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Rashmi Bansal: books (Stay Hungry Stay Foolish and others)

Rashmi Bansal · rashmibansal.in Paid Beginner India

The author's own page listing her books, starting with Stay Hungry Stay Foolish (2008), profiles of Indian MBA graduates who chose to start companies, followed by books on women, small-town and student entrepreneurs. Plain, readable Indian founder stories.

Indian founders started with little money and grew slowly; you can too.
Read for the early decisions, not the outcomes.
Her later books cover founders without MBAs and from small towns.

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