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Stay hungry stay foolish by Rashmi bansal

Stay hungry stay foolish by Rashmi bansal

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Stay Hungry Stay Foolish (published in 2008) is a compelling collection of stories about 25 IIM Ahmedabad graduates who forsook corporate job offers to start their own ventures. These real-life entrepreneurs—such as Sanjeev Bikhchandani (Naukri.com) and R. Subramanian (Subhiksha)—pursued uncertainty with determination, facing failures, obstacles, and unconventional choices while building successful businesses. Organized into categories like “The Believers,” “The Opportunists,” and “The Alternate Visionaries,” the book showcases how passion, grit, and clarity of purpose helped them turn unconventional decisions into transformative successes. Rashmi Bansal’s conversational, accessible writing style makes this narrative both inspiring and practical for aspiring entrepreneurs, especially young readers looking to pursue their own paths beyond traditional placements and salary-driven roles. The book broke new ground in Indian publishing, selling over 300,000 copies and being translated into eight languages.

About the Author – 

Rashmi Bansal is a prominent Indian non-fiction author, entrepreneur, and youth expert. She holds a degree in economics from Sophia College, Mumbai, and earned her MBA from IIM Ahmedabad in 1993. She started her career as a brand manager at The Times of India, later co-founding JAM (Just Another Magazine)—one of India’s most influential youth magazines. Over the years, she has authored multiple bestselling titles on entrepreneurship, including Stay Hungry Stay Foolish, Connect the Dots, I Have a Dream, and God’s Own Kitchen. Her books have collectively sold over 1.2 million copies and been translated into 12 languages, including Korean and Vietnamese. Rashmi is also a motivational speaker, columnist (Rediff.com, Businessworld), and former consulting editor for Bloomberg UTV, where she hosted India’s first interactive career show: Stay Hungry . She mentors young entrepreneurs, teaches at institutions like Ashoka University, and is widely regarded as India’s #1 business‑books author

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