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188 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2021

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Profile Image for Swati Tanu.
Author 1 book620 followers
November 29, 2025
This book is an educational and inspirational narrative of the author's journey through life's trials and tribulations on his route to becoming a successful businessman and entrepreneur. This is an autobiography as well as a self-help book. The author has discussed his life, mostly career-wise right from the beginning. Among other things, the author discusses the value of self-discipline. The writer uses anecdotes and quotes throughout the text, making it increasingly engaging.

We see bits of incidents from the author's life, as well as the lessons learned as a result of those occurrences. This provides us with a better understanding of the themes that the author wants to cover throughout the book. The author discusses the misconceptions and facts surrounding higher education and job opportunities, as well as how society judges people based on their work.

You might like to wander through a few artistic journals — they’re full of sparks and surprises.
Profile Image for Dalia (book_o_creativity).
566 reviews73 followers
March 4, 2022
4.5

“It's okay to get motivated once or twice, bur after that, it's wrong. Only motivation will not help you to find the right path. Because temporary motivation works like a painkiller. Once it's effect wears off, the disease festers.”

Never have I ever read such a brutally honest account of life of an entrepreneur. Sharad Tandale has laid down his journey bare in the pages of this book. 'The Entrepreneur', is his real life struggle on the rat race of becoming a successful entrepreneur. He received the Young Entrepreneur Award in 2013 at the hands of Prince Charles at St James Palace, London. In this book he has meticulously narrated his whole struggle from college days to days ahead.

The struggle and the sad reality is hard to accept but it resonates with so many lives. Here the absolute truth is portrayed in a very straight forward manner, no smooth talk and no bejewelled narration. Although the writing has an amusingly sarcastic tone to it, the honest confessions will cut deep into your heart, which again is faced by so many. The entire monologue is relatable from various angles be it college life or securing a job or even meeting the daily needs. Many of us face the same situations every day.

The most remarkable lesson to learn from this book is persistence, this book has a lot to teach on that matter. Even though the author has faced so many failures it's his persistence that kept him going. Along with that this book has many short lessons to learn. It may not be a suitable guide for how to start a business but it can act as a precautionary measure. Writing is very simple and lucid. A small book that can be finished in one sitting and a must read for all.
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944 reviews48 followers
March 8, 2022
With Modi ji at the helm ,our nation has done considerably well in every sphere especially in the ease of doing business. Consequently more people have started to venture into business world and have made their presence felt. But the biggest question that arises is how to start the journey and which all challenges the newbies face. This novel is an intricate answer to them.

The book is the first hand account of author's experiences himself. The hurdles and obstacles that he faced in the initial years and how he came out victorious is beautifully presented. Also the blockades that stems the flow of progress are described in detail and the steps that can be taken to nip them in the bud are elaborately expressed as well.

The novel shows glimmers of self help genre too. One doesn't live enough to experience everything at his or her own level so it becomes imperative to take a cue from others who have been there and done that. The cover is attractive and the various real life examples only adds to the charm

Overall a scintillating guide for young generation.
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319 reviews15 followers
February 10, 2022
The Entrepreneur by Sharad Tandale
This book takes you on emboldening ride giving a glimpse into the life of author w We get to know his struggles downfalls truimphs achievements and experiences, what made him a successful entrepreneur and what we can learn from it..

This book shatters illusion and misconceptions when it comes to being an entrepreneur , it's not roses and sunshine and preach about being successful, rather it covers all the facets and aspects good and bad when it's to entrepreneurship.

