What began as a nightmare project for us, turned out not only as a wonderful learning experience but also as a fruitful one. Till two days back, I was cursing Sir as to what type of a project he has given us-Meeting a CEO, then video shoot him, ask him about his experience etc…….. But now I would like to thank Neville Sir for giving us such a unique project, in which we spoke to someone totally unknown to us and who has been a successful entrepreneur.
For us the main question was not to meet a CEO but from where to find a CEO who will provide us with all of the above because in our group all of us have a traditional family business or one of our team members’ family is working for the Merchant Navy , with no connection to e-commerce. After several calls to different offices, we got the usual and the expected answer – ‘We don’t have time’ or ‘We won’t allow you to video-shoot, you can give a questionnaire which we will fill and give you back.’ We lost hope and had made up our mind that we should be ready to sacrifice 15 marks at this juncture.
But the plus point of this project for me was that I actually learnt the hands on power of networking. Having lost hope, we just kept our BB status as ‘Anyone having an extra CEO plz revert …urgently required for Ecom project’ and we luckily one of my friends told me that he has a friend whose friend works in an Ecommerce related Business and his boss would be able to help us with our project and this is how we found Mr Paritosh Likhite, Founder & CEO, THE GIFTOPIA
The experience with Mr Paritosh Likhite is an unforgettable one. The man shared with us not only how he started as an entrepreneur but also his future plans. We all have always thought of becoming entrepreneurs and start our own firm but we didn’t know how, before this interview. He taught us how to be strong even in ups and downs and how to be motivated in the ups and how not to get demotivated during the downs. The work that he does is created by his own thought and helps in creating new ideas which I feel is the secret behind his success.
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