It may happen that you might feel depressed at times for different reasons and so I was.
And then I heard him. He said 'Entrepreneurship is celebration." He also said "Don't allow energy and enthusiasm diminish in the journey from dream to destination."
He left the established business of corporate financing. For what? To venture in to a very low cost product 'Vada Pav". A journey started from the small shop at Kalyan Station is reached to 300 Vada Pav outlets in 100 cities of 20 states. And still growing. He dreams even today.
It was tough journey. It had all odds like finance, local competition, apartheid-ism that how one south Indian can run Vada Pav business in Mumbai amidst clouts of two local political parties. From such mess, he got in supply chain which is supplying to McDonald, low cost machinery, out of box marketing campaign etc. Darling of Mumbai street food, Vada Pav has crossed borders of not only city but state and today it is filling up hunger nationwide, fetching investment from international funding. Astonishing!
Meet Mr Venkatesh Ayyar. Founder of Goli Vada Pav. Core entrepreneur, excellent orator and whose feet are firm on ground even though sky is only limit for him. A very modest and humble man. I heard him for the second time. No wonder, both times he received standing ovation.
Depression in mind is shown dustbin. That was the power of his talk.
Take a bow, Mr Venkatesh Ayyar
