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David Starkey Recalls Henry Viii As The Inventor Of Stairlift

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The stairlift is a blessed invention in today’s world. Medical patients throughout the world use it extensively. The main reason for inventing it was to help out the sick people. In the 1920s, C. C. Crispen invented the first stairlift in the world. But, recently, Dr. David Starkey, a famous historian has discovered that the famous king of England, Henry VIII is the inventor of the stairlift. Going down the historic lane, David discovered the fact that Henry VIII had a “stairthrone” in his possession. The discovery happened because of Henry VIII’s obesity and sheer laziness. But, due to his one invention, today it has a great positive impact on our world.

Early Life of Henry VIII

Henry VIII is famous mainly for having six wives and building the Church of England. Born on 28th June 1941 at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, he served as the King for thirty-eight years. He was the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. From the tender age of two, Henry VIII started gaining fame and received honorary positions like Earl Marshal of England, Warden of the Scottish Marches, Constable of Dover Castle, and many more.

Taking responsibility

After the death of Henry VII, Henry VIII became the king of England at the age of seventeen. Apart from how he reined the empire, he was very much inclined towards public execution. Anyone who crossed his path had their fate decided. But, he also pardoned some of the prisoners who were imprisoned by his father.

In 1510, Henry VIII decided to renew his relationship with Louis XII of France. But, after that, he invaded France twice as he was promised the title of Most Christian King of France. In his entire life, he married six women, namely, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr.

Once he entered into his marital life, Henry VIII started gaining weight with age. Both his territory and waist started increasing simultaneously. After a point of time, Henry started suffering from gross obesity and might have suffered from gout as well. He survived under medical supervision for most of his life and moved from one place to another with the help of medical equipment.

The Invention of Stairlift

And, now you can understand why the invention of a stairlift was so vital in his life. It is a known fact that he roamed around sitting on his stairthrone. He mostly used it to get up a twenty feet staircase at the Whitehall Palace in London. It is also known that Henry VIII’s waist finally stopped growing after fifty-inches. His armor kept getting bigger every year.

David found out the fact about stairlift when he was going through the list of possession of Henry VIII. He also believes that the stairlift used by him was based on a block and tackle system where ropes were used to lift the king. After he falls prey to obesity, he avoided walking and started using his stairlift. But then they preferred calling it stairthrone. To some point, Henry VIII himself was also responsible for his bad health.

Henry VIII did horse riding and underwent a lot of exercises. But, everything stopped after he faced an accident at the age of forty-five. He stayed mostly in London after the accident. Though he was cured he didn’t prefer many physical activities. This led to his enormous weight gaining and on top of that he preferred having a thirty-course meal every day.

Starkey said that no one found any picture of Henry VIII sitting on a stairthrone. But, a person with his lifestyle is likely to have one of those in his possession. He died at the age of fifty-five due to obesity.

Stairlift in Today’s World

Commonly three types of stairlift are available these days, namely, straight, curved, and outdoor stairlift. When Henry VIII made this excellent invention there weren’t many high-tech features installed in it. But, today, many new features are available that are of immense help for the physically challenged people or those who have undergone any medical operations.

Remote control stairlift has also been invented to make this equipment more user-friendly. Many companies also provide stairlifts through a rental service for those who cannot afford to buy one or need it primarily.

Mirajobs

Mirajobs- The Dream Platform For Every Job Seeker

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Seeking a job either means mailing your resume to numerous companies or putting up your CV in different job portals. Most of us start for looking jobs when we are not satisfied with the current one. But, the major problem in this scenario is what if our boss comes to know about it? We can either lose our current job or get demoted. It becomes a very big risk for us to apply for different jobs when we are already working for a company. This is where the platform of Mirajobs comes as a boon in the life of every job seeker out there. Mirajobs, a job search platform launched in 2018 helps to shroud your identity and find the perfect job for you. This way one doesn’t have to risk the current job and can apply for better positions.

Anthony Jones, famous as a software engineer in Vancouver launched this platform in the Canadian market. Currently, the platform is active in the U.S as well.

