Book Review: Stay Hungry Stay Foolish

In the Indian entrepreneurial scenario, IIMs always play a strong role in connecting various groups in the entrepreneurial ecosytem. It sometimes builds a platform for entrepreneurs to showcase their b-plans and sometimes organizes events for like minded people to meet, grow and establish as entrepreneurs.

Where is all this going to....it is leading to a book called "Stay Hungry Stay Foolish" written by Rashmi Bansal, an IIM-A alumni. She has taken time off and scripted this book with a lot of valuable inputs from different entrepreneurs (commanality is all the entrepreneurs belong to IIM-A alumni). It is a compendium of certainly 25 inspiring stories of entrepreneurs. It is not just their entrepreneurial journey but also what are their learnings out of it and what do they have to give as a lesson of the day for their fellow entrepreneurs. The layout is interesting and leaves a message behind for the reader.

Uh! this must be one of the articles on my blog which has the word "entrepreneur" repeated the maximum number of times. That is because the book is all about ENTREPRENEURSHIP.

I strongly recommend this book for people of all ages but, the most important thing they should have to read this book is "entrepreneurial spirit".

Book Review: A Better India A Better World

Good foundation, value-based system, good management and entrepreneurship are the elements dealt in this book. This is a must read for all entrepreneurs (be it a well-established entrepreneur or not). I am not saying this because it is written by a successful entrepreneur, Mr.Narayana Murthy but, because it contains the right ingredients for an entrepreneur to build his/her business. The book has chapters arranged in a perfect order and gives content feeling at the end of the book. Following is the order:

Address to Students
Values
Important National Issues
Education
Leadership Challenges
Corporate and Public Governance
Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy
Entrepreneurship
Globalization
Infosys


My favourite topics are: the sub - chapter Compassionate Capitalism, all chapters of Education and Values.

Typically entrepreneurs brag about their company and the road they have taken, it is more about their own story. This book is not about Infosys, it is about building a value based enterprise. Infact you will see only two chapters speaking about Infosys towards the end.

This is a compendium of the speeches delivered by Mr.Narayana Murthy and to me they are more than just facts. The speeches and filled with words of wisdom.

In short the book moves us to the next level of revelation....as an entrepreneur.

Many Lives Many Masters

The might sound mystical to people who do not believe in concepts like reincarnation, after-life and spirits. Well it is a part of our life and has to be accepted by the non believers some day or the other.
For people who do believe in these concepts it is a treasure as it takes the reader through the conversations with various masters and the purpose of life.
Read more about this in the book, " Many Lives, Many Masters" written by Dr.Brian Weiss.

Three Mistakes of my life

Here is the third release of of Chetan Bhagat. This time he has written about three guys again but it is not IIT.
These guys are respectively passionate about their different things and how the the hero - Govind commits three mistakes as he puts his passion before his friendship, relation and life.
Well I am not going to narrate the story, it is best for you guys to read the book. I would rate 3.5 on 5.
I think the entreprenuers would enjoy reading as they can connect with the businessman in the novel.