time but today I gave up
as I could not take any more pressure from one of the private equity partners
forcing me to buy back shares, a transaction I had partially completed six
months ago by borrowing a large sum of money from a friend,” he reportedly wrote in the letter. He is said to have categorically stated - “My
intention was never to cheat or mislead anybody, I have failed as an
entrepreneur. This is my sincere submission. I hope someday you will
understand, forgive and pardon me,” the letter further reads.
Sad ! ~ someone sort
of forced to end his life when everyone would have envied of his lifestyle and
having reached the sky ! ~ and as rumour mills have it, hopefully this has
nothing to do with the political developments in the State.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar.
30th July
2019.