This document summarizes the stories of two young entrepreneurs - Rajat Soni and Kartik Kumbhalkar. Rajat Soni started a catering business called "Samosawala's" in Indore at age 18, focusing on innovative samosa varieties. Despite initial challenges, his business grew popular and now has multiple outlets. Kartik Kumbhalkar, an engineering student, established a home tuition network providing moral education and regular curriculum tutoring. He was inspired to start his own venture after interacting with the National Entrepreneurship Network. Both entrepreneurs faced challenges but were able to start successful businesses through passion and perseverance.

1.
National
Entrepreneurship
Network
Success
Stories
of
Young
Entrepreneurs

2. “OUTSIDE
THE
BOX”
Entrepreneur
Name:
Mr.Rajat
Soni
Venture:
Samosawala’s&Rudraa
caterers
Success
come
to
those
who
dare
to
live
out
their
passion,
no
matter
how
obstacles
and
challenges
try
to
deter
them.
Passion
keeps
them
going,
is
well
demonstrated
by
Rajat
Soni
who
at
the
early
age
of
18years
while
pursuing
BBA
started
the
venture
entitled
as
“Samosawala’s”.
Rajat
belong
to
the
family
occupied
in
jewelry
and
real
estate
business
for
them
his
concept
to
act
as
an
entrepreneur
and
work
in
food
segment
was
totally
immature.
On
the
other
hand,
Rajat
was
determined
to
pursue
his
interest
and
contribute
something
unique
to
Indian
food
zone
that
was
demolishing
due
to
growing
trend
of
fast
food
from
western
countries.
Rajat
had
a
challenge
to
pull
his
customers
from
the
market,
where
people
not
so
easily
seek
for
something
that
is
common.
Knowing
the
fact
that
Indori’s
are
fond
of
eating
‘kachori
and
samosa’.
He
came
up
with
different
types
of
samosa’s.
Not
the
regular
so
called
samosa’s.
And
this
idea
became
the
turning
point
for
his
business
career.
Adding
to
this
he
has
also
proved
his
efficiency
as
2nd
runner
up
in
E-­‐Week
organized
by
National
Entrepreneurship
Network(NEN)
in
2012.
And
also
marked
his
presence
in
TATA
first
dot.
All
such
achievements
and
development
in
his
life
helped
him
to
learn
more
about
entrepreneurship,
how
to
develop
business
plan,how
funds
are
arranged
and
the
steps

3. to
be
followed
to
start
the
venture.
The
learning
gained
by
him
through
NEN
guided
him
to
take
first
step
where
he
studied
product
feasibility,customer
orientation
and
conducted
surveys
to
measure
success
rate
of
his
product.
When
he
get
ready
with
business
plan
next
step
was
to
arrangefunds,
He
approached
bank
but
unfortunately
fail
to
receive
any
help,the
option
left
was
to
borrow
from
his
friends,
relatives
and
some
of
his
well
wishers.
That’s
how
he
collects
1
lac
as
an
initial
investment
to
establish
his
restaurant,
which
offer
samosa
with
taste
&
quality.
He
offered
samosa
chat,
samosa
pyaj,
samosa
club
sandwich
and
many
more,He
worked
18
hours
a
day
with
team
of
4
people
he
created
sensation
in
Indore
by
serving
300
customer
a
day.
He
remarks
“Initially,
I
was
bit
apprehensive
about
my
success
but
response
has
been
great
for
all
the
dishes.”
The
Best
part
is,
that
he
is
targeting
to
start
6
outlets
in
the
Indore
city
that
will
generate
around
40
jobs.
Like
“samosa”
his
next
target
for
experimentation
is
puha
and
kachoori.
Beside
this,
he
also
run
catering
business
in
customizes
form
where
he
delivers
services
like
lunch
and
dinner
as
per
customer
choice
that
he
called
“next
generation
catering”.
He
wishesto
start
“samosawala’s”
in
every
state
of
our
country
and
hope
to
scale
new
heights
to
his
business.He
says,“If
you
run
beside
your
passion
not
only
you
get
successful
but
also
get
self
satisfied.
“That
was
my
passion,
which
acted
as
driving
force
behind
my
success.

