You got to read this one, it’s the stories of 25 IIM grads who quit lucrative jobs to do something of their own. The stories are amazing and showcase the triumph of passion and grit and the courage to hang in there against all odds (including government), but most of all it highlights the belief that they had in their ideas. You will observe throughout the stories the mavericks had taken a leap of faith at some point or the other and put everything on the line.
No wonder you get bit by the entrepreneurial bug and with each finishing story a new idea flashes in your head (and I mean literally, because by the next chapter is starting and a new idea is taking shape). And you try to picture yourself as an entrepreneur, making presentations, talking to big people and then making big money. I was half way through the book and asked Santosh if he had read the book, “boss, bahut kharab book hai”
what??
what??
Then he gave me a little perspective J, first of all you have to have an idea - I can have ideas. Then you have to sell that idea to big people to get some money to start the business - well a little marketing wont harm in the longer run too. Then, these guys had to slog it out for the next 6-8 years of their lives continuously and even after that, most of the companies are, well, not big! Plus, you need to keep working hard to keep the company going. And we are talking IIM A grads here, the best management thing!
Hmm, I thought out loud, 6-8 years of very hard labour, and then a lifetime of moderately hard labour does not seem like my cup of tea, and we both agreed “Kharab book hai!”
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