.@rajeshjain, the founder of Netcore, presented me with a book he has authored, titled ‘Startup to Proficorn’ (tinyurl.com/5fwjpn9h).
In the book, he introduces an interesting concept - ‘Proficorn’. It's a term he coined to refer to privately held, bootstrapped (only founder investment), profitable and highly valuable ventures. Sharing his journey of creating two successful Proficorns, he implicitly contrasts ‘proficorns’ and ‘unicorns’, which we know as privately held startups valued at $1 billion+ that grow very rapidly on the strength of capital funding from VCs or PEs and the like.
Some of the challenges, learnings and successes he has narrated so lucidly, made me nostalgic as they reminded me of my own entrepreneurial journey.
The book contained a lot of valuable entrepreneurial insights and one thing that really resonated with me was, “…as an entrepreneur, you are imagining, living in, and creating the future. All you have is a broad understanding of the direction you need to head in – a compass. There is no map…you need to figure out the way ahead through unmarked territory.” In my experience, that’s 100% true!
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Last Friday, I found myself overwhelmed with gratitude and joy. At the serene Kitab Khanna in Fort, Mumbai, I unveiled a piece of my heart - my first book, "Start Up to Proficorn", brought to life with the tireless efforts of @JaicoBooksIN and Sandhya Kannan.
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