4. “EXPLORE
GENIUS
WITHIN”
Entrepreneur
Name:Mr.KartikKumbhalkar
Venture:
Home
Tuition
Network
Kartik
kumbhalkar,
engineering
student
discovered
that
he
had
knack
for
teaching,
With
support
of
his
teammates,
he
establishedhome
tuition
network.
It
provides
moral
education
to
children,
with
regular
curriculum.
The
idea
to
do
something
along
with
studies,
strikes
himfor
the
first
time
when
he
came
in
contact
with
NEN
faculty
JitendraRajaram
Verma.
Kartik
was
well
aware
of
the
loop
holes
in
education
system
that
was
the
reason
he
planned
to
introduce
such
network
where
hecan
engagepeople
who
all
are
good
in
teaching
and
can
spend
quality
time
in
teaching
students
from
class
first
to
twelfth.
These
will
help
the
students
to
get
teachers
of
different
subjects
under
one
roof
and
even
teachers
can
teach
in
more
organized
form.
He
shared
his
idea
with
his
mentor
and
they
startedworking
on
a
business
plan.
While
planning
foremost
challenge
faced
was
to
find
such
people
who
were
equally
passionate
like
him,and
for
that
His
mentor
JitendraRajaram
taught
him
how
he
can
increase
contacts
with
people
and
build
his
own
team,
Kartikremarks,
“he
is
a
nice
person
and
helped
me
a
lot.
It
was
his
guidance
that
helped
me
to
increase
strength
of
my
teachers
and
students”.

5. And
finally
on
1st
July2012
he
started
“home
tutor”
with
5
partners,
among
them
Aditiya
Desai
was
alsoa
NEN
member.
They
altogether
worked
hard,added
different
teaching
methods.To
make
this
method
unique,
they
introduced
stress
management
in
their
curriculum.
Kartikkeeps
on
participating
in
NEN
workshop.
He
even
stood
2nd
runner
up
in
events
of
E-­‐
week.The
NENworkshops,
which
he
attended
in
2013-­‐2014,
helped
him
to
learn
about
the
ways
to
improve
entrepreneurial
activity,
which
he
applied
in
his
own
venture,
he
usedmouth-­‐to-­‐mouth
publicity,advertisement
in
newspaper
to
increase
number
of
students.
He
even
keeps
on
interacting
students
to
take
their
feedback
and
suggestions,
to
welcome
new
thoughts
and
freshness
in
their
methodology.
The
best
thing
is
that,
they
started
with
zero
investment,
and
today
they
are
earning
profits
in
form
of
fees
received,
but
the
kartik
is
not
much
worried
about
incomes,
for
him
growth
is
more
important.
Today
he
feel
satisfied,
as
he
is
able
to
give
back
something
to
society
while
learning.

6.
“CREATING
YOUR
OWN
STYLE”
Entrepreneur
Name:
Mr.RishiSaxena
Venture:
In-­‐house
cafeteria
Rishi
Saxena,
founder
of
“In-­‐houseCafeteria”
started
his
venture
in
26/06/2012
with
the
concept
of
introducing
freshly
prepared
food
with
different
variants
in
a
cafeteria
style
available
quickly
at
nominal
charges.
Belonging
to
a
service
class
family,
Rishi
unlike
his
parents
determined
to
involve
in
entrepreneurial
activities
at
young
age.
Pursuing
graduation
in
management
he
got
introduced
with
NEN.
Where
he
learned
about
entrepreneurship
in
depth,
while
attending
NEN
workshops
and
E-­‐week,
he
perceived
that
if
someone
really
wanted
to
do
something
the
first
step
is
to
identify
problem
because
“if
we
feel
the
difference
then
only
we
make
the
difference”.
The
first
time
when
he
identified
the
problems
in
college
canteen
he
was
in
first
year
of
his
graduation.
He
was
unsatisfied
with
college
canteen
food
facilities
the
quality
of
edibles,
hygiene,
and
atmosphere.
He
claimed
to
offer
better
quality
with
different
varieties
of
edibles
at
low
cost.
When
he
discussed
it
with
college
faculties,
there
was
no
impact.Then
Marlina
Ramchandran,
who
is
the
network
manager
of
NENencouraged
Rishi
on
his
belief.His
NEN
faculty
and
mentor
Dr.
Punit
K
Dewedi
also
promoted
Rishi’s
concept
by
conveying
his
thoughts
and
ideas
to
administration.

