Inspirational Journey of Successful Entrepreneurs and their Startups


BENGALURU: Startups in India have taken a huge leap, now every individual has a thought of starting his own business. Gone are the days where people used to try harder to join their dream company. Today everybody wants to be the boss themselves; nobody wants to hear a ‘NO’ from their boss, instead they would rather create the work they love. There are numerous stories of people who have achieved success by establishing self employment. Here are few stories of such successful entrepreneurs that influence others to kick start their business.

Flipkart - Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal

When we speak about the success of startups the first company that strikes our mind is Flipkart, founded by the brothers—Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal. These are the two popular figures in the Indian e-commerce industry; they did their schooling together at OP Jindal Modern School, Hisar, and then pursued Computer Science Engineering at IIT Delhi. Sachin Bansal started his career with Techspan whilst Binny Bansal worked at Sarnoff Corporation. Later on, both of them worked for Amazon before transitioning into their own business. Flipkart was originated in the year 2007. Just like other business, Flipkart started in a low scale. Bansal brothers began their journey in the e-commerce world by selling books, with the aim of improving the internet shopping in India. Today Flipkart is valuated at US$17 billion; they have more than 12 million products in various categories. In 2012, Sachin Bansal bagged ‘Enterprenur of the Year’ award.

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