Anthony Jones

Anthony is very much into programming and embracing his technical skills. But, at the same time, the sphere of entrepreneurship intrigues him deeply. He created mirajobs.com as a perfect amalgamation of technology and a contribution to the business world.

The platform is of huge interest to both the recruiters and the job seekers especially because of the confidentiality factor. Anthony created mirajobs.com mainly for the IT professionals. He also loves to write and thus maintains his blogging website.

What is Mirajobs?

There are several reasons why we can’t have enough satisfaction from our current job. Low pay scale, poor working environment, and lack of respect are some of the reasons. But, the main struggle comes when one needs to find a replacement. A lot of time and energy is invested in this entire process of sending resumes, going to interviews, etc.

But, in Mirajobs, the process of seeking employment is made easier than ever. It is very simple and efficient. The recruiter’s post for the position and basic requirements and the job seekers anonymously put up their resumes. If the recruiters like a particular CV they continue the process by contacting them personally. Since the name of the job seekers is not displayed in the first place, the platform serves the purpose of a secure job search perfectly.

Strategies and Uniqueness

The best part of applying through the platform of mirajobs.com is that your identity is secure. This way the candidate feels safer and more people tend to use this website for job search. Mirajobs also don’t demand cover letters or proper resumes form the applying candidates, which saves the time of both the recruiters and job seekers. Mentioning the skills you have are enough for the recruiters to proceed with any potential employee.

Another main reason why Mirajobs is getting very famous is the multiple profile strategy. One single person can make more than one profile thus applying for a variety of jobs. One just has to mention the skills he or she has for that position of responsibility.

The job-seeking strategies in Mirajobs do play an ace for the job seeker. Once the recruiters send the invitations to the candidates, the candidates have the high ground as they can decide whether to take the offer or let it go. Moreover, the salary negotiation is also a very vital point as the job seekers mention the minimum required salary in their profile. So, in case of an argument arises it is likely to happen what the candidate wants and not the recruiter.

Another best part about Mirajobs is you can always look for a better job even if you are satisfied with your new job. Because, if you are lucky enough to land a better-salaried job or a job with a better position you can always negotiate with your current company.

Growth

Mirajobs is a one-year-old company trying to resolve the employment issue in the American market. The company has received enough recognition in a year but haven’t landed any big investors yet. But, the vision of Mirajobs is innovative enough to make its success rate grow exponentially.

Currently, the company’s headquarters are based in Vancouver. And, there are less than fifty employees in the team. The goal of Mirajobs is to change the entire way people look at the process of employment. And, it expects every job seeker to sign in at Mirajobs for their betterment.

Kiichiro-Toyoda

Kiichiro Toyoda: Journey To Transform Family Business Into An Automobile Manufacturing Company

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Whenever someone wants to buy a car, few names of famous automobile companies come into mind and Toyota is some of them. A Japanese multinational automotive firm Toyota is considered as tenth largest firm on earth by revenue. As of 2018, it was also the second-largest automobile producers worldwide. In fact, it is a pioneer to manufacture over 10 Million vehicles/Year. Toyota also reported the production of its 200 Millionth Vehicle in 2012. Also, in 2014, it was Japan’s largest listed firm by revenue and market capitalization. 

Kiichiro Toyoda set up the firm after he got inspiration from father. Kiichiro always wanted to chase his dream to manufacture an automobile. But that time, he was considering it as a risk to the family profession. Finally, in 1937 he formed Toyota, an automobile firm in Japan. Kiichiro’s colleagues often mentioned him as a “Japan’s Thomas Edison”.

Glimpse to Founder Life

Early life

He was born on 11 June 1894 in Japan at Aichi Prefecture. His father Sakichi was a well-known businessman. As well, Toyoda Automatic Loom Works’ founder. After his father’s death, Kiichiro’s brother became head of the Loom works business. However, Kiichiro always wanted to chase his dream to set up an automobile manufacturing unit. Thus, he persuaded his brother to invest in the expansion of the family business into an idea of automobiles division. 

