Last week, I participated in a Startup Summit organised by an NGO called National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN www.nenonline.org ) and a B-school - Indore Professional Studies Academy (IPSA). The purpose of the Summit was to provide a common platform to budding and successful entrepreneurs to interact with each other.
I got the chance of moderating a session on Cleantech Startups -Profiting from Green – Beyond Barriers. The participants were highly experienced, learned, dynamic professionals who took the plunge of leaving high profile jobs for the sake of creating a cleaner and greener environment and proving their entrepreneurial mettle. It was my first chance as a moderator and the experience was excellent. These guys are doing brilliant work – a) providing pollution free conveyance http://www.ecomovesolutions.com/, b) generating off grid power from unconventional resources http://huskpowersystems.com/home.htm c) manufacturing great power saving devices http://www.artindynamics.com/ . The ideas are really unique and can bring a radical improvement in the environment. Please do visit their websites.
As it happens with pioneers, there are some roadblocks -lack of support as promised by government, funding agencies; financial crunch (after exhausting personal resources), mockery and leg pulling by peers and so on. There are moments when one feels like giving up and going back to a job that promises uninterrupted flow of income specially when he is not able to fulfil a demand or requirement put forth by a family member. What should be done at such times?
Remember, that if you can dream it, you can do it. If you won’t believe in your dreams, who else will? Never Never Never give up. Greatest of inventions have thousands and more failures to their credit. Every failure or crisis helps you stretch yourself and bring a solution and thus, takes you closer to your destination. These failures are nothing but messages that, there is a better way of doing it –just look for it and remember that someone up there is confident that you can do it better. 
Finally, tough times never last, but tough people do. Moreover, nothing lasts forever- good or bad-everything will pass. But you will always be remembered for your good work and contribution to people at large. Keep your spirits high. All the very best.