A captivating nonfiction read that shapes your thinking and approach to professional life , the writing is remarkably candid making it a page turner, but the concepts and ideas put forward is intended to break the mental barriers, unhealthy preconceived notions that keeps us from finding success and growth.
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104 reviews5 followers
April 7, 2021
द आंत्रप्रेन्योर हे फक्त मार्गदर्शनपर पुस्तक नसून या पुस्तकाचे लेखक आणि प्रकाशक असलेल्या शरद तांदळेची ही आत्मकथा आहे. आंत्रप्रेन्योर या परदेशी शब्दाबद्दल बरेच गैरसमज प्रसूत आहेत जसे की एखादी सॉफ्टवेयर स्टार्ट अप कंपनी कोणी उघडली असेल तर तोच आंत्रप्रेन्योर असतो. पण लेखकाने सांगितले आहे की कोणताही व्यवसाय पारंपरिक अथवा नव्या पद्धतीने सुरु करणारा कोणीही हा आंत्रप्रेन्योर असतो.
कोणताही व्यवसाय चांगला किंवा यशाची हमी देणारा नसतो जोवर आपण तो पूर्ण समजून तयारीनिशी सुरु करत नाहीत. व्यवसाय म्हणला की बऱ्याच जणांना फक्त बक्कळ पैसा दिसतो पण तेवढेच खरे नसते, त्याचबरोबर संघर्ष, तात्पुरते अपयश आणि एक सामाजिक जबाबदारीसुद्धा आपल्याकडे येते. जगात नवउद्योजक निर्माण होणे खूप गरजेचे आहेत, कारण ते देशाच्या अर्थव्यवस्थेला तसेच रोजगार निर्मितीला खूप मोठा हातभार लावतात. उगीच कोणीतरी म्हंटले किंवा दुसऱ्याची बिझिनेस आयडिया घेऊन व्यवसाय सुरु केला तर ते बुडण्याचीच शक्यता जास्त असते. त्यामुळे ज्याला उद्योजक व्हायचे आहे त्याने सर्व गोष्टींचा अभ्यास करून छोट्या भांडवलातून उद्योग आरंभावा हे उत्तम.
पुस्तकात लेखकाने त्यांचा उद्योजक होण्यापर्यंतचा प्रवास वरवर न सांगता त्यातल्या अनेक लहानसहान खाच खळग्यांसहित सांगितला आहे. तसेच त्यांनी त्यांचे कॉलेज चे जीवन आणि कॉलेज संपल्यानंतर उद्योजक होईपर्यंत काय काय करामती केल्या याचे मनोरंजकरित्या विवेचन केले आहे. पुस्तक वाचताना प्रत्येकाला आपण त्या वयात केलेल्या कारनाम्याची आठवण आल्याशिवाय राहणार नाही.
शरद तांदळे यांचा सर्वसामान्य मध्यमवर्गीय घरातून उद्योजक होण्यापर्यंतचा प्रवास हा खूपच प्रेरणादायी आहे. हे पुस्तक सर्वांनी वाचावे असे असून त्यामुळे दिशाहीन तरुण पिढीला जर योग्य दिशा सापडली तर अशा पुस्तकाचा उद्देश्श सफल झाला असे म्हणता येईल.
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962 reviews59 followers
February 28, 2022
When shows like Shark Tank India grip everyone's attention and become the talk of the town, when youngsters start admiring and idolizing entrepreneurs, when start-ups and companies like Nykaa stay in limelight for all the positive reasons, then you can say that India is witnessing a wave of entrepreneurship.

But the idea of entrepreneurship and stories of entrepreneurs is not a new phenomenon. The Entrepreneur by Sharad Tandale is one such inspiring tale of an entrepreneur who received the "Young Entrepreneur Award 2013" in London by the hands of Prince Charles.

This book is a part - autobiography and part self - help book. It shares author's story, the highs and the lows, his journey of becoming an entrepreneur beautifully. The tale is candid, touching and inspiring. Through his story, he has shared numerous lessons in entrepreneurship for the readers. This book is written in a layman's language and is free of pretense.

The struggles that author faced are still relevant as some of them still exist and are faced by India's youngsters and aspiring entrepreneurs. Thus, this book can be their friend, providing both a helping hand and a dose of inspiration. I liked reading it and learned from it. I would recommend it to aspiring entrepreneurs and non fiction readers.
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507 reviews22 followers
February 9, 2022
If we are to look in a library or quickly glance across the web, we may realize that there are innumerable posts and shelves that have the listings mentioned as must-read books for entrepreneurs.

