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2. Richa Dikshit
Earlier job: Associate investment banker at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Quit in: March 2011
Now runs: Toy Tasting and Yellow Giraffe

An ex-investment banker by profession decided to step out of the shell in March 2011. The story began when she went to at International Toy Fair in Nuremberg, the world's largest toy expo. Dikshit had to select toys for her ecommerce business enterprise, Toy Tasting, a video channel that helps parents select the best toys for their toddlers. During her maternity brake she when she spotted her one year old child playing with few of the toys, she immediately shoot a video and put it on internet. Today that simple idea generates 4.5 million views on the website. Since 2011 the number of videos has been increasing and soon it is expected to reach 500 videos.

Richa’s husband Chetan Dikshit said"The top 50 videos were shot by me when she wanted a business partner to grow her fledgling start-up, she didn't have to look far”, reports ET,  who had also quit his job with bulge bracket financial services firm Rothschild to help.

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