These slides were the part of talk delivered by Ashwini Rath at IIT Kharagpur on October 23, 2011

1. Ashwini Kumar Rath
http://ashwinirath.com

2. When you succeed, people write about you.
If you fail, you can write a book with your
own story.

3. It’s a decision.

4. “Never discuss with an ice-cream bar in your
hand! You will either loose ice-cream or both,
but can’t retain both.”

5. “An entrepreneur is like a person who stands
on a cliff and flies kite.”

6. An entrepreneur can start with almost zero
investment. It can even be smaller than that is
needed for a vegetarian meal in a five star
hotel.

7. First Customer
&
First Revenue

8. We focus on our core expertise and team up
with people beyond that. If team sync,
capability multiplies; else radically worse thing
happens.

9. Challenges come anytime, and require us to
sacrifice one thing over others. It is all about
balancing your priorities at that moment.

10. The customer may not be aware of our culture
or our festivals. It may lead to a mini-war
between civilizations.

11. When we become our own boss, we loosen
up; and the very venture is deprived of our
rightful contribution.

12. Fame is fickle.

13. Both wealth and knowledge are democratic.

14. Globalization The New World
Unification Economic Changes

15. Don’t undermine barbarians! Their parts of the
world also change like ours.
Need for a flexible world view.