So many of you ask me these questions that, at the risk of being repetitive, I shall answer once again. This time it’s Rakesh Kumar Pathak, 3rd year Mechanical student @ NIT Raipur wondering…
“Does one really need a MBA degree to become an entrepreneur?”
“Is there any advantage of the degree?”
Not at all, Rakesh! So many [...]

Many beautiful emails come in from readers. But this one stands out for its honesty, simplicity and ’stay hungry’ spirit…
Dear Ms. Rashmi Bansal / Mr. Vardan Kabra,
I asked the lady at the local library to tell me the place where the autobiographies of famous personalities were kept. I couldn’t decide which one to pick up, [...]

dear Rashmi
I had the fortune to read Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish & like all of its countless readers, I too have succumbed to, surely the Foolishness to begin with, hopefully Hunger later on as well! In essence, I have given myself deadline of the all Fool’s month of April’09 to embark on something of that [...]

When a book reaches this landmark figure there is generally some hoo-ha. But seldom is the event as memorable and as meaningful to the author as it was for me. On Jan 3, 2009, Prof B H Jajoo, the dean of IIM Ahmedabad presented me a silver plaque to commemorate the achievement.
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What was [...]

Many students wrote in saying they have an idea but this one has actually worked on his and created a prototype! It simply shows that you are never too young or ‘not qualified enough’ to exhibit a spirit of entrepreneurship.
Namaste,
My name is Naman Sanghvi, I was a student of Eklavya, Ahmedabad and am currently pursuing [...]

A very beautiful and profound observation from a reader of SHSF
Hi Rashmi,
I have read your book “Stay Hungry Stay Foolish” as well as article “The next ‘hot’ career.”  I really appreciate your writing.
I can’t agree more to the fact that you should do what you love to do and you would be the best but [...]

Hello Rashmi
First of all I want to congratulate you for your very insightful book Stay Hungry Stay Foolish. Thank you for sharing such  fabulous stories about IIM-alumni.
Coincidentally we (me and my friend ,we both are students) are also running a club with the same name Stay Hungry Stay Foolish in our college. We have taken [...]

Dear Rashmi,
I came across the above book while I was searching for another book at Landmark, Chennai city Centre Chennai. Your book was neatly arranged in clusters at the end of racks. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book.You can go thru my review at Mouthshut.com.
I would like to point out a technical error, as [...]

Hi there,
I read your book and I was very pleased to see the efforts the Indian guys have made. I believe that the collection of 25 different stories are there just to prove that there’s nothing like a defined path for success. You have to do the right things at the right time and off [...]

As of Nov 19 2008, Stay Hungry Stay Foolish has sold 41,000 copies…
In the 3 months since its launch!!!!