2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• Rashmi Bansal is a writer, entrepreneur and youth expert.
• She is the author of the following books :
Stay Hungry Stay Foolish
Connect the Dots
I Have a Dream
• She is co-founder and editor of JAM (Just Another
Magazine)
• She is a columnist on popular Indian news portal Rediff.com
• She is a consultant for international youth research agencies
such as The Futures Company (a division of WPP, London )
and Flamingo Research (Singapore )
• She has been a guest lecturer at various business schools of
repute including IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, ISB, S P
Jain
4. Content
It is about 25 IIM-A graduates who chose to tread a path of their own making.
Interviews with the various entrepreneurs who made it big.
They all are graduates of IIM Ahmedabad ,who dared to follow their true passion
under so many risks and leaving behind great opportunities knocked the door .
One thing in common: they believed in the power of their dreams
Seeks to inspire young graduates to look beyond placements and salaries
Parts in which story is divided:
The Believers
The Opportunists
The Alternate Vision
5. The book is about the journey stories of 25 Entrepreneurs
towards success. All the stories are equally fascinating though all differ
in age, experience,outlook,brought ups. But they had one thing in
common, the thirst for doing something new and they all know simply
what they DON’T WANT.
Each of them are in different fields now like IT, started internet
websites ,non profit organizations, pioneering educational
organizations, financial institutions
12. LEARNINGS
Be early to gain the “first mover advantage”
Do not become an entrepreneur if you’re looking for
money
Be strong and tolerant to failures
Follow your Passion and Success will automatically
follow
Entrepreneurship is not a fad or fashion to follow
13. It is never too late for anything for a person who is
desiring for something new to achieve.
Once you startup never look back.
Choosing the field is very vital – there must be huge
market and potential.
Gain few years of work experience before plunging.
14. The list of 25 entrepreneurs:
Sanjeev Bikhchandani, naukri.com
Shantanu Prakash, Educomp
Vinayak Chatterjee, Feedback Ventures
Ashank Desai, Mastek
R Subramanian, Subhiksha
Narendra Murkumbi, Shree Renuka Sugars
Chender Baljee, Royal Orchid Hotels
Madan Mohanka, Tega Industries
Sunil Handa, Eklavya Education Foundation
Vardan Kabra, Fountainhead School
15. Deep Kalra, makemytrip.com
Rashesh Shah, Edelweiss Capital
Nirmal Jain, India Infoline
Vikram Talwar, EXL Service
K Raghavendra Rao, Orchid Pharma
Jerry Rao, Mphasis
Shivraman Dugal, Institute for Clinical Research in India
Shankar Maruwada, Marketics
Ruby Ashraf, Precious Formals
Deepta Rangarajan, IRIS
Cyrus Driver, Calorie Care
Venkat Krishnan, GiveIndia
Anand Halve, chlorophyll
S B Dangayach, Sintex
Vijay Mahajan, Basix
16. CONCLUSION
We Indians often stick to the “MILES AWAY” Role
Models , often forgetting the wonderful
opportunities can be created around us.
This is the best book for the people who are thinking
their life time achievement is to get into the best
college and forget the real meaning of success.