Backstory

The family background of Kiichiro was strong enough to support his idea of perusing the automobile business. In fact, the Toyoda family had experienced inventing steam, electric looms, and oil. Also, his father was known to the fact that his son would solidify the mechanical prowess the family had in history. So, he encouraged his son to follow his dream. Finally, the decision of Kiichiro changes the family business’s automatic loom manufacture unit to the automobile manufacturing unit by setting firm in 1937. 

Later Life 

He devoted his whole life to building a strong foundation for the company. It was not an easy journey to transform the structure of the family business. Obviously, he had financial support from the family business. But one needs a belief and strong will to take the risk to alter the business. In 1950, Kiichiro resigned after serving for a long time. However, he died just two years after his resignation in 1952. Unfortunately, he would never know the success that would come to him. Even after a huge loss, the company thrived impeccably.

Achievements

Toyota Motor Corp. introduced the compact Corolla Model in 1966. However, it became the best-selling car in the world as of 1997. In fact, over 35 million models were sold at that time. Also, Toyota focused on developing fuel-efficient models, which later became the center of attraction in America. Additionally, the firm also launched the 4Runner sport utility vehicle as well as Camry compact car. In 1989, the company launched the luxury car Lexus. As of 2001, the company introduced the first-ever mass-produced hybrid vehicle all over the world. However, this vehicle called Prius was introduced in Japan in 1997. Furthermore, the had produced over 100 million vehicles in Japan by the end of the 1990s. 

Later successes 

After Kiichiro’s death, his cousin Eiji Toyoda served to flourish it further. He builds the Kiichiro’s successful expansion into a world-class conglomeration of engineering. Also, he assists in the launch of the most prominent luxury brand in Japan. Today, it is one of the leading automobile manufacturers universally. In the year 2018, Toyota was also the second-largest automobile manufacturer on the earth. Also, the firm set the record to manufacture over 10 Million vehicles/Year.

Liu Qiangdong

Liu Qiangdong: The Journey of jd.Com Founder To Set One Of The Largest Chinese E-Commerce Company

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Today, JD.Com is the famous and largest Chinese enterprise. Also, for delivery services the company boasts the largest fleet of drones. It also provides a wide range of quality products and the best customer service. In fact, it acquired 300+ million active customers. Liu Qiangdong set up the JD.com with his extraordinary vision in mind. However, in a very short period, it became one of the successful companies in China. Presently, the company aims to grow the business into Europe, Southeast Asia, and other regions of the world.

Liu Qiangdong

A Chinese entrepreneur and businessman, Mr. Liu Qiangdong is well-known for business skills. JD.com is the e-commerce venture of Liu. The company is also known as Jingdong Mall, China’s well-known e-commerce industry. Liu holds the net worth of USD 12.7 billion approximately.

Early life

He was born in China, either on 14 Feb 1974 or 10 March 1973. The parents of Liu were in the business of Coal-shipping. However, he spent most of the time at hometown, where he completed his formal education. Liu attended the people’s University of China for a bachelor’s degree in Sociology. At his young age, the Internet was just breaking the eggshell. But still, he was busy in learning programming, exploring the internet. As well, he discovered the e-commerce landscape very soon.

Career and Earlier businesses

During college, Liu started a restaurant venture. That time, he invested the income that he earned from programming also took loans from the family. But unfortunately, the business was unsuccessful. After his education, he served at Herbal supplement Giant Japan life. Soon, he became the director of the computer and service there.

The Backstory of JD.com Foundation

Eventually, he plunged into entrepreneurship with his innovative idea in 1998. He started the business by renting a small retail space located in the tech hub of China. It was the magneto-optical product distributor. However, he discovered that an e-commerce platform has much potential than physical retail stores. That time, the e-commerce platform was thriving, fortunately, which favored and encouraged his idea. So, he executes his idea and starts the E-commerce company called Jingdong. Afterward, it renamed as JD.Com. The initial J and D stands for JingDong.

One thing is very admirable that Liu always focuses on customer satisfaction, throughout his journey. In fact, the company uses advanced technology to offer a seamless user experience.

