Format: Paperback or Softback. Publication Date: 4/1/2012. Item Availability. ISBN: 9788129119797. Your source for quality books at reduced prices. Condition Guide. By Agarwal, Varun.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRupa & Company
ISBN-10812911979X
ISBN-139788129119797
eBay Product ID (ePID)24038777558
Product Key Features
Book TitleHow I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded a Million Dollar Company
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
IllustratorYes
AuthorVarun Agarwal
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight9.1 Oz
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
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SynopsisAbout The BookHow does an unfocused young person such as Varun Agarwal, become the co-founder of a million dollar company? How does he get pesky Anu Aunty off his trail? The book How I Braved Anu Aunty & Co-Founded A Million Dollar Company is an interesting real-life story of how the author, Varun Agarwal, managed to brave all odds to reach the peak of his career.Varun Agarwal is shown to be an unfocused human being, with no real interest in pursuing a career, even though he does harbour dreams of becoming a successful entrepreneur. Varun whiles away his time, hopping from pub to pub, spending time with friends and keeping a track of his love interest on Facebook.These traits worry his mother to the bone, compelling her to put the very meddlesome Anu Aunty on the job, to help get her son moving in the right direction in life. Anu Aunty does a rather good job of this, much to Varun's dismay. He then does all that he can to get her off his track, while pursuing his dreams to become an entrepreneur.Published on 1st April, 2012, How I Braved Anu Aunty & Co-Founded A Million Dollar Company can be purchased in paperback. What is most interesting about this story is the beautiful portrayal of the author's real-life struggle and success in the entrepreneurial world. Key Features The book gives you a relatable real-life account of the author's sojourn in the corporate world and in life as well. The writing-style employed by the author can be easily comprehended by anyone, especially youngsters., How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded A Million Dollar Company is the true story of its young author Varun. The protagonist dreams about becoming an entrepreneur without much support from people around him. Convention emerges as a potent problem in the form of Engineering and MBA degrees. Alongside, there is also Anu Aunty, his mother's best friend who turns into his biggest threat. The character of Anu Aunty stands out in the book and she is presented as an interfering woman, poking her nose into the problems of others. She is the quintessential anxious Indian mother of an accomplished son. How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded A Million Dollar Company presents Anu Aunty's constant ridicule and mocking of Varun's seemingly laidback and unaccomplished personality. Anu Aunty keeps appearing as an obstacle in the path of Varun and his friends at every juncture. However, Anu Aunty's ridicule eventually spurs Varun onto greater heights and he comes up with a business idea in partnership with his friend Rohan Malhotra. He decides to follow his own dreams and establishes an organization called Alma Mater. Creating customized accessories and outfits for educational alumni in India, the venture is a roaring success. How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded A Million Dollar Company is the author's debut novel and is on its fourth reprint already. Having sold twenty thousand copies in only a month, the book has become a bestseller by national standards. It has also occupied a firm foothold on the bestseller charts for eighty days at a stretch. He attained initial popularity with his Facebook blog posts, a few of which were sent to his publishers. The book was conceived once they demanded a full manuscript.