entrepreneurship - without side effects

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Ashwini Kumar Rath http://ashwinirath.com

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These slides were the part of talk delivered by Ashwini Rath at IIT Kharagpur on October 23, 2011

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Page 1: Entrepreneurship - without Side Effects

Ashwini Kumar Rath

http://ashwinirath.com

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When you succeed, people write about you. If you fail, you can write a book with your own story.

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It’s a decision.

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“Never discuss with an ice-cream bar in your hand! You will either loose ice-cream or both, but can’t retain both.”

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“An entrepreneur is like a person who stands on a cliff and flies kite.”

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An entrepreneur can start with almost zero investment. It can even be smaller than that is needed for a vegetarian meal in a five star hotel.

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First Customer&

First Revenue

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We focus on our core expertise and team up with people beyond that. If team sync, capability multiplies; else radically worse thing happens.

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Challenges come anytime, and require us to sacrifice one thing over others. It is all about balancing your priorities at that moment.

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The customer may not be aware of our culture or our festivals. It may lead to a mini-war between civilizations.

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When we become our own boss, we loosen up; and the very venture is deprived of our rightful contribution.

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Fame is fickle.

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Both wealth and knowledge are democratic.

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Globalization

Economic ChangesUnification

The New World

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Don’t undermine barbarians! Their parts of the world also change like ours.

Need for a flexible world view.