However, once we go through these shelves or scroll through it online, it can start to feel overwhelming. Out of all the variety that may appear, we may wonder which is the one book that is for us, the one which will help us.

‘The Entrepreneur’ by Sharad Tandale is different from all its contemporaries in a way that the author has enumerated his own personal struggles and his journey towards being successful via the medium of this book, hence showing us how to tackle certain instances in real life, rather than just preaching about it without having any experience.

This book is bound to help us grow not only in our professional space and assist us to become a successful entrepreneur, but the teachings of the author are something which will also help us grow in real life.

The author has given the readers the basic knowledge about what being an entrepreneur actually entails and has also provided inputs on what all things happen and how to face them with determination whilst we embark on the journey to entrepreneurial success.

This book offers tremendous advice and value to all its readers and is definitely a key point that will encourage and motivate us to take action and start by believing in ourself and take matters in our own hands, thereby paving the way to success.

I loved reading about the journey of the author to becoming a successful entrepreneur and also liked all the tips and tricks that were shared in between, hence I am going to give this book FIVE STARS ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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198 reviews16 followers
February 10, 2022
“𝒟𝑜 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝒶 𝒷𝓊𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓁𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝓇𝓃?”
“𝒴𝑒𝓈, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓂 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝒶 𝒸𝑜𝒸𝑜𝑜𝓃 𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓈 𝒶 𝒷𝓊𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝓈 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒾𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓈 𝒻𝓁𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔,”
“𝐼𝒻 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝒸𝑜𝑜𝓃 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓊𝓉𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓂 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓇𝑒𝓂𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓂. 𝒯��𝑒 𝒷𝓊𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓁𝓎 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝓁𝓎 𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝒻 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓀 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝒸𝑜𝑜𝓃.
𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝑒𝒸𝒾𝒹𝑒 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓂 𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝓊𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒻𝓁𝓎.”

🌿The Entrepreneur by Sharad Tandale
🌿Translated by Prathmesh Patil
🌿Publisher- New Era Publishing House
🌿Published on 26 June 2021

Categorized under twelve headings Rat Race, Mentor, Job, Struggle, Inspiration, Start Up, Entrepreneur, Aspiration, Workload, Boss, Vision and Passion;
THE ENTREPRENEUR is a self help book that talks about its author's experience in entrepreneurship.
Author Sharad Tandale is an Indian entrepreneur based in Pune who started his business in 2009-10 and received the ‘Young Entrepreneur’ award in London 2013, given by the Youth Business International.
He penned down this book in a hope that it would bring knowledge, direction and perspective to the young readers to business.
This book is an informative and inspirational account of him going through the struggles & hardships of life and finding his way as a successful businessman and entrepreneur.
The way Sharad wrote this book, it can be considered part memoir and part self help. The language of this book is simple and easily understandable.
It's recommended for the beginners who want to get an insight on entrepreneurship!
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247 reviews
March 27, 2022
Entrepreneurship is the path which is both gleaming and attractive. Most of the books and ted talks of the entrepreneurs shows what they have achieved and how to reach that goal, but I believe what's more important is to share the failures and wrong choices they made throughout their journey,so that the new comers won't face the same challenges.

"The Entrepreneur English",by Sharad Tandale is a book I will recommend if you want to face up the path of entrepreneurship from basic to advance.
Only a few books shows says the not so popular facts,and I believe this one is among those books. Pure and raw facts has been included in the book which will not only help to make up your mind to choose your path wisely,but also will create a different change of perspective within you.

We all know entrepreneurship demands hardwork,a true inspiration,a good vision and aspirations,but what more do we need to face up all the challenges? Facts and some good points has been made in the book,all in all,I liked it more, because it was not exaggerated much.

