P C Mustafa
Mustafa was a coolie’s son who had failed in Class 6 but went on to join the Regional Engineering College (now the National Institute of Technology), Calicut and the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore.
Today, fresh idli and dosa batter made by P C Mustafa’s company ID Fresh reaches homes in Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mangaluru and even Dubai.
Jaideep Sajdeh
Mumbai’s Jaideep Sajdeh saw a chance to build a business that could help the environment, create much-needed low-skilled jobs in India and make him rich. His family has been turning old garments from the West into recycled yarn for decades.
He decided to create a new source of demand for used textiles by starting a new business: shopping bags made from reused cloth. Like most “recycled” bags on offer at grocery stores around the world, his bags are green because they are not made out of disposable plastic and can be used over and over again.
Mr. Sajdeh’s bags, however, are even greener, because they are made of old sheets, napkins, and tablecloths. His company Texool is already supplying them to some of India’s biggest retailers as well as international brands in India including Disney, Mattel, Colgate and Steve Madden.
These stories are bound to make you feel energised and rejuvenated and to shake off that fear of failure inside yourself.
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