This document summarizes the book "Connect the Dots" by Rashmi Bansal. It discusses 20 stories of inspiring entrepreneurs from different professions and states in India. The stories are classified into three categories: Jugaad, Junoon, and Zubaan. Under Jugaad are entrepreneurs with no formal business training like Prem Ganapathy of Dosa Plaza. Junoon features entrepreneurs who dared to think differently, like Mahima Mehra who started a handmade paper business using elephant dung. Zubaan highlights creative entrepreneurs like Krishna Reddy who formed a dance group in Odisha. The conclusion notes that you can only connect dots looking backwards, so you must trust your gut to be innovative

1. CONNECT THE DOTS…
BY: SAGAR GOUD
SIVA SIVANI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
(HYDERABAD)

2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR – RASHMI BANSAL
Rashmi Bansal is an economic graduate
from Sophia college,Mumbai,and an MBA
from IIM Ahmedabad. She is a
writer,entrepreneur and youth expert.
She is the the author of 06 bestselling
books on entrepreneurship, stay hungry
stay foolish,
connect the dots,I have a dream, poor little
rich slum, follow every rainbow and take
me home,
which have sold more than a million copies
and been translated into 10 languages.
She is also a motivational speaker and
mentor to students and young
entrepreneurs.

3. ABOUT THE BOOK
Rashmi Bansal has written 20 stories of inspiring
entrepreneurs from all the professions and
across several states of India. You can see
stories starting from Restaurant owners, story
writers, and Movie makers and to the stories of
even IT folks. And the classification that is being
done is very neat and meaningful. The stories
are classified into three categories –
Jugaad, Junoon and Zubaan.
.

4. JUGAAD . . .
 These entrepreneurs have no formal training in business.
They learnt by observation, experimentation and application of
mind.
 Entrepreneurs like Prem Ganapathy (Dosa Plaza),Ranjiv
Ramchandani(Tantra T-Shirts) ,Sunita Ramnathkar(Fem)and
six others.
CONTENTS

5. STREET SMART
PREM GANAPATHY
 Came to Mumbai like million others in search of a
better future. Inspired by McDonald’s, Prem has
risen from humble dishwasher to the owner of the
fast food chain Dossa plaza.
 Having 26 outlets India.
 19 in 3 countries New Zealand,Oman,UAE
 Total 45 outlets in 4 countries.

6. WHAT WOMEN WANT
SUNITA RAMNATHKAR
 She wanted to do something for herself after
the birth of her second daughter, launched Fem
fairness bleech. Dominated the market for more
than 27 years.
 Recently sold to Dabur

7. JUNOON . . .
 The entrepreneurs, who dared to think ahead of their time,
think different.
 These entrepreneurs are about making that dream, a living
reality.
 Entrepreneurs like R Sriraam(crossword),Mahima
Mehra(Hathi chaap), Satyajit Singh (Shakti Sudha Industries)
and four others.

8. PAPER TIGER:
MAHIMA MEHRA
 She wanted to work in recyling, but not with an
NGO. So she ended up starting a business in
handmade paper. Along the way she discovered
many interesting things, including an unexpected
use of elephant dung.

9. ZUBAAN . . .
 When creative people express themselves in
different ways.
 Unique artist too can becomes an entrepreneur.
 Entrepreneurs like Abhijit Bansod (studio ABD),
Paresh Mokahi (Harishchandrachi Factory), Krishna
Reddy (Prince Dance Group) and Kalyan Varma
(wildlife Photographer).

10. AVATAR:
KRISHNA REDDY(PRINCE DANCE GROUP)
 In a small town in Orrisa Krishna Reddy assembled
a group of daily wage labourers and formed Prince
Dance Group. This troupe won the hotly competed
India’s Got Talent Show enthralling the audience
with its unique brand of mythology inspired
choreography.

11. CONCLUSION
You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you
can only connect them looking backwards. So you
have to trust… in something – your gut, destiny, life,
karma, whatever. This approach has never let you
down, and it has made all the difference in your
life”.
-Steve Jobs

12. NOTED REVIEWS

13. So…..
Is this the right forum to say be innovative and be yourself?