You can check this out if entrepreneurship or the idea of being an entrepreneur fascinates you.
Profile Image for Saloni Singh Chauhan.
348 reviews16 followers
March 23, 2022
The Entrepreneur by author Sharad Tandale is a magnificent self help book which details the art and strategies to be a good business person. The book begins with a tribute to Mr. APJ Abdul Kalam who is credited with igniting a million dreams in the youth of our nation. The author has shared his inspirational journey of becoming an Entrepreneur through the ups and downs of his own professional life.
The author has given the readers the basic knowledge about what being an entrepreneur actually entails and has also provided inputs on what all things happen and how to face them with determination whilst we embark on the journey to entrepreneurial success. He has described his experience in simple and straightforward manner.
The narrative style also makes it interesting while learning life lessons. If you are really into business field kick start your day with some pages from the book and you'll find lots of ways that will guide you towards your startups and other matters.
9 reviews
March 30, 2022
Few lines from the book:
"The Dark Horse is the one who does not run to defeat the other horses but to prove his own capacities. That is how one must race in life too. More than the fear of defeat and the celebration of success, one must think more about capacity building, whether you are getting better, more skills or not."

Entrepreneur, you must have heard this term many times but do you know who actually are entrepreneurs?

Sharad Tandale, through the book 'The Entrepreneur' introduced the basic features of an entrepreneur

'The Entrepreneur' shows the life journey of Sharad, who have faced many down hills in his life after his college due to his own negligence and shows how he was raised to an entrepreneur with his hard work.

This work is not at all boring, exaggerating one's success but is very interesting as per reading how with determination and the courage to take risk, Sharad became successful.

There are many influential advices in the book which, not only a person who wants to become an entrepreneur should know, but also a person who wants to achieve something great in his life and wants to become successful should know!

This is a must read book for everyone and specially the young ones!!
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13 reviews
March 25, 2022
Failures being stepping stones of success..but for how long ? The author goes to the point of killing himself as he realises about himself and how the world functions.
Was it existential crisis ? Or just mere laziness ?
Nah. Just nothing..he did what we all are doing/did. And the author has written this book at the much much needed time.

One of the honest ever book written about life, from the eyes of an average middle-class engineer.
One written proof about how hard work and deep understanding about life creates success.

It is a must read.
In other words: This book is a simpler version of "Wings of fire"
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21 reviews
April 3, 2022
प्रत्येक विद्यार्थ्याने वाचावे असे हे पुस्तक. तसे घरातील सगळ्यांनी वाचावे असे पुस्तक पण विद्यार्थ्यासाठी जास्त फायद्याचं. साधारण एक मराठी मुलगा कुठे चुकतो, कसा चुकतो, घरचे कसे सोबत देतात आणि बऱ्याच रोजच्या गोष्टी या पुस्तकात शरद सरांनी छान मांडलेल्या आहेत. तर त्यावर एकदा वाचन आणि विचार व्हायला हवा.

हे पुस्तक एक जवळच असणाऱ्या प्रत्येक विद्यार्थ्याच कथन आहे. जरूर वाचावं.
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34 reviews9 followers
October 5, 2022
आत्मकथन

सहजच वाचायला म्हणून घेतलं पण एकंदरीत छान पुस्तक आहे.
मेहनत , इमानदारी, जगातील चांगुलपणा या जोरावर व्यवसाय उभा करू शकतो ही प्रेरणा हे पुस्तक देते.
लेखकाला उभ्या आयुष्यात कुटुंब, समाज, आणि व्यवसाय निगडीत जे अनुभव आले ते "शहाणे करून सोडावे अवघेजन" या तत्त्वावर सांगितले आहे असे म्हटले तर वावगे ठरणार नाही.
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608 reviews22 followers
February 6, 2022
Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune."
- Jim Rohn
And..
"Success is not a good teacher, failure makes you humble. "
- Shahrukh Khan
This quote is perfectly fitted with our author's effort in this book. This is a great humble tribute to his own life experience. And author picked up his pen to save students, the young India, from misleading and misguided mindsets, which is college life's predicament for most of us. I liked, how he says that just doing study and being prepared isn't enough but we must know the lurking treacherous things that come our way whilst foundational years.

Not only being focused, but it is equally important to know what could come our way to mislead us. If we don't know how youths get misleading then how we would prevent ourselves from this. There is no use in knowing only how to do concentrate unless you know how the distraction happening in our school and campuses. Whining about success preparation and idolized people is not enough for rooting determination in mind.


