People Making a Difference
Entrepreneurship is not an easy journey. As they say, its take a village to raise a child, a successful entrepreneur is not alone and support of family, friends, investors and mentors is crucial to success. Who are these people that are making a difference in the lives of entrepreneurs? What can we learn from them?
Byju Raveendran
Byjus is a controversial yet popular name in the EdTech industry. Byjus redefined the education industry and brought a new approach, a student friendly approach to teaching. Byju Raveendran is a passionate teacher and a visionary founder. While we may disagree with somethings he did, we can not deny his transformative contribution.
Sal Khan – Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a very popular resource among students for good quality videos on various subjects, competitive exams etc. Sal Khan is the man behind it.
Sridhar Vembu
Sridhar Vembu is the founder and CEO of Zoho Corporation. He was born in 1968 in a middle class Tamil family from a village in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu and is known for his business as well as social entrepreneurship.
Anshu Gupta - Goonj
Anshu Gupta, popularly known as the Clothing Man is the Founder of an Indian based nonprofit – Goonj. Goonj is a social enterprise that collects used clothing from the urban crowd, sort them, fix and later distribute among the poor and needy.
Prameet Bhargava
Pramit is founder of Louie Voice. Louie Voice is for everyone who will not let their disability or challenges stop them from living their life to the fullest.
Ravi Venkatesan
Ravi is founder of the Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME). He aims to make the entrepreneurship thrive and is helping shape policies to create an enabling environment.