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Stay Hungry Stay Foolish, by Rashmi Bansal, is a collection of 25 inspiring stories of 25 graduates from IIM Ahmedabad, who chose to tread the path of entrepreneurship. Their stories have now become sources of inspiration for all the budding entrepreneurs. Summary of the Book Stay Hungry Stay Foolish is widely acknowledged as a genuine source of inspiration for every original thinker with big dreams, who aspires to work on the idea of creating their own business venture. The book has sold more than 400,000 copies and has been translated into several other languages since its publication in 2008. It studies the cases of 25 individuals from diverse backgrounds and presents them to readers. These are the people who started their own businesses at the beginning of their careers, after completing their MBA education. Stories behind popular names such as naukari.com and Subhiksha describe what early dreamers like Sanjeev Bikhchandani and R Subramanian achieved. Motivating cases like Makemytrip.com, Mphasis tell the stories of people with a former taste of corporate life, before they became entrepreneurs. Rashmi meticulously writes about some of the informative stories of social friendly projects taken up by IIM PGP graduates, including GiveIndia by Venkat Krishnan. The title has been taken from one of the famous speeches made by Steve Jobs during his commencement address at the Stanford University. About Rashmi Bansal Rashmi Bansal is a quintessential young woman of today’s India, who is managing several roles in her professional life. She is considered as one of the best authors on entrepreneurship. Her works on the subject have won several accolades. Her book Connecting the Dots is also a bestseller, which talks about people who have left the well-trodden path of defined careers and have been successful in their unconventional walks of life. She is an expert in youth-related topics and is an entrepreneur herself. She is also a very active columnist who pens for several online portals like Rediff. Rashmi also serves as a consultant, guest lecturer and mentor for international youth research agencies, management institutes and aspiring students. Follow Every Rainbow, I Have a Dream, Poor Little Rich Slum, Zero to Hero and Sach Hue Sapne are some of the other books penned by Rashmi.