“This is not a business, I started as a business. It's a passion which ended up becoming a business.”
Raveendran Byju is the founder of the edtech app, Byju’s the learning app enabling thousands of students to prepare for the competitive entrance exams. This is his story.
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Marie Curie, The Wonder Woman
Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867. She was the daughter of a secondary school teacher, and although she received only a general education in local schools and some scientific training from her father, she volunteered to help other girls by getting involved in a Students’ Revolutionary Organization. Watch her story and Eureka Moment.
Lee Byung – Chul: Magnetism of the technological world
Born in February 1910 Byung-Chul was the son of a wealthy landowning family in Korea. In 1938 he had established a trucking business and then moved to nearby Daegu city and founded the Samsung group as a trading company at a grocery store. Samsung started as a small trading company with forty employees. Be great strong and everlasting was the motto of Samsung meaning 3 stars, Number 3 in Korean ‘Sam’ is a popular number which means the grand and mighty and star pronounced sung means ‘eternally shining’.
Chanakya- The Great Strategist
“Once you start working on something, don’t be afraid of failure ,and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely, are the happiest.”
Today’s story is about an Indian philosopher, teacher, jurist and economist. He is known for his intelligence and clever decisions. A person of unappealing appearance, accentuated by his broken teeth ,and crooked feet, he suffered great humiliation before he became a significant person, in the foundation, expansion and building of the Maurya Empire.
Ekta Kapoor: The Empress of Indian Television
"Expect the unexpected from me!" Quoted by Ekta Kapoor.
Ekta Ravi Kapoor, the czar of Indian television industry was born on 7th of June 1975 to the legendary Bollywood actor Jeetendra aka Ravi Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor. Her younger brother, Tusshar Kapoor is also a Bollywood actor. This is her story.
Irrfan Khan – The Kohinoor of Bollywood
“I suppose, in the end, life becomes an act of letting go.”
These eternal words were uttered in the movie ‘The Life of Pi’ by one of the most legendary actors in this world, Mr Irrfan Khan.
This is his story.
Walt Disney- The Paperboy of Animation
Disney, abode our childhood of innocent smiles. As a child,we all have beguiled ourselves into the world of princesses, fairy godmothers,talking trees, rabbits and dogs. And the mastermind we need to thank for this beautiful imaginary yet lavishing world is Sir Walter Elias Disney.
Azim Premji- The Czar of the Indian IT Industry
Ever wondered why and how Wipro Limited, became one of the most successful IT companies in the world and how it came into existence. Let me tell you a fairy tale that transformed a Vegetable oil manufacturer into a billionaire.
In the year 1945, when India was on its way to get her Independence. Somewhere in Mumbai, Azim Premji was born to M.H Premji on 24th July. Muhammed Hashim Premji was a noted businessman and was popularly known among the folks as the Rice King of Burma.
Peter Thiel- Person of Persistence
Peter Theil, was born, on October 11, 1967. and is an American entrepreneur and capitalist. Through his life. it can be perceived that. he has not wasted a single moment of his life. and courageously followed his dreams. He believed that, moving first is a tactic and not a goal. and by following what he spoke, he kept moving towards his goal, without looking back, and reached his aspired destination.
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The word Eureka means “I found it” and everyone in the world has such moments in their life where they find the meaning of their life and take the way forward to work towards it.