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I envy you!

Santosh Patil

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Because

You are in a beautiful junction where any decision youtake, can take you places!

You are fresh!

You are full of energy!

You are full of ideas!

You are not bogged down by any commitments!

You are not influenced by any of good or bad of corporate

culture!

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But I am sure you have a dilemma

Lucrative JobOr

Exciting Entrepreneurship?Or

Dads Business

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Sorry!

I am not here to give answer!

But I can share some interesting facts!

Hoping that, you can decide what do you want!

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Whoa!

Richard Branson

Net Worth $4.6 B Mark CubanNet Worth $2.5 B

Sheldon Adelson

Net Worth $28.5 B

Eric Lefvosky

Net Worth $1.75 B

Started

with

Selling

Christmas

tree!

Started

with

Selling

Garbage

Baggages!

Started

with

Selling

News -

papers!

Started

with

Selling

Carpets!

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We are Indians!Lets talk about Indian Entrepreneurs!!

Dhirubhai Ambani Ghanshyam Das Birla

Ardeshir GodrejJamsetji Tata

Started as

Trading

firm clerk

Started as

Cotton

Dealer

Started

with small

cotton mill

Started asattendant

to a

chemist

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Okey!!.. That was Olden days

Plenty of opportunities

Minimal Competition

It took ages to build these empires.

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Recent Entrepreneurs

Phanindra sama (redbus.in)

Acquired by Ibibo Groupfor800+Cr

Deepinder Goyal (zomato)Last week this company valued at

Rs. 1000 Cr

Bansals, flipkart.com

IT Professional

from MNCs

Started in 2005

Online

restaurantguide

Started in

2008

Started withselling books

online in

2007

$3 Mn

$16 Mn

$7.5 Mn$5 Mn

$1 Mn

$1 Mn

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What made them successful?

They saw opportunity in every situation and made best outof it!

Each learning and failure is converted into milestone /

stepping stone for what they wanted to achieve!

They provided solutions for the problems they faced/found

rather than cribbing about it!

Last but not the least!

They listened to their heart and they believed in

themselves!

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Coming to vegwala.com..

Vegwala.com is online retain store which delivers freshfruits and vegetables to customer doorstep.

We operate from Whitefield Bangalore covering ~15 km

radius.

We have

- 4 delivery slots,

- email/phone/online ordering options,

- ~200 SKUs to chose from,

- 14 employees,

- ~4000 customers

- 22000 Items shipped every month

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In News..

Economic times

The Hindu Business Line

National StandardIndian Express The Observer

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How was it started?

About me Idea

Hard work went in

Visit to Mandis Visit to farms

Understanding end to end flow of perishable items

Learning during the process

Price variations

Farmers plight

Middlemens mercy

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What is vegwala.coms mission?

- To organize the Indian agriculture industry!

- Bring customers and farmers closer

- Encourage farmers to grow healthy products byavoiding dangerous pesticides and chemicals

- Provide End to End support to farmers in growing

what he/she wants to grow

- Bridge the gap in demand and supplywhich is

the major reason for farmer suicides and their

current condition.

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What helped me?

Open and positive mind

Sticking to roots

Not to follow western business ideas but develop

ones own in Indian context!

Frequent retrospection- Is it what I want to do..

Ask this question everyday!

DREAM BIGOnly then you can plan to achieve it!

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Did you decide what do you want to

do?Whatever you plan to do, stick to the following rules!

Give your best on any task you take up! That will

give you next best opportunity.

Eyes and Ears open to grab the opportunities!

Always dream big and have an itch to achieve

more!

If you are not able to jump into what you want to

do, use each opportunity towards having that day!

Last but not leastDo not burn out! Give priority

to family and friends!

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Did you enjoy the session?

So let your questions tell me the answer!

Q&A!

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And finally remember!

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Thank You!!