The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad’s alumni Ujwal Kalra and Shobhit Shubhankar launched a book titled ‘Startup Compass’ supported by the institute’s incubator CIIE CO.
The book offers advice and stories of grit and ambition from homegrown heroes, as well as how they’ve transformed their dreams into tangible realities. It includes an introduction by N R Narayana Murthy, Co-Founder of Infosys.
Startup Compass is predicated on the ‘How you can Begin a Startup’ sequence at IIM Ahmedabad and contains in depth interviews by fifteen iconic Indian entrepreneurs, the place they converse of their success and failure throughout key levels of the startup lifecycle.
The lecture sequence at IIM Ahmedabad embrace main entrepreneurs corresponding to Sanjeev Bikhchandani (Naukri), Deep Kalra (MakeMyTrip), Sachin Bansal (Flipkart), Falguni Nayar (Nykaa), Kunal Shah (CRED), Sahil Barua (Delhivery), Raghunandan G. (TaxiForSure), amongst others.
The subjects coated embrace planning a startup, growing an concept, forming a group, constructing a product, elevating funding and, importantly, shifting from an entrepreneurial mindset to a managerial mindset as you scale up your organization.
The recommendation they provide is invaluable, and covers all of the levels within the lifetime of a start-up, from concept, group and product, to eventual exit, the assertion stated.
Commenting on the ebook launch, Ujwal Kalra stated, “Immediately, India is on the cusp of a startup revolution which can remodel the nation into an financial powerhouse. Startup Compass is a ebook to ignite the startup explosion in India. It’s for anybody who’s excited about or intrigued by the startup area. The ebook gives tangible learnings from fifteen icons of the startup area throughout every stage within the journey of a startup, from the inception of an concept,to group and product constructing, fundraising, to exit. The founders and buyers interviewed for the ebook share their learnings in firm constructing by way of motivational tales, which have immensely influenced me and impressed me in my very own entrepreneurial journey.”
The ebook is powered by CIIE CO, the incubator and accelerator of IIM A, that’s centered on supporting Entrepreneurs and startups engaged on rising deep applied sciences corresponding to IoT, robotics, AI-ML, blockchain and others to deliver technological inclusion for the plenty of India.
Kunal Upadhaya, Co-Founder at CIIE.CO stated “Startup Compass is full with tales of grit and ambition from fearless founders. Very like the imaginative and prescient of entrepreneurs being remodeled into tangible actuality, the ebook brings alive the essence of the ‘How To Begin A Startup,’ the lecture sequence at IIM Ahmedabad created in partnership between founders and CIIE.CO.”