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Stay Hungry Stay Foolish

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Stay Hungry Stay Foolish
AuthorRashmi Bansal
LanguageEnglish
GenreInspirational Non-fiction
PublisherCIIE.CO, IIM Ahmedabad
Publication date
2008
Publication placeIndia
Media typeBook
Pages394
ISBN978-81-904530-1-1

Stay Hungry Stay Foolish is a 2008 book by the Indian non-fiction author Rashmi Bansal. Stay Hungry Stay Foolish created a new record in Indian publishing by selling over 300,000 copies and has been translated into eight languages.[1] "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish" is a famous quote of American business magnate Steve Jobs,[2] which he originally took from last page of the Whole Earth Catalog published in October 1974.[3]

It features the stories of 25 MBAs from IIM Ahmedabad who left lucrative jobs to follow the rough road of entrepreneurship. It is an IIM Ahmedabad CIIE (Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship) publication. Bansal is the author of a number of other books on entrepreneurship: Connect the Dots, I Have a Dream, Poor Little Rich Slum, Follow Every Rainbow, and Take me Home, Arise Awake, and God's Own Kitchen.[4][5]

About the title

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In 2005, during his famous commencement speech at Stanford University,[3] Steve Jobs quoted the farewell message placed on the back cover of the 1974 edition of the Whole Earth Catalog: "Stay hungry. Stay foolish."[6]

References

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  1. ^ Mukhopadhyay, Subhodeep (11 July 2016). "Stay Hungry Stay Foolish Book Review". Mkerj. Archived from the original on 2019-01-18. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  2. ^ By, Valerie Strauss (October 5, 2011). "Steve Jobs told students: 'Stay hungry. Stay foolish.'". The Washington Post (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  3. ^ a b "Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs".
  4. ^ "Author Rashmi Bansal Biography, Books, Blog, Marriage, Husband, Daughter". Youth Developers. 16 August 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Rashmi Bansal: An Author, Speaker and Entrepreneur!". Yo! Success. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Back cover of the Whole Earth Catalog with its famous farewell message".