They teach him more about the world than any soaring self-help literature or business biography can, Sinha claims. Not that he ever reads those, regardless of how famous the author is, or how successful the entrepreneur-in-focus has been. Sinha made this journey when he left One97, Paytm’s parent company, in 2010 to co-found Akshamaala, an agribusiness aimed at helping farmers make informed market decisions. The experience of being a founder of an “extreme start-up” leads to lessons that you can’t get anywhere else, Sinha says. Surviving Start-ups focuses on the stories of the people (parents, siblings, spouses and friends) who make up an entrepreneur’s world.

Source: Mint November 05, 2017 10:41 UTC