Achievements at JD.Com

The company soon flourished as the fastest growing E-commerce firm in China. Initially, the company JingDong was in the business of brick-mortar sales. But in 2005, after gaining online customers, Liu stopped those stores. In 2005, Liu had an offer in hand to sell his company for big money, almost 18 Million Yuan. However, he rejected the offer and focused on improvising the business. He included a wide range of goods in 2007. Earlier, the company was limited to selling consumer electronics.

Today, Liu Quiangdong has fame in the business world. Also, he has been compared to Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos. However, JD.Com is a tough competitor of Amazon.

Personal life

The company JingDong is named after Liu and his ex-girlfriend Gong Xiaojing. He has a son, but the mother is anonymous. However, in 2015, he married Zhang Zetian. She is an Internet celebrity popular as “Sister Milk Tea”. The couple has one daughter. Also, he was suspected in some controversy related to Criminal Sexual Conduct. Later, no evidence found against him and he released and did not face charges.

In 2008, he volunteered as a part of the Red cross. Basically, for helping the victims of the Sichuan Earthquake.

Bottom Line

JD.Com, the tiny enterprise founded by Liu Qiangdong has flourished in a very short period. In 2014, it was the Largest IPO as of its NASDAQ public listing. Today, the company is the result of business skills and the Future tech perspective of Liu. However, one thing is very admirable that Liu always gave top priority to customer satisfaction throughout thriving the business.

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Vedantu: An Online Learning Platform Created by IITians for Changing Education System

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We have noticed significant changes in many things throughout the 21st century and so, in the Education system. In fact, it is a need of the present era to change the way of education with a changing world. Also, 21st-century schools need an education system that maintains and cultivate the interest of students. It is the need to show them how to apply knowledge in the real world. Here comes the role of the ed-tech industry. Vedantu is a well-known ed-tech startup. It is set up by four entrepreneurs & IIT Students.

Vedantu- An Ultimate Ed-tech platform

It is an online platform dedicated to live coaching. Basically, it offers live coaching classes for 6 to 12 students. Also, a dedicated platform for the training of several exams like IIT foundation. In addition, online teaching sessions are available for exams like JEE, IMO NTSE, as well as many other entrance exams. To support the 21st century’s education system, it enabled online learning between pupils and educators. In fact, it uses advanced technology for an excellent experience. Also, students can select the tutors of their choice.

Backstory

In 2006, Vasmi Krishna set up Lakshya with his other three IITian friends Pulkit, Saurabh, and Anand. The main purpose of the company to train students for different tests. That time, they noticed that the Indian education system needs talented and motivated teachers. So, they create such a platform with the help of Lakshaya. In 2012, their first start-up that lately handover to MTEducare. After that, they set up another ed-tech start-up called Vedantu and launched for the public in 2014. Today, Vedantu has the vision to improve the education system with its superior online ed-tech platform. 

Founders of Vedantu

Vedantu Founders
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Vamsi Krishna

He is the present CEO of Vedantu. However, he is well-known as a Tech Enthusiast, Edupreneur, and a Tutor. Before founding Vedantu, he also co-founded Lakshya with his college mates. They all have a teaching experience of over 13 years. Also, he served as a Management trainee at L&T for about one year. 

Vasmi Krishna earned his degree in B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Also, he went to St Pauls Senior Secondary School at Indore.

Pulkit Jain

He is another co-founder of well-known Ed-tech start-ups Vedantu and Lakshya. Before joining that, he served at EvalueServe until 2006. Pulkit is also an IITian who graduated from IIT Roorkee. From the beginning, he is extremely passionate about entrepreneurship. Now, he is an inspiration for many young entrepreneurs for his entrepreneurial journey. 

Anand Prakash

He has studied Pulp and Paper Technology from IIT, Roorkee. Also, he studied primary education at Delhi Public School. 

Anand also helped in the establishment of Vedantu and Lakshya. Presently, he is an account academic head at Vedantu. Earlier, he was Manager at Abhishek Industries.

Saurabh Saxena

Another milestone of Vedantu, Mr. Saurabh Saxena. He has studied Chemical engineering from IIT Roorkee. He also helped in the foundation of Vedantu in 2014. Apart from that, he co-founded many such Ed-tech start-ups. Presently, he is the founder and CEO of Uable, an ed-tech company that changed the learning experience. Also, he is the director of Ekya Schools.

