SURESH BHAGAVATULA: Hi.
I'm Suresh Bhagavatula, an assistant
professor here at the N.S. Raghavan
Center for Entrepreneurial
Learning here at IIM Bangalore.
The world we live in is not
the world some years ago.
It's certainly not the
world from centuries ago.
So what has changed over the years?
The quality of life that a
common man currently experiences
is way better than the noblemen or
the kings experience of centuries ago.
So how is it possible?
At the center of this
change are entrepreneurs.
So who are these entrepreneurs?
In the past we thought
they were born and they
were people with certain
characteristics and certain attitudes.
But as we researched
over the years we have
found that entrepreneurs come
from all different walks of life
and all different attitudes.
But what does it then mean?
It means that anybody can
become an entrepreneur,
so the focus of this course
is going to help you--
and I mean you with
entrepreneurial intent,
with an idea of starting up your
venture, not knowing how to do it.
We will take you through
this course and by the end
of the course you will be able to
understand whether entrepreneurship
is for you or not.
So how are we going to do it?
We are going to ask you to
complete a lot of exercises,
and we'll also ask you to go out and
talk to customers and build your idea
and streamline your idea
based on the comments
that the customers give to you.
We will also ask you to listen
to a lot of entrepreneurs
who have been there and done it,
just listen to their life stories
and to be motivated and to understand
how entrepreneurship is different,
how different people
start their ventures,
and gives us confidence to
go start our own venture.
I invite you to join this course
and take the baby steps that
will help you get to your venture.
Welcome.
