I've always been confused about where I want to go and what I want to be. Ever since I remember I feel I have been a free, bold and independent spirit. I have done exactly what I want because that's the only thing that works for me and makes me the person I am today.
Running your own start-up or even working for one is challenging and unpredictable. But somehow it is that uncertainty that pushes people beyond their limits and achieve things they never even imagined. In this startup journey, the first obstacle every entrepreneur faces is raising money. While some companies consider bootstrapping, others look for funding. And guess who gives the funding? It is the Venture Capitalist. Venture Capital is typically the financing that well-off investors, investment banks and other financial institutions provide to startup companies and small businesses that promise long-term growth potential.
A lot has happened since 2016, I fell in love. I got a job at a leading company. I messed up there. I quit. I took back my resignation. I worked hard. I gave up on the girl I should’ve been with. I left my job. I moved cities. And yet, the subject of my story is not love or work. During this time, I had my tryst with an exam that bears no resemblance to cute furry feline it shares its name with. The CAT.
In Mohit's words: Thursday, March 14, 2019: Exactly 20 days after I choking my way through IIM Ahmedabad’s interview, I knew this would be my last chance for a seat at one of the old IIMs. Troubled throughout the night, either due to excitement or kept awake by the demons of my past, this was a make-it or break-it situation. Soon enough, I got ready and took the hour-long journey from NOIDA to the prescribed venue – Hotel Radisson Blu in Dwarka. To pass the time and compose myself I flipped between several podcasts.
With average salaries reaching 25 L.P.A last year, you know that at XLRI you’ll get placed for sure. But these are general facts everyone knows. So what makes XLRI such a loved and prestigious b-school? Whether you have questions about the way to get into XLRI, campus placements, committees, alumni connect, or want to know about the campus itself, find out all in this latest episode of KYC - Know Your Campus!
In the great Harsha Bhogle’s words, if you go to IIM to earn a salary, you've started terribly wrong. As he says, they come here to build careers. I have started terribly wrong and learned my lesson no. 1 at IIM-K.
What do you look for in an ideal b-school? Do you want world class professors? Do you want great companies coming on campus for recruitment? Do you want exposure to the absolute cutting edge of business and management? Do you want a great exchange programme with a global university? Do you want support, guidance and insight on how to crack your dream company? Do you want a business school with a proven track record and a storied history of great management education?
If there was just one thing I wish I could convince my aspirant self, it would be to believe that the dark, rocky road she was travelling on-that dreadful ambiguity, is going to make sense very soon. But, then I would just be spoiling her about the best chapter of her life yet. I would tell her to once in a while, give herself the credit she was due for arriving at the decision that she wanted to pursue an MBA, finding the determination to chase it and moving past all the random hindrances in the way that had no business to interfere with her journey. The day she would realise that nothing was ever random, that everything was leading her to the moment she converted a top tier B-School was coming very soon. Until then, I'll write her a letter and hope that it finds her well.
I've always been confused about where I want to go and what I want to be. Ever since I remember I feel I have been a free, bold and independent spirit. I have done exactly what I want because that's the only thing that works for me and makes me the person I am today.
Running your own start-up or even working for one is challenging and unpredictable. But somehow it is that uncertainty that pushes people beyond their limits and achieve things they never even imagined. In this startup journey, the first obstacle every entrepreneur faces is raising money. While some companies consider bootstrapping, others look for funding. And guess who gives the funding? It is the Venture Capitalist. Venture Capital is typically the financing that well-off investors, investment banks and other financial institutions provide to startup companies and small businesses that promise long-term growth potential.
A lot has happened since 2016, I fell in love. I got a job at a leading company. I messed up there. I quit. I took back my resignation. I worked hard. I gave up on the girl I should’ve been with. I left my job. I moved cities. And yet, the subject of my story is not love or work. During this time, I had my tryst with an exam that bears no resemblance to cute furry feline it shares its name with. The CAT.
In Mohit's words: Thursday, March 14, 2019: Exactly 20 days after I choking my way through IIM Ahmedabad’s interview, I knew this would be my last chance for a seat at one of the old IIMs. Troubled throughout the night, either due to excitement or kept awake by the demons of my past, this was a make-it or break-it situation. Soon enough, I got ready and took the hour-long journey from NOIDA to the prescribed venue – Hotel Radisson Blu in Dwarka. To pass the time and compose myself I flipped between several podcasts.
With average salaries reaching 25 L.P.A last year, you know that at XLRI you’ll get placed for sure. But these are general facts everyone knows. So what makes XLRI such a loved and prestigious b-school? Whether you have questions about the way to get into XLRI, campus placements, committees, alumni connect, or want to know about the campus itself, find out all in this latest episode of KYC - Know Your Campus!
In the great Harsha Bhogle’s words, if you go to IIM to earn a salary, you've started terribly wrong. As he says, they come here to build careers. I have started terribly wrong and learned my lesson no. 1 at IIM-K.
What do you look for in an ideal b-school? Do you want world class professors? Do you want great companies coming on campus for recruitment? Do you want exposure to the absolute cutting edge of business and management? Do you want a great exchange programme with a global university? Do you want support, guidance and insight on how to crack your dream company? Do you want a business school with a proven track record and a storied history of great management education?
If there was just one thing I wish I could convince my aspirant self, it would be to believe that the dark, rocky road she was travelling on-that dreadful ambiguity, is going to make sense very soon. But, then I would just be spoiling her about the best chapter of her life yet. I would tell her to once in a while, give herself the credit she was due for arriving at the decision that she wanted to pursue an MBA, finding the determination to chase it and moving past all the random hindrances in the way that had no business to interfere with her journey. The day she would realise that nothing was ever random, that everything was leading her to the moment she converted a top tier B-School was coming very soon. Until then, I'll write her a letter and hope that it finds her well.