I started reading this from the Book Preface, the very beginning book, and was immediately attracted to know that he is one of among India's successful young entrepreneurs, he started business in 2009-10 and he received the ‘Young Entrepreneur’ award in London in 2013 which given by Youth Business International. He is also an author and wrote a beautiful, poignant and profound novel about the most glorious mythical villain ‘Ravan'.

"We learn from failure, not from success." - Bram Stoker.
This book has several parts and is divided into Rat Race, Mentor, Job, struggle, Inspiration, Start-up, Entrepreneur, Aspiration, Workload, Boss, Vision, and Passion. The author starts it with his own life expectancy, experience, failure, and his practical thinking of dissecting and critical analysis of his own deeds makes amused.

The examples he shares from his life implied questions to our Indian upbringing manner, society, and lack of knowledge of parenthood. You will be witness here how the author explained the situation where students can be self-deluded, misled by half-baked knowledge, wrong idolism. He had given his experience in very easy language and simplicity.

We all go through this kind of situation but few of us are able to protect ourselves from ruining our life.

In each chapter, the author unfolded his life experiences. It became a bit slow in the middle but his bold words and strong writing style make it an interesting approach for me. What is the main thing that made this book stand out for me is the author didn't feel to hide any of his mistakes and described everything, he didn't hide in being politically correct in writing. I would recommend this to all those who are at the start as a student, a book to read absolutely for all.
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22 reviews
March 8, 2022
The Entrepreneur - By Sharad Tandale
Cover - Umesh Godse
Publisher- New Era Publishing House
Format- Paperback 188 pages
Chapters 12
Language- Simple plain English
Rating-★★★★

"Winners never quit and quitters never wins" this quote is completely justified for the author of the book Sharad Tandale. He has divided the book is 12 chapters as the 12 months of the beginning of the new life how each month life progresses to another stage and how growth constantly attracts it.
From Rat race to Mentor From Job to Struggle from Inspiration to Start up from Entrepreneur to Aspiration from Workload to Boss from Vision to finally Passion. The author has narrated each stage with simple plain English that is easily understandable.
The book is not any motivational book or some autobiography but it is a compact journey of himself and all the things one need to do and don't in order to reach where he wants to go.
With the telecast of the show Shark Tank there is a buzz around and this decade has already been named as the decade of Entrepreneurs so those aspiring young unicorns must keep this book in their shelf and heart. The author has beautifully designed each chapter as how a Mechanical Engineering guy turned to a successful Contractor what challenges he face how just 20000 rupees turned into lakhs it was not done by magic but sheer hardwork and team work .
You can't be an entrepreneur alone if you don't value your team . Your team is the reason you became the Shark of the Era.
Few of my favourite lines are -

When all you see ahead in life is darkness, you cannot escape the negative thoughts....
Nobody has the time to understand your depression in this world. People only understand success here. Nobody wants to hear about failures. I started reading again. Depression and failure have no friends. Books can be your closest friends in the low phase of your life.
If you want to be an eagle, spend your time with eagles.
The dark horse is the horse who does not run to defeat the other horses but to prove his own capacities
If you keep fighting the life you set out for , one day you will get recognised for sure....
Whatever you want is achieved, when your mind has intense feelings.
Motivational books are like painkillers they feel good to read for sometimes but the idea from it cannot be used in real life.
Our life is like a quiver it should have different arrows...

I have choosen different lines from different chapters just to reveal the depth of the author . Don't go for fancy English keep things as simple as you can as you want the original India to read .

I want to ask one thing to Sharad did he saw the sword of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj there in London or not ? 😂
1 review
March 18, 2022
These days, the so called self help and inspirational books are rampant which put out heavy, motivational quotes and push one to just conquer every fear and the world. I usually don't entertain myself with these books. The Entrepreneur by Sharad Tandale was a different experience for me from what I usually expect out of these books.