Triumph of Vedantu

In 2016, Vedantu won the DNA Innovative Education Award for the Best Organization to Develop Technology for Education. Also, in the same year, it won KINSES2016 EduAwards. In addition, Vedantu was among the 100 startups by SutraHR. 

In 2015, it was the Online Education Start-up of the year. Also, the Praxis media awarded Vedantu as the ‘Most Promising and Innovative Live Online Tutoring Platform in India’. 

Current Achievements

Over the years, Vedantu trained more than 10K students. Also, it launched many scalable web products that reached millions of users. Presently, it is aiming to make the Vedantu platform more student eccentric.

Dan Shaw

Dan Shaw: Godfather Of Node.Js Who Empowers Production-Ready Node.Js Applications Through Nodesource

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All know that IoT, AI, websites, and many other network applications are the future of the digital world. But these all applications demand a faster network for its better functionality. However, Node.js is the perfect platform to build faster and scalable web applications. Therefore, many leading companies use Node.js to power their websites and network applications. NodeSource is a well-known Node.js company. Presently, it is assisting many organizations to design Node.js applications to stand out in the modern digital era. Dan Shaw founded it back in 2014 to empower production-ready Node.js applications. 

NodeSource

NodeSource is an IT company having headquarters in San Francisco, CA. Currently, it is helping numerous leading companies to build Node.js applications. Also, it provides services and products to design and manage critical applications. For these services, Nodesource uses Node.js that has long-term technology plans, any company needed. In fact, the company has acquired customers like Mastercard, PayPal, Intel, Uber, NASA and many more.

It was established in 2014 by a young entrepreneur Dan Shaw.

Dan Shaw

He is best known for his contribution to the foundation of Node.js. Also, he served as an Executive director and secretary for Node.js foundation board of directors. In fact, he has been referred to as “Godfather of Node.js”. Because Dan Shaw worked very hard to build the Node.js community. In addition, he established the NodeSource to take this work further and introduced the power of Node.js to the world. 

Education

He completed his graduation in computer science from West Virginia University in 2006. During his degree, he was awarded for the best presentation in advanced project management. It was for a presentation on “Complex Adaptive Systems in Systems Engineering.” After that, he completed an MS in software engineering from the same university in 2008.

Career

In 2014, he co-founded NodeSource, a first commercial entity to productize Node.js. However, Dan is best known for founding several Node.js start-ups. Includes, Storify, Voxer, and Spreecast. Also, he established the first Node.js consulting company called ‘The Node Firm’. Dan also served at PayPal as a Global Head of Developer relations. Apart from that, he is a speaker at JavaScript, Node.js, and Realtime conferences. In fact, prior to Node, he worked in several important government contracts for Defense, Education, and Health Care.

Dan is also the host of the NodeUp podcast and organizes many events to improve and flourish the Node Community. For example, NodeBots day, NodeBots SF meetup and many such events. He also referred to as a “Voice of Node.js” for his long-time service as a NodeUp podcast host.

Dan Shaw’s contributions

Dan Shaw is expertise in building large-scale and real-time systems using Node.js. In fact, he is in the business of building production services using Node since v0.2. NodeSource is a result of his immense efforts to build and grow the Node.js applications. He also served as CTO at NodeSource. Presently, the company is dedicated to establishing a sustainable Node.js ecosystem. His contribution to building the node community is noticeable that made him “Godfather of Node.js”.

NodeSource- Empowering Node.js applications

Presently, the company provides a platform to design and maintain Node.js applications. These application runtimes are the fastest-growing open source project worldwide. In fact, about 500 organizations use Node.js applications for their multiple network applications.

In the digital era, any organizations need technology plans that are long-term and adaptable to future technologies. NodeSource is the first commercial entity that productizes Node.js. However, Node.js can power the many such networking applications that come with long-term technology plans. Also, it improves the performance and security of the applications. Thus, NodeSource assisting many organizations to empower Node.js based applications. Indirectly, helping to stand out in this digital world.