I doubt.
I happened to read the success story of Office tiger and its co-founders Joseph ‘Joe’ Sigelman and Randolph ‘Randy’ Altschuler here.
One thing had me thinking. If only I was born in the US and had been educated in Princeton and Harvard. Would i still have the mind to venture out of the comforts of the wealthiest nation in the world and, of all places on planet earth, come to India to setup a BPO company?
I doubt.
Actually, it’s precisely this ‘I doubt’ which is the difference between a coolie in an MNC and someone who has laughed all the way to the bank to count USD 250 millions!
More than the talent, the key differentiator between the successfuls and the ‘also- lived’ is self-belief.
September 16th, 2006 at 4:10 am
true da.. i don’t want to be in the “also-lived” category…
September 16th, 2006 at 5:09 am
You are right… Self Belief and Risk taking !
September 16th, 2006 at 7:48 am
Yeah, impressive/interesting story.!
That’s one thing PK - You have to teach your kids :-), bring them up, nurture their thoughts and make the ‘Entrepreuners’. If doesn’t matter where and how they do it..as long as they are legal. Doesn’t matter if its Timbuktoo or Thailand..or Tirunelveli.!!
I was amazed at these guys..and like Dinesh said - Have to take risk in lives..!
If not we’ll be MNC coolies - or coolies like me living Abroad..worrying about the jobs being outsource..worrying if I’ll fit into a Restaurant/ Wal Mart stores.!!
September 16th, 2006 at 8:28 am
unmaidhaan prabhu! i read that article too! he is staying in the same hotel since 1999!!!
September 16th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
True Prabhu! What is touching is success hasn’t changed him.
If he still lives in the same room & travels by auto,one can imagine how evolved he is!
Rashmi.
September 17th, 2006 at 4:26 am
Every one says you have to take risk. Now you have to quantify the amount of risk. For these guys and many other sucessful entrepreneurs like Robert Noyce (Intel) the risk was manageable. If they did not succeed they always had something else to fall back on. Now how many of us have that luxury ?
September 17th, 2006 at 6:42 am
gopi,
good da!
adhuku daan andha PDF anupichen:)
September 17th, 2006 at 6:42 am
dinesh,
precisely!
September 17th, 2006 at 6:43 am
NV sir,
ingeyum ellam orey kadhai daan!
if u are worried abt outsourcing, many r worried that outsourcing shud continue atleast till they repay their home debts:)
September 17th, 2006 at 6:43 am
indianangel,
to be honest i found that a bit odd!
September 17th, 2006 at 6:44 am
rashmi,
indha travels in auto part sounded a bit odd.
rombo kanjoos a irupaar pola!
September 17th, 2006 at 6:48 am
karthik s
u always have something to fall back on, so long as u have guts and u dont commit suicide:)
i think more than the safety net, what these guys have is the ability to not let ‘what others will think’ feeling stop them from pursuing what they believe in…
they realized that there will always be some who will say ‘hey you must be crazy’.
September 17th, 2006 at 9:41 pm
Vry true.
June 12th, 2007 at 3:30 am
If only you had gone to Harvard, Princeton or Stanford you would have got that orientation. The education would have opened up your mind. Thats exactly why we see graduates from top US univs being successful entrepreneurs, while people from our most renowned business schools (IIMs, XLRI, FMS, etc) dont get into entrepreneurship.