Sharad Tandale was a middle class boy hailing from the simple town of Marathwada with no clear aspiration, goals or a big vision to change the world. This book encapsulates his journey to become an entrepreneur and his failures and learnings along the way. I initially thought that this book would target lessons very specific or relevant to only aspiring entrepreneurs but I was wrong. The author describes his journey with utmost simplicity and bares his life in front of the reader without any inhibitions. It never felt like someone preaching but felt more like a confession with simple yet very valuable chunks of wisdom which we often ignore in the rush of life.

Any reader will find the presentation to be very humane and many will be able to relate because we see clearly the highs and lows of the authors. We see how he got disillusioned, how he felt lost, how he desperately tried everything to earn money and how, eventually, he found his way with honesty and persistence. The author has received the "Young Entrepreneur Award 2013" by Prince Charles and many more accolades but the story never alienates the reader by keeping the narration grounded in simplicity. I really liked the parts where the author narrates his interactions with his father. Those were very defining moments from my perspective and shed a lot of light on the author's current state of mind during any time.

This book is not just for entrepreneurs but for anyone who is looking for learning in life. There are stories all around us and this one feels just like one of them. The best part is that the author gets straight to the point without any unnecessary layers, conveying the message of the book easily and makes it a good read for everyone. It touches on many issues which permeate the life of a common young person figuring out career and balancing the aspirations of family. They are not just idealistic talk from someone sitting in a room but practical lessons coming from a man who has toiled for years to achieve success and credibility. A good example of this is in the following sequence: "Wealth and wisdom fit in the same sheath, they cannot live alone. It's true that mental stability and satisfaction is more important than wealth. But if you have both then what is wrong in it?"
411 reviews6 followers
March 6, 2022
Book review

Book - " The entrepreneur "
Author - " Sharad Tandale "
Genre - " Non-fiction, self-help , inspiration , Memoir , Business "

Who has dreams in us ?
Don't we all ? But what are we doing to achieve them to make them a reality ? Are we ready to face the uphill task with all my strength and perseverance?

This is line which defines who reaches their goal and who do not. ( Atleast from what I have read so far ).

One such success story is of Sharad Tandale. Born in a middle class family in Maharastra, he aims to become rich and have all the things one can dream of. But this is not a usual story of glorification. This is a very candid and brutally honest story of the struggles of the entrepreneur even before he ever dreamt of becoming one.

The journey from his schooldays to becoming what is he is today is not everybody's cup of tea. One might assume, " Oh yeah. I can do that " , but doubt very few can stand the test of time.

This book has the honest confessions of the author through his college times , his several follies and mistakes which proved heavy in his life. The honesty of the author is very praise worthy and can save all the new college goers hell lot of time from committing the same blunders if they are smart.

Sharad's constant urge to settle and prove his mettle unfortunately meets with failure. From MPSC, CAT, SAP to anything which will give him a job turned out disastrous for him. He had several string of disasters which even the lucky ring of the astronomer or the dips in the holy river couldn't redeem him from.

So how did he become what he is today? Most of us are aware that he won the prestigious " Young Entrepreneur Award " from Prince Charles organisation. How was it possible ?

This is a beautiful, brutal and honest journey of the author who gives and smashes several myths about achieving success and also to pave a path to success in entrepreneurship. This is a must read for all the young wanna be entrepreneurs but also to anyone who aims to achieve and make a mark for themselves.

I loved the subtlety and rawness of the language and it was as if one was conversing with the author himself. Do check this great book and get inspired.😊
19 reviews
March 6, 2022
What an amazing and mind blowing book it was!
He did the job and also studied for MPSC but he understood that there is nothing here for us. When he was unable to find a job, he decided to become an entrepreneur, but his family opposed him. 

But since there is no option in front, and he began to grow up old he started to search for Business Ideas. 

With no prior experience, he landed in the field of contracting. Initially, he completed small Electrical & Building contracts and gained knowledge of this field. Even after several losses, he didn’t give up. He struggled a lot in his life, and now he is working to guide the young generation

In the story, Sharad Tandale recounted his journey from zero to hero in this book. He completed his 12th grade and was accepted into engineering school. Not because he was interested in engineering, but because other students were. And the chances of landing a job in the engineering field are higher than in other fields.

