The document summarizes the book "Connect the Dots" by Rashmi Bansal, which profiles 20 entrepreneurs who succeeded without an MBA. It divides the entrepreneurs into three sections: those who used "Jugaad" or flexible workarounds, those driven by "Junoon" or passion for an idea, and those with creative "Zubaan" or expression. Each section gives 1-2 sentence descriptions of the entrepreneurs. The document concludes with key learnings from the book being to never give up and follow your passion, and reflection that hard work is the main key to success profiled across the stories.

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G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology, V. V. Nagar,
Civil Engineering Department
Academic Year: 2015-16 (Odd Sem.)
2110002-Communication Skills.
Book review
Presented By:
Faculty Name: Kishan Thacker
Miss. Pooja Pandya 150110106057

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BOOK REVIEW

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INTRODUCTION
C.NNECT
THE
D.TS
Name :
Author : RASHMI BANSAL
Publisher : EKLAVYA EDUCATION FOUNDATION

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Rashmi Bansal is a writer, entrepreneur and a youth
expert.
She is the author of four bestselling books on
entrepreneurship – Stay Hungry Stay Foolish, I have a
dream, and Poor Little Rich slum. Her books have sold
over half a million copies and been translated into 10
languages.
She is cofounder at JAM(Just another magazine). Rashmi
is popular guest speaker at reputed business schools in
iindia and the US.
An economics graduate from Sophia college, Mumbai and
an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, She lives in Mumbai.
About the author

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About the author
She writes extensively on youth, careers and
entrepreneurship on her blog Youth Curry.
You can reach her at
Email: mail@rashmibansal.in
Facebook: www.facebook.com/rashmibansal
Twitter: www.twitter.com/rashmibansal

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THEME
THE INSPIRING STORIES OF 20
ENTREPRENEURS WITHOUT AN MBA
WHO DARES TO FIND THEIR OWN
PATH.

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CONTENTS

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These entrepreneurs have no formal training in business.
They learnt by observation, experimentation and
application of mind. Because ultimately business is not
‘Rocket Science’

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Entrepreneurs who did Jugaad…
Prem
Ganapathy
Kunwer
Sachdev
Ganesh Ram
Sunita
Ramnathkar
N Mahadevan
Hanmant
Gailwad
Ranjiv
Ramchandani
Suresh
Kamath
Raghu
Khanna

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Some entrepreneurs are driven by a particular idea, or
passion. Something which is different, ahead of its time.
These ventures are about making that dream, a living
reality.

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Entrepreneurs who had Junoon…
R
Shriram
Saurabh
Vyas
Satyajit
Singh
Sunil
Bhu
Chetan
Maini
Mahima
Mehra
Samar
Gupta

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Creative people need a platform to express themselves.
When that talent is unique, the platform must be created.
And is doing so, the artist too becomes an
‘entrepreneur’.

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Entrepreneurs with zubaan…
Abhijit
Bansod
Paresh
Mokashi
Krishna
Reddy
Kalyan
Varma

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Rashmi Bansal is one of the most famous authors from
India. Her books – Stay Hungry Stay Foolish, Connect the
Dots, I have a Dream have been big hits.
All of her books are on entrepreneurship – she shares
stories of people who have made it big. Stay Hungry Stay
Foolish is book on 20 entrepreneurs with MBAs. This one
is about another 20 without. Both of these books’ titles link
back to the famous Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement
Speech.
SUMMARY

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Connect The Dots is a collection of 20 inspiring stories of
entrepreneurs who never went to any B-school.
The 20 stories have been divided into 3 sets viz. Jugaad, Junoon,
Zubaan.
In Jugaad, the author has covered entrepreneurs who created
business the Indian way, thorugh Jugaad. Finding alternative ways
to do things that is completely against what industry has been
doing.
SUMMARY

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Junoon is a collection of 7 entrepreneurs who were crazy about a
particular idea, whether it was Reva electric cars or Haati Chaap
paper. My favorite amongst these was the story of Shakti Sudha
Industries from Bihar which will make you believe that even in the
land of crime, business can thrive. You need to find the right path
and know how to take people together.
SUMMARY

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The last section Zubaan carries 4 stories of creative people who
just followed their dreams until they reached to a height where the
whole world knows them. The section features Prince Dance
Group, techie turned wildlife photographer Kalyan Verma, Paresh
Mokashi of ‘Harishchandrachi Factory’ fame and designer Abhijit
Bansod.
SUMMARY

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KEY LEARNINGS
MBA is one way of
getting success
not the only way
of getting success
Never
Give Up!
Be a Leader Self-
Confidence
Make your Own
Identity
Hungry to
make as much
as money

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APPLICATION OF KEY LEARNINGS
#POSITIVE THINKING
#WORK HARDER TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION
#DECISION MAKING
#KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE AND YOUR ENEMIES
CLOSER

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READING EXPERIENCE
The book starts off the famous story of Prem
Ganapathy, Founder of Dosa Plaza. The book then
moves on to back-to-back biggies like Kunwer
Sachdev(Su-Kam), Ganesh Ram(Veta), Sunita (Fem
Care) and many more. All of these stories are
gripping and an absolute delight to read.

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And this book is covering all the things from book
store chains, agriculture, dairy, software products and
what not! One surprise was introducing stories of
entrepreneurs in the field of design & arts towards
the end of the book.
READING EXPERIENCE

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I think its one time reading book because I think If anyone read the book with
concentration than he/she wil know that hardwork is the only key to success.
And after reading the 10-12 stories we can see that theres no more diffrence
in the stories. Because as per above Hard work is the only key t success and
theres nothing expect that in their lives.
Most people start with a failure early in the venture but persistence does pay.
But if anyone have passion for something than he/she becomes successful
theres no dought in that…
READING EXPERIENCE

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