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About Author

Rashmi Bansal is a writer, entrepreneur and youth expert. Rashmi is co-founder and editor of JAM (Just Another Magazine), India’s leading youth magazine in print and online. She writes extensively on youth, careers and entrepreneurship and hosts the popular blog: Youth Curry.Rashmi is Consulting Editor for ‘Cracking Careers’, the careers show on business news channel UTVi. She mentors students and young entrepreneurs in colleges across India. An economics graduate from Sophia College, Mumbai and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, she lives in Mumbai and can be reached at “rashmi at jammag dot com”

What do you mean by stay What do you mean by stay Hungry Stay Foolish?Hungry Stay Foolish?

What I understoodWhat I understood Stay HungryStay Hungry: don't be too easily : don't be too easily

satisfied or grow too comfortable.satisfied or grow too comfortable.Stay FoolishStay Foolish: Stay foolish means : Stay foolish means you will not have what you need to you will not have what you need to get ahead and make good decisions get ahead and make good decisions

What is the book about?What is the book about?

There are mere just the lifestories of There are mere just the lifestories of all these 25 big IIM personalities and all these 25 big IIM personalities and no any particular lesson that how they no any particular lesson that how they exactly made so big. And the stories exactly made so big. And the stories seems more or less similar alike. Every seems more or less similar alike. Every story has so many things in common story has so many things in common which makes you feel strange.which makes you feel strange.

ENTREPRENEURENTREPRENEUR

The book is all about making the dream The book is all about making the dream come true & believe in yourself.come true & believe in yourself.

People who knew entrepreneurship People who knew entrepreneurship was the chosen path. They took the was the chosen path. They took the plunge straight after their MBA or plunge straight after their MBA or after working barely a couple of years. after working barely a couple of years. And they preserved until they made it And they preserved until they made it big!big!

So want to become Entrepreneur?So want to become Entrepreneur?

The stories Which The stories Which inspires meinspires me

Sanjeev BikhchandaniSanjeev Bikhchandani

Sanjeev is India’s most successful internet entrepreneur. For close to a decade he struggled on the sidelines but never gave up on his Big Idea. In 2006, naukri.com became the first dotcom to IPO on an Indian stock exchange.

Ruby turned her hobby of designing clothes into a flourishing business. Her company Precious Formals, is one of the leading suppliers of prom dresses in America.

Ruby has a background of HR Professional.

Ruby Ashraf

Nirmal Jain - It’s all about THE HONEY

Nirmal shut down his information services business in 1999 and put all his eggs in the internet basket. His gamble paid off and today India Infoline is one of the country’s biggest online trading platforms.

ADVICE from The Experts ADVICE from The Experts of IIM’sof IIM’s

You can achieve beyond your dreams, so its You can achieve beyond your dreams, so its ok to dream and make an action plan to turn ok to dream and make an action plan to turn it into realty.it into realty.

You need to keep the sails open and then wait You need to keep the sails open and then wait for wind to blow.for wind to blow.

Start a small and then expand, after you feel Start a small and then expand, after you feel you have the product and processes right.you have the product and processes right.

Karmanyewadhika raste maa phaleshu Karmanyewadhika raste maa phaleshu kadachana’. Kuch toh karte rahna chahiye. At kadachana’. Kuch toh karte rahna chahiye. At the end of the day, you should feel that I have the end of the day, you should feel that I have given my 120% to it. And the day should not given my 120% to it. And the day should not be wasted.” be wasted.”

LearningsLearnings NEVER Scared of failureNEVER Scared of failure Think BigThink Big Be hungry for New OpportunitiesBe hungry for New Opportunities Nothing wrong to dream bigNothing wrong to dream big You learn Many Things the hard You learn Many Things the hard

Way.Way. Always choose the work you enjoy to Always choose the work you enjoy to

dodo

Want to know the 25 IIMs A Want to know the 25 IIMs A Entrepreneur ?Entrepreneur ?

Here is the list of Here is the list of EntrepreneursEntrepreneurs

1. Sanjeev Bikhchandani – Naukri.com

2. Shantanu Prakash – Educomp

3. Vinayak Chatterjee – Feedback Ventures

4. Ashank Desai – Mastek

5. R. Subramanian – Subhiksha

6. Narendra Murkumbi – Renuka Sugars

7. Chender Baljee – Royal Orchids Hotels

8. Madan Mohanka – Tega Industries

9. Sunil Handa – Eklavya Education Foundation

10.Vardan Kabra – Fountainhead School

11. Deep Kalra – MakeMy trip11. Deep Kalra – MakeMy trip12. Rashesh Shah – Edelweiss Capital12. Rashesh Shah – Edelweiss Capital13. Nirmal Jain – India Infoline13. Nirmal Jain – India Infoline14. Vikram Talwar – EXL Services 14. Vikram Talwar – EXL Services 15. K Raghavendra Rao – Orchid 15. K Raghavendra Rao – Orchid

PharmaceuticalsPharmaceuticals16. Jerry Rao – Mphasis 16. Jerry Rao – Mphasis 17. Shivraman Dugal – ICRI17. Shivraman Dugal – ICRI18. Shankar Maruwada – Marketics18. Shankar Maruwada – Marketics19. Ruby Ashraf – Precious Formals19. Ruby Ashraf – Precious Formals20. Deepta Rangarajan – IRIS20. Deepta Rangarajan – IRIS

21. Cyrus Driver – Calorie Care21. Cyrus Driver – Calorie Care

22. Venkat krishnan – Give Foundation22. Venkat krishnan – Give Foundation

23. Anand Halve – Chlorophyll23. Anand Halve – Chlorophyll

24. S. B Dangayach – Sintex24. S. B Dangayach – Sintex

25. Vijay Mahajan - Basix25. Vijay Mahajan - Basix

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