He did not pay as much attention to his studies as other students did while studying engineering. During his college days, he also studied a day before the paper, went to class bunk, and talked about politics. During his college years, he attempted but failed to make more money. In this manner, he completed his four years of Mechanical engineering, after which he relocated to Pune in search of employment.

He did the job and studied for the MPSC, but he realised there was nothing here for us. When he couldn't find work, he decided to start his own business, but his family was opposed. But, with no other options, and as he grew older, he began to look for Business Ideas.

He landed in the field of contracting despite having no prior experience. Initially, he worked on small Electrical & Building contracts to gain experience in this field. He didn't give up even after several defeats. He has been through a lot in his life, and now he is working to guide the next generation.

We all can relate to some or the part of this story from our life. This was a kind of succes story I look forward to keep reading over n over . An absolute read for everyone!
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107 reviews2 followers
March 14, 2022
Qotd : Do you wish to be entrepreneur?
Aotd: Once established.
The Entrepreneur’ by way of Sharad Tandale is one-of-a-kind from all its contemporaries in a way that the creator has enumerated his very own private struggles and his experience toward being profitable with the aid of the medium of this book, for this reason displaying us how to address sure cases in actual life, instead than simply preaching about it besides having any experience.
The writer has given the readers the primary understanding about what being an entrepreneur clearly entails and has additionally furnished inputs on what all things appear and how to face them with willpower at the same time as we embark on the ride to entrepreneurial success.
This book gives outstanding recommendation and fee to all its readers and is sincerely a key factor that will inspire and encourage us to take motion and begin with the aid of believing in ourself and take matters in our very own hands, thereby paving the way to success.
I the creator is a profitable entrepreneur. His commercial enterprise is primarily based on Pune. He is a fantastic businessman and entrepreneur For a enterprise to be successful, what's essential are special ideas, motivation and, commercial enterprise minded tactics. All such information are precise in the book.Book offers with entrepreneurship and so it carries a few commercial enterprise associated terms. Readers will examine author's 10 years ride in the direction of turning into a businessman.
What's most essential to be a en entrepreneur is possess the spark of entrepreneurship from the very beginning. Severe and steep hostilities maker a easy man a remarkable entrepreneur. People who dare to dream, and are aspired to be a profitable entrepreneur should examine this book.
This book will avail the readers with a realisation Instead the assignment is surrounded via risk. But, one who takes rish is one who wins.
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392 reviews6 followers
March 24, 2022
Useful guidebook!

Not many people would love to share their experiences to guide others in a right way. The Entrepreneur, Mr. Sharad Tandale who is the author of this book took initiative to help the other people who would like to be an Entrepreneur. Am one of the individual who have a dream of having an entrepreneurship within me and looking for a perfect time to start up my idea. And so this title and the cover of the book pulled me to pick up to learn more about the entrepreneur.

I found it more helpful to learn myself in all aspects, ups and downs, what not to do and what has to do, what to be avoided, what has to be done and more about the skills of an Entrepreneur. The author genuinely penned down all his struggles, efforts, sacrifices, mistakes, hardships, failures, decisions, aspirations and desires. The book reflects all about his dream and rewards in the journey of achieving to be a successful entrepreneur that bounds in the failures and mistakes behind it. It also explains the dangers and risks not to make us get frightened but to give more confidence that how to get rid of this through his experiences.

The author helped us to have a better knowledge of being an entrepreneur before we get into the field by knowing all the risk factors which guide us in prior for not to give up in between. Its not like the other book that is available in the market in this topic with the theoretical teachings but its holding a bunch of experiences to have a practical knowledge.

Its really helped me and gave a proper idea of entrepreneurship before I start something. Am sure it will help and develop the skills of all others who wish to become an entrepreneur. Moreover it give a numerous life lessons also. I feel like a treasure to keep this book in my book shelf to read and learn often to clear all my doubts of being an entrepreneur.

