This book reviews profiles 25 entrepreneurs who graduated from IIM Ahmedabad and went on to start successful businesses. It describes their different backgrounds and industries, but they all had a passion for creating something new rather than just pursuing high-paying jobs. The book seeks to inspire graduates to follow their dreams of entrepreneurship instead of only prioritizing salaries. It shares lessons learned from the entrepreneurs' journeys such as gaining experience before starting a business and finding a field with strong market potential.

1. BOOK REVIEW
Raj Bharath S
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2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• Rashmi Bansal is a writer, entrepreneur and youth expert.
• She is the author of the following books :
Stay Hungry Stay Foolish
Connect the Dots
I Have a Dream
• 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

3. Title

4. Content
 It is about 25 IIM-A graduates who chose to tread a path of their own making.
 Interviews with the various entrepreneurs who made it big.
 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
 Seeks to inspire young graduates to look beyond placements and salaries
 Parts in which story is divided:
 The Believers
 The Opportunists
 The Alternate Vision

5.  The book is about the journey stories of 25 Entrepreneurs
towards success. All the stories are equally fascinating though all differ
in age, experience,outlook,brought ups. But they had one thing in
common, the thirst for doing something new and they all know simply
what they DON’T WANT.
 Each of them are in different fields now like IT, started internet
websites ,non profit organizations, pioneering educational
organizations, financial institutions

6. Sanjeev Bhikchandani
PGP’89

7. Shantannu Prakash
PGP’88

8. Nirmal Jain
PGP’89

9. Deep Kalra
PGP’92

10. S.B.Dangayach
PGP’72

11. R Subramanian
PGP ‘89

12. LEARNINGS
 Be early to gain the “first mover advantage”
 Do not become an entrepreneur if you’re looking for
money
 Be strong and tolerant to failures
 Follow your Passion and Success will automatically
follow
 Entrepreneurship is not a fad or fashion to follow

13.  It is never too late for anything for a person who is
desiring for something new to achieve.
 Once you startup never look back.
 Choosing the field is very vital – there must be huge
market and potential.
 Gain few years of work experience before plunging.

14. The list of 25 entrepreneurs:
 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

15.  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
 Venkat Krishnan, GiveIndia
 Anand Halve, chlorophyll
 S B Dangayach, Sintex
 Vijay Mahajan, Basix

16. CONCLUSION
 We Indians often stick to the “MILES AWAY” Role
Models , often forgetting the wonderful
opportunities can be created around us.
 This is the best book for the people who are thinking
their life time achievement is to get into the best
college and forget the real meaning of success.