7. After
consistent
efforts,
College
Administration
appreciated
his
concept.
With
the
initial
investment
of
seven
thousand,
which
he
earned
by
organizing
different
events,
he
started
his
“In-­‐house
cafeteria”
inside
his
collage.
He
earned
three
and
half
lacs
as
revenue
of
first
year.
Like
his
college,
soon
he
will
inagurate
one
more
venture
in
Gawalior.
He
pays
his
gratitude
towards
NEN
for
developing
the
inherient
bussinessmen
within
him.

8.
“DIVIDE
THE
TASK
MULTIPLY
THE
SUCCESS”
Entrepreneurs
Name:
Mr.
Kamal
Rathod,
Mr.
Saurabh
Gupta,
Mr.
Vivek
Chandra
Kumar
Venture:
Life
easy
electronics
Mr.
Kamal
Rathod,
Mr.
Saurabh
Gupta,
and
Mr.
Vivek
Chandra
Kumar
founded“Life
easy
electronics”
on
13
Jan
2013,
offering
renewable
energy
products.
With
the
initial
investment
of
10,000,
earned
revenue
of
30000
within
a
month.
These
engineering
students
participated
in
E-­‐week
organized
by
National
Entrepreneurship
Network
in
2013,
In
2014,
they
werehonored
asAll
India
runner
up,
In
addition,
theyattended
workshop
conducted
by
NEN
on
Idea
generation,
Patent
and
copyright.
Kamal
says,
”NEN
was
the
driving
forcebehind
our
idea
generation,
feel
blessed
to
be
a
part
of
these
organization.
Idea
of
introducing
Renewable
Energy
productswas
initiated,
to
control
global
warming
and
the
requirement
to
decrease
our
carbon
footprint.
Initially
created
five
products
including
wind
charger,
solar
charger.
They
faced
problem
in
capturing
market
for
selling
these
products
in
which
their
mentor
and
NEN
faculty

9. JitndraRajaram
Verma
helped
in
promoting
the
products
by
finding
potential
customers.Furthermore,
he
assisted
them
in
team
building,
shaping
business
model,
raising
money
and
Networking.
Today,
theyhave
almost
captured
mobile
market
of
Indore.
Initially
started
with
low
profit
margin
this
group
is
now
earning
high
returns.
They
will
launch
few
more
products
in
coming
future,
targeted
to
reach
state
of
“No-­‐power
from
electric
socket”.
Increased
team
members
up
to
13
members,
for
adding
their
knowledge,actively
participate
in
Entrepreneurship
talks,
Workshops,
Entrepreneurship
Summits,
Competitions,
Advanced
topic
course
(e.g.
entrepreneurial
finance,
entrepreneurial
marketing,
etc.organized
by
NEN.
They
are
thankful
to
their
mentor
for
acting
as
backbone
and
NEN
for
providing
right
platform
to
exhibit
their
skills.

10. “MAKE
YOUR
MARK”
Entrepreneurs
Name:
Mr.Charles
Rohan
Sharma,
Mr.Alok
baj
Venture:
freeScribe
“What
man
is
a
man
who
does
not
make
the
world
better”–KingdomofHeaven(2005)
Mr.
Charles
Rohan
Sharma
and
Mr.Alok
Baj,
initiated
“free
Scribe”
on
17
Feb.
2014,
distributing
learning
resources
and
better
quality
study
material
free
of
cost,
Earning
revenue
through
advertisements.
They
participated
in
E-­‐Week
2014
organized
byNational
Entrepreneurship
Network;
and
were
honored
with
central
India
runner
up.
Mr.
Sharma
remarks
NEN,
for
helping
in
network
expansion,
Idea
generation
and
creating
business
model.
The
purpose
behind
introducingfree
Scribe
is,
imparting
better
quality
study
materialto
improve
performance,
of60% population, who comprise exclusively of
student,struggling due to limited access of study material.
They
initiated
their
venture
with
the
initial
investment
of
500
rupees
only,
through
which
they
earned
3,500
as
profit
by
providing
Photocopied
notes
and
assignments
from
the
selected
elite
students
or
the
compiled
faculty
notes.