The language is easy and understandable by anyone. Pick this book, get motivated, have an idea before you start, upgrade your skills, learn from the mistakes, ready to take risk and keep this book as a guide to become a successful entrepreneur.

Happy learning!
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192 reviews2 followers
March 5, 2022
“Money is not a destination, but it is an instrument to achieve your dreams. To attain any goal, one needs a concrete instrument. Those who say that even ‘donkeys don’t eat dollars tend to forget that those dollars can buy good food for those donkeys.’”

With the current trend of startups or even influencers, “entrepreneurship” has become every another word in the conversations. Now, young and passionate youth has left behind what is called mainstream jobs and everyone is becoming an entrepreneur with their unique ideas.

But with such tremendous competition, what does it take to survive in this race? What does it take to risk your life and take an undiscovered path? Is a unique idea enough to thrive or do things such as mentor, vision, aspirations, smart work, etc. play an essential role too?

“The Entrepreneur” by Sharad Tandale is a personal account of his struggles, achievements, success, and failures towards becoming an entrepreneur. He has received the “Young Entrepreneur Award 2013’ at the hands of Prince Charles, in London.

In this book, he shares his personal experiences from college days to becoming a successful entrepreneur. He closely tells his readers how certain experiences shaped him, explains what things to keep in mind when going through the early phase, how mistakes can be taken as a lesson and move forward, how persistence can be the key to success, why there is a more need of entrepreneurs now and many such things.

The writing is straightforward and sarcastic, making one take action after reading every other sentence. The book is divided into many parts such as Rat race, Mentor, Job, Struggle, etc. that focus on the theme of the respective topic. With its “to the point” writing style, the book takes us on a journey of an entrepreneur’s life that not only has soft petals of rose but also its sharp thorns. He also breaks all the barriers of gender, caste, and religion and shows inclusivity in his entrepreneurship which one needs to learn from him.

A Wonderful Self Help and Entrepreneurship Book!! I recommend it. 💯
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40 reviews
March 10, 2022
Book Name: The Entrepreneur
Author: Sharad Tandale
Pages: 188

For me the book THE ENTREPRENEUR is a diary of author’s mistakes and lesson he learnt from all of them and how he transformed all those mistakes into success.
The Entrepreneur is a story of the author Sharad Tandale a guy from Beed a district from Maharashtra. As like all those kids Sharad also entered Engineering College without knowing what he wants from life. He wastes time his college life by indulging in unnecessary activities like joining student union to try his hands in politics, spends time reading everything except his syllabus which later puts him in a terrible position when he could find a job with the marks he got in his final exams. Will he be successful? what does future hold for him?
The Entrepreneur is a true inspiration because the author points out his mistakes he made in his youth. Those mistakes let us readers understand the type of mistakes we could make in our youth/teenage and at the same time inspires us to fight back and make use of the opportunity. It’s a fact that if you need to be successful you need to read a lot about the failures faced by the great people/ the idol who inspires you to be a better you. Because failures give you new ideas every time.
Few things I enjoyed while reading this book
1. Cover: Simple and attractive
2. Writing: Very simple language is used, and anybody can read this book without any difficulty. From reading the book it clearly shows that author has not hesitated to share his mistakes and wrong doings to the readers. He has shown his vulnerable sides like the way he did all means to keep him employed, when depressed he found healing in astrology even though it was for a while, he believed them. The writing style is realistic.
3. Book: It’s not a big book just a medium book with inspirational pages of 188. It’s an amazing read if you are looking for inspiration to start something new or something you wanted to do for a long time. Go for it.
I would give four stars for this book
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135 reviews1 follower
March 26, 2022
𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 – 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 – 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐞
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞 – 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩, 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲
𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐫𝐚 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞
𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 – 𝟏𝟖𝟖
𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤
𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 – 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 – 𝟒.𝟓/𝟓*

𝑨𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅. 💯

💯 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 :- "𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇, 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔."

🍁