Rashmi Bansal is a writer, Entrepreneur and a motivational speaker. An author of 10 bestselling books on entrepreneurship which have sold more than 1.2 million copies and been translated in 12 languages, including Korean and Vietnamese. Rashmi is the # 1 business books author in India.
Rashmi’s first book was Stay Hungry Stay Foolish, the runaway bestseller on 25 MBAs from IIM Ahmedabad who went on to create successful businesses.
Her other popular titles include ‘Connect the Dots’, ‘I Have a Dream’, ‘God’s Own Kitchen’ and ‘Touch the Sky’ Shine Bright’. Rashmi’s latest book ‘We are the Champions’ released at Jaipur Literature Festival 2020.
Rashmi co-founded JAM (Just Another Magazine) which went on to become India’s most popular youth magazine. Her first job as a journalist was with the The Times of India.
She had been a regular contributor to Business world, Business Today and Consulting Editor with business news channel Bloomberg UTV.
Rashmi mentor’s numerous students and young entrepreneurs and also teaches a full-credit course called ‘Road Less Travelled’ at Ashoka University.
She graduated in Economics from Sophia College, Mumbai and did her MBA from IIM Ahmedabad in 1993.
The book, ‘I have a Dream’ is a collection of 20 stories which reveal the success of various entrepreneurs that have made a big difference in the world. It is an inspiring book that sheds light on various aspects of entrepreneurship and talks about how one can overcome the various hurdles that come along with it. The in-depth research and griping narrative make this book an engaging read. This book has been written by Rashmi Bansal.
How does an entrepreneur earn profits and become successful without hurting the environment or people around them? How does an entrepreneur develop not only his business but also the society he lives in? This book through the story of 20 entrepreneurs reflects how conventional problems of the society can be solved using innovative techniques. The author has divided the book in three categories - Rainmakers, Change makers and The Spiritual Capitalists. This segregation is based on the type of business model utilized by these entrepreneurs and its impact on the society.
The first section of rainmakers includes businesses with the primary aim of not earning profit but helping the society. It includes stories of Bindeshwar Pathak, the man who established Sulabh International and Sumita Ghosh who started the Rangsutra, despite the murder of her husband by ULFA terrorists. Another inspiring story is that of Anand Kumar, who is famous for his coaching class Super 30 that mentors 30 poor students every year for the preparation of IIT JEE exams. The 'Change makers' section talks about people who created a revolution by taking small steps.
It includes stories of Madhav Chavan, founder of Pratham and Anshu Gupta, the founder of Goonj. Spiritual Capitalists comprises of stories of Madhu Pandit Dasa and Vinay Lokhani of Parivaar Ashram.