This book brings together the knowledge and wisdom of high tech Indian entrepreneurs from around the world and provides a roadmap for building great companies. It explains the “nuts & bolts” of the entrepreneurial world and gives an insight into the innovative and successful management skills utilized by them. The book highlights the strengths and thought processes of each entrepreneur as applied to their success. In addition it showcases the effective habits of these successful people. This is a book about entrepreneurial management. It’s about leadership. It’s for all of us who work succeed in our lives. The twenty four individuals/ minds interviewed in this book includes: the father of the Pentium chip, president of Bell Labs, MD of Mckinsey, No 1 VC in the World, founders of Sun Microsystems, Sycamore, Exodus, Cirrus Logic, Hotmail, Cerent, Siara, CEO’s of AMD, Alcatel, and Dr. Deepak Chopra.
Their collective thoughts represent “The Entrepreneurial Connection.”
This is not a mere compilation of success stories, but a narrative of a quiet India-U.S. phenomenon of the last three decades. The interviews are organized according to the various phases of company’s life: conception, company building, market penetration, growth and globalization, morphing and transformation, diversification, mentoring, angel and VC investing, and finally the synergy of eastern and western values. This book is a must read for parents in search of role models for their aspiring children, students who want to explore contemporary success stories in business, teachers who seek satisfaction from examples of educational successes, and above all, the entrepreneurs who wish to be inspired from these extraordinary profiles of determination and hard work.
