This book wouldn’t have been possible without generous inputs from four different startup founders—Aditya, Girdhari, Nimisha, and Asif—and my colleagues at Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, namely Professors Dhruv and Rohit.
I am grateful to Prof. Nitin Pangarkar, Associate Professor, National University of Singapore Business School, Singapore, and Prof. Sunny Li Sun, PhD, Assistant Professor, The Bloch School of Management, University of Missouri–Kansas City, Kansas City (Missouri), for their valuable inputs.
I am also grateful to Prof. Kiran Momyaya, Professor of Strategy, SJM School of Management, IIT Mumbai, and Prof. Siri Terjesen, Associate Professor, American University, Washington D.C. Metro Area, for encouraging this interesting idea of the book.
I am thankful to Professors Sunil, Madhu Shree, Niva, Anupama, Ankur, Nakul, and Shaphali—my colleagues at Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon—and to FPM Scholar Nupur at MDI, Gurgaon, for reading the first draft and giving their critical and valuable inputs.
Majority of the stories from the book are already shared on Times of India blogs and I am thankful to them. I have also used some jokes in the book, which I have heard over the years from friends, and acknowledge the anonymous creator of those jokes.