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• Anushka makes it to theStack
Forbes Under 30 list
Anushka Sharma has become the only Bol-
lywood actor to feature in this year’s Forbes
‘Asia 30 Under 30’ list, which features 300
young innovators and disruptors across
10 categories who are re-inventing their
industries and driving change across this • Don 3 in the making,
diverse region.. The Pari actress has been Farhan Akhtar says
acknowledged by the Forbes as a youth Filmmaker Farhan Akhtar,
icon. Forbes wrote, “The 29-year old who recently confirmed that
started out her career as a model in 2007, he is working on the script of
making her acting debut in 2008 in the Don 3, has rejected rumours
hugely successful Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, that he would play the role of
which won her a Filmfare award for Best a police officer in the movie.
Actress.” The description further read, The 44-year-old director
“Going on to act in a further 19 films (three hinted that Shah Rukh Khan
of which have not yet been released), Sharma will be in the lead. Akhtar and
Ritesh Sidhwani’s production
also holds social causes dear to heart, ap- company, Excel Entertain-
pearing in a ‘Right to Education’ advert ment, owns the rights of the
released by the Indian government.” The Amitabh Bachchan-starrer
Bollywood actress, who is currently shoot- 1978 film Don. Last year,
ing for Sui Dhaaga, started out her career Sidhwani said the team had
as a model in 2007. She has acted in movies started working on the script.
like Band Baaja Baaraat, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, It is unclear whether Akhtar,
who directed the first two
PK, Bombay Velvet, Dil Dhadakne Do, Ae films, will be back at the
Dil Hai Mushkil and Jab Harry Met Sejal. helms again. It was rumoured
As a producer, Anushka, the wife of ace that Deepika Padukone
cricketer Virat Kohli, has made films like would replace Priyanka
NH10, Phillauri and Pari under her ban- Chopra — who played a cop,
ner Clean Slate Films. She starred in all Roma, in the first two films of
three films herself. the franchise.
My bucket list
• DATING BEFORE DIVORCE
AngelinA, who is yet to split with BrAd pitt, is dAting reAlty Agent is constantly
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie is reportedly changing’
dating a real estate agent. According to En-
tertainment Tonight, Jolie’s ex Brad Pitt, who
she has yet to finalise her divorce with after a
2016 split, is also quietly dating around. “It’s
not serious. Brad and Angie are both very
secretive about their dating life. Angie has
told some friends she isn’t ready to date, but
she has been seeing a handsome, older-look-
ing man who is a real estate agent. He isn’t a
celebrity or high profile in any way,” a source
said. The source also said that a Brangelina
reconciliation is not happening, “People talk
about them reuniting, but it will never Madhuri Dixit-Nene
• Old is gold Angelina sees older-looking man happen,” the source said. (In an interview)
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MATURE ENTREPRENEUR IS
Santro: the Car that Built a Company FULL OF GREAT CONCEPTS
Mere planning is not enough. New businesses
By BVR Subbu; Hachette flourish with great ideas, reveals the new book
Burn the Business Plan by Carl Schramm
There’s no business like the car business! Within months of its
launch in late 1998, with every well-known global automobile brand How would you like to get business start-up
jockeying for a foothold in a small-car market almost advice straight from the man who co-founded
monopolized by Maruti Udyog, Hyundai Motor India’s Global Entrepreneurship Week and Start-up
debut production, the Santro, emerged as a force to America? Well now you can. Carl Schramm, the
reckon with. The first car to be conceptualized and de- man described by The Economist as ‘the evan-
signed for — and then developed and manufactured gelist of Entrepreneurship’, has written a myth-
in — India, the ‘Sunshine Car’ outshone its competi- busting guide packed with tools and techniques
to help you get your big idea off the ground. It’s
tion in every sphere, winning awards and setting
standards in technology, quality and trust that are yet title is Burn the Business Plan.
to be achieved by any other small car in the Indian Burn the Business Plan punctures the myth of
market. Over a period of sixteen years it set the record the cool, tech-savvy 20-something entrepreneur
for the quickest small car brand to go from zero to with nothing to lose and venture capital to burn,
a million units sold, achieved profitability for Hyundai at unprec- showing that most people who start businesses
edented speed and made an impressive global impact as a ‘made in are juggling careers and mortgages just like you.
India’ automobile in markets as diverse as Algeria and Zimbabwe. Burn the Business Plan is written to encour-
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Why Wall Street matterS demystifies the entrepre-
neurial process portrayed
By William D Cohan; Penguin Random House on television shows like
Dragon’s Den.
Maybe you think the banks should be broken up and the bankers It doesn’t rely on largely
should be held accountable for the financial crisis in 2008. Maybe irrelevant stories of over-
you hate the greed of Wall Street but know that it’s important to the valued tech start-ups, nor
proper functioning of the world economy. Maybe you does it build on the largely
don’t really understand Wall Street, and phrases such mistaken narrative of a
as “credit default swap” make your eyes glaze over. linear path from cold start
to great success that is the
Maybe you are utterly confused by the fact that after essence of business
attacking Wall Street mercilessly during his cam-
paign, Donald Trump has surrounded himself with planning, as taught in
Wall Street veterans. But if you like your smart phone universities.
or your widescreen TV, your car or your morning ba- This is the guide to
con, your pension or your 401(k), then — whether you starting and running a business that will actually
know it or not — you are a fan of Wall Street. William work for the rest of us.
D. Cohan is no knee-jerk advocate for Wall Street and Burn the Business Plan is for regular people
the big banks. who just want practical, real-world advice on
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shows you how to avoid the common mistakes
triCkSter and what you need to do to put your enterprise
on track for success.
By Vinaya Bhagat; Harper Black
The book recognises that the “mature entre-
When she loses her parents in an accident, Diya Mathur’s world preneur” is a significant element in the start-up
collapses around her. As far as she knows, she’s alone in the world world.
now — till a mysterious letter arrives from India. Suddenly, Diya has The author establishes the fact that a big
a chance to be part of a family again. But moving from Boston to company can operate as a “de facto” school in
India also brings Diya closer to the place where the which an aspiring entrepreneur can learn about
horror of the Chakwa — the Master Trickster — first the various facets of the actual market ahead of
started. As bodies and tragedies pile up around handing out their innovation.
her, Diya’s belief in the urban myth of the Chakwa A successful entrepreneur charts a different
increases. Will the monster that ruined her parents’ path with innovative ideas that even dismiss the
life now destroy Diya’s happiness? Or will she manage popular myth-making stories of the entrepre-
to defeat him at his own game? With the help of her neurs of Silicon valley.
newly-discovered friends and family, Diya must fight New businesses flourish with great ideas, not
not just the monster in her nightmares but also make merely planning a business. As the author puts
sense of a fast-unravelling web of lies that makes up it: “If you have already written a business plan,
her life. take my advice: Burn it!”
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