My examples are not the Ambani's or the Narayana Moorthys' although those are exciting stories I've read on paper. My first instance is a normal street vendor I used to see daily when walking to catch my bus to school. He used to sell flowers early in the mornings. But slowly he started alternating his days with other commodities like rangoli powder, vegetables, fruits until finally I stopped seeing him. I will only be right in guessing that he outgrew his humble beginnings. The second guy I've seen is my dad, who started up a proprietorship on a highly competitive and capital intensive petroleum by products manufacturing, processing and supply. When I graduated, the CEO of my first company was the next interesting personality. His face used to light-up when he talked about the product space he was positioning his company and how he expects to capitalize on the niche he has chosen. I saw many other instances then including a couple of college buddies jumped into their own ventures which was great.
My first hand at it (although not for a living) was when a friend invited me to join an initiative of a running club for my college. In the past 3 months, it has been a great feeling working on something I've enjoyed over the past couple of years, Running. Things are at a very small scale, and we are not even on our feet in terms of a sizeable membership, buzzing activity, events etc. We are still discovering and expanding our club to include many runners and get more "feet on street". But just to work as part of something you are passionate about is a great experience, and I can now understand the joy and pride of the "real entrepreneurs" out there!
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