o Author-Rashmi Bansal

o Genre-Inspirational

o Publisher-CIIE, IIM Ahmedabad

o Date – May 2008,Mumbai

o Pages – 394

• She is a writer, entrepreneur and youth expert.

• She is the author of two bestselling books on entrepreneurship:

– Stay Hungry Stay Foolish.

– Connect the Dots.

– I Have a Dream, on social entrepreneurs.

• 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.

• It is about 25 IIM-A graduates who chose to tread a path of their own making.

• 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.

• Parts in which story is divided:

The Believers

The Opportunists

The Alternate Vision

Sanjeev BikhchandaniPGP’89“The book of JOB”

Shantanu PrakashPGP’88Rock with it, Roll with it

• 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

• Nirmal Jain• PGP’89• “It’s all about MONEY,

THE HONEY”

• Deep Kalra• PGP’92• “Tripping along”

• 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

• S.B.Dangayach• PGP’72• “A Sense of OWNERSHIP”

• Vijay Mahajan• PGP’81• “Basic Instinct”

• Venkat Krishnan, GiveIndia

• Anand Halve, chlorophyll

• S B Dangayach, Sintex

• Vijay Mahajan, Basix

• If we follow our passion, success will follow us.

• It’s never too late.

• Take experience before starting business.

• Hard work, honesty and committed.

• Be patience, tolerant of failure

• Once you startup never look back.