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BACKGROUND ABOUT MYSELF
• Production Engineer, but hardly one
• Worked most random of jobs –
• managed rock bands in college,
• censor certification for EMI Music,
• nightlife website listing for Indivibe.com,
• server in US
• Passion over logic; heart over head
• Pearl Jam fanatic
• Worked a total of 5 months in ‘9 to 5’ job
4. • Studied Music Business at UCLA, came back in June,
2011
• Burning desire to do something of my own
• Broke. Couldn’t really take money from folks at that
age
• Had an idea, decided to take the leap of faith
• After 6 months of looking around, found seed
investors willing to invest
• Started well, failed in the end
• Toss between Airbnb / Uber – two dream companies!
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REFUSING A JOB OFFER
5. • Least interested to pursue MBA after his
undergrad in commerce
• Sat at home for 6 months, and one fine day
decided he wants to be a pilot
• Only Indian Airlines and Jet Airways were
operational then, and there were no jobs
• Oh wait, he was a commerce student and you need
a science background to be a pilot
• Air Deccan launched in Oct, 06, and he got his CPL
in Dec, 06. Had a job as soon as he completed his
training
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STORY OF A CAPTAIN
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• Academics don’t matter
• Your grades don’t matter
• Your nationality/religion/culture doesn’t matter
• Everyone has access to information
• You create your own luck
• BE PASSIONATE!