STOP PRESS!

In a country where 10,000 copies is considered a ‘bestseller’, 100,000 copies sold in just 9 months is astounding. And to celebrate this beautiful moment, friends, wellwishers, IIMA alumni, entrepreneurs, wannabe entrepreneurs – a hall full of wonderful people - gathered in Bangalore on 2nd July.

Rashmi Bansal speaks on staying hungry

Thoda speech veech hua. 

I spoke.

Pankaj Chandra (director, IIM Bangalore) and Rakesh Basant (Chairperson, IIMA CIIE) spoke.

Laura Parkin (director, NEN) and Prof B H Jajoo (Dean, IIM Ahmedabad) spoke.

Launch of SHSF in Kannada & 100,00th copy

We cut a ribbon and released the 100,000th copy as well as the Kannada edition.  

Shankar Maruwada and Chender Baljee (two of the entrepreneurs in the book launched a ‘mentor network’ to assist young entrepreneurs).

I signed many many books

You can read the complete report here:
http://www.iimaalumni.org/n/front/newsmakers/indexsub.asp?NMID=120

Readers blogged about it here:
Vamshiavk: http://www.consumerpsyche.com/2009/07/entrepreneurial-touch.html

Srikanth AP: http://srik-journey.blogspot.com/2009/07/stay-hungry-stay-foolish.html

Thank you, all for making it happen. And here’s to the next 100,000

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