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Arise, Awake

Arise, Awake

By Rashmi Bansal

The Inspiring Stories of 10 Young Entrepreneurs Who Graduated from College into a Business of Their Own. Westland Ltd., 2015.

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A brief summary of Arise, Awake

Inspirational stories that demonstrate it takes more than an Ivy League education to build a company from the ground up. Through their courage, motivation, and determination these real-life Indian entrepreneurs overcame adversity and reached their goals.

Key insights in Arise, Awake

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What do you get from this book? learn how successful entrepreneurs built thriving companies so you can apply their knowledge
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Shashank and Abhinav shocked their peers by creating medical software doctors initially hated and turning it into a million-dollar business
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Sourabh and Sidharth Bansal launched a Magicrete Building when few people knew what “AAC Blocks” even were
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Prakash Mundhra turned down his dream job to pursue his own “Puja” company
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Hard work and failed companies provided Singh and Munot with the knowledge and skills to develop a startup that flourished
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Innovese grew big fast, but lost steam after a founder quit, and was subsequently sold
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Rupesh Shah failed in school but developed education software to help teachers train students
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Aruj Garg strayed from tradition to follow his dreams and create “healthy” fast food
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Anurag Arora changed career paths twice and finally found his calling when he opened student hostels near the IBS campus
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Apurva Joshi got into forensic accounting by chance and ended up creating India’s first university course on the subject
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Eshwar Vikas and Sudeep Sabat used their engineering skills to innovate restaurant machinery and create an automatic dosa maker
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Who should read Arise, Awake

Entrepreneurs • startups • college students • business owners • anyone interested in starting their own company

About the author of Arise, Awake

Indian writer and journalist Rashmi Bansal holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. She was brand manager of the daily newspaper Times of India before founding JAM (Just Another Magazine), a youth-oriented publication run in cooperation with her husband. Bansal has written nine texts dedicated to entrepreneurship.

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