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

An IAS officer based in Maharashtra wrote this incredible email to Vijay Mahajan describing how his story in Stay Hungry has given him renewed hope… Dear Vijay ji, Hi. Knowing about you invokes a very good feeling for reasons more than one. Especially for this- there is hope for India… My name is XXX. I [...]

Glad to see Stay Hungry impacting smaller towns as well. This email from Utkarsh Bedmutha says it all: I read your book & loved it! Its a sort of “(IIM Ahemdabadi flavoured) Chicken Soup for the budding Entrepreneurs!”  I thought of gifting Stay Hungry…, to my friends & clients as a Diwali gift. To my [...]

As you all know IIM A and IIM C have been arch rivals for close to half a century. All in good spirit but neverrtheless it was nice to hear from Biswa of AB Global Consultancy. He wrote: Really an inspiring book…  I am sure that people will be inspired with these live stories. He [...]

That is a question many budding entrepreneurs have been asking.  Here is a sample (the ALL CAPS style is how it came in and I have left it untouched HELLO, AKSHAY KOTHARI HERE….. READ ABOUT YOU AND YOUR LIFE IN THE BOOK  “STAY HUNGRY,STAY FOOLISH” AND GOT VERY MUCH INSPIRED WITH  THE PEOPLE ABOUT WHOM [...]

Anaggh Desai writes about Stay Hungry: A nice easy read, catering to the youth, motivating them to take risks, not travel the trodden path… The take away at the end of each section are pretty good, sometimes bit of IIT/IIM coming through. Personally would have liked a common one at the end. He has thoughtfully [...]

Here are a couple of critics who have not liked Stay Hungry: T R Vivek writes at vccircle.com : Within five exasperating minutes of reading the book, you wonder what Bansal was trying to achieve. Is this an alumni diary, or an end-of-college scrapbook where you write nostalgic non-sense about all your classmates? Well, Vivek [...]

Sharing some of the many responses received from readers via email over the last one month. Excerpts will be added to the feedback section of this site as well. Congrets!!! Very good book! Well written. The best thing about the book is you allowed good space for entrepreneur to tell their story. In one line [...]

I dropped by at Crossword Kemps Corner to pick up bread from Moshe’s (which my daughter loves!) and was gobsmacked to see Stay Hungry at # 3 in the ‘Non fiction Best sellers’ list. Bahut acchha laga!

Long and arduous journeys Shobhana Subramanian / Mumbai October 17, 2008, 0:36 IST Get up and walk every time you fall.” That’s probably the best takeaway this book offers. But there’s loads of advice here for budding entrepreneurs. And since it’s from people who have been there and done that, more often the hard way, [...]