11. Initially
they
faced
challenges
like,
lack
of
proper
infrastructure,
convincing
people
to
publish
the
advertisement
and
arranging
quality
study
material.
However,
they
overcome
with
challenges
by
the
support
of,NEN
mentor
Mr.Jitendra
Rajaram
Verma,
who
helped
in
developing
presentation
skills,
identifying
customers
and
given
market
insights.
He
also
provided
tactful
skills
for
interaction
with
prospective
partners.
For
future
expansion,
they
are
Looking
forward
to
increase
range,
by
incorporating
online
student
notes,
e-­‐books
of
the
certified
course
books
of
selected
universitiesand
disciplines,
projects,
research
papers,
newsletters
and
periodicals,
which
can
easily
download
in
PDF
and
EPUB
formats.
And
generating
revenue
by
advertisement
in
the
websites
as
well
as
the
study
materials
provided.
Mr.
Sharma
states,
“NEN
provided
tremendous
support
by
providing
right
platform
to
exhibit
our
skills,
helping
us
to
think
rationally,
practically
&
sensibly.
Encouraged
tothink
bigger!
With
the
Mentor
and
NEN
support
our
dreams
turned
into
the
reality”.

12. “CHANGE
IS
HAPPENING”
Entrepreneur
Name:
ANSHUL
DUBEY
Venture:
INNOVATIVE
MARKETING
Young
guns
of
MIT
brings
‘Free’
wi-­‐fi
access.
Anshul
dubey
along
with
his
team
members
realised
the
need
for
free
internet
access
in
public
places,
so
they
developed
a
business-­‐support
model,
found
sponsors
and
are
now
ready
to
provide
free
wi-­‐fi
access
to
internet
in
at
least
five
different
locations
and
their
college.
BE
student
Anshul
Dubey,
who
led
the
project,
told
that,
“We
realized
the
growing
need
for
free
internet
access
in
public
places
which
must
be
addressed
and
started
working
on
a
business
model
to
bridge
this
gap.”
The
idea
is
simple.
The
server
lets
the
user
log-­‐in
for
free
from
a
hotspot
after
clicking
on
one
of
the
four
pop-­‐up
ads
that
appear
on
the
screen.
The
advertiser,
who
pays
for
your
wi-­‐fi
use,
benefits
from
getting
more
hits
for
his
ads
and
through
visual
branding
—
something
he
hopes
will
result
in
product/service
retention
and
eventual
customer
conversion.
Dubey
discussed
this
idea
with
his
NEN
mentor
Jitendra
Rajaram
verma,
who
helped
them
to
develop
action
plan
and
helped
to
convert
the
idea
into
business.
Apart
from
these
he
even
guided
them
the
ways
to
find
sponsers.

13. Further
more
they
participated
in
E-­‐WEEK
2014
organised
by
NEN,
and
honored
as
2nd
runner
up.
They
participated
in
many
programs
of
NEN
to
sharpen
their
skills.
The
team
members
with
diversify
knowledge
helped
a
lot
in
success
of
the
idea
of
innovative
marketing.
Akshya
Awasthi,
BE
Computer
Science
student
from
Acropolis,
had
experience
of
working
with
different
servers
and
softwares
and
was
brought
onboard
as
technical
in-­‐charge
“We
were
concerned
about
the
cost
as
readymade
servers
cost
quite
a
lot.
So
we
needed
someone
who
could
develop
the
servers
for
us.
This
marked
the
entry
of
Sonu
Sharma,
a
BE
Computer
Science,”
said
Dubey.
Also,
Sonu
had
entrepreneurial
experience
as
he
once
ran
a
cyber
café.
This
helped
him
train
the
marketing
team
comprising
BE
third
year
students
Sunil
Chauhan
and
Sharique
Khan.
As
marketers
felt
the
need
to
develop
web
displays
and
presentations
to
introduce
the
concept
to
financers
and
customers,
Prasad
Laghate
and
Dikshant
Tiwari,
both
BE
Computer
Science
students,
were
pulled
in.
With
the
idea
of
innovative
marketing
They
first
went
to
the
nearest
popular
bakery
to
check
if
they
can
get
any
funding
for
advertisements
to
ensure
users
don’t
have
to
pay
for
access.
They
returned
disappointed.
But
success
did
not
elude
them
for
long.
Their
next
visit
was
to
a
burger
shop
whose
owner
was
a
mechanical
engineer
and
liked
their
idea,
showing
keen
interest
in
investing
in
it.
That’s
how
they
got
the
sponsor
and
they
started
working
on
their
idea.
Dubey
acknowledges
his
mentor
and
NEN
for
the
continuance
guidance
and
support,
He
says,
we
hold
the
technical
qualification,
no
MBA
or
commerce
background
but
that
never
turned
as
hindrance
in
our
progress,
Its
all
due
to
the
mentor
support.
Presently
they
are
scaling
new
heights
and
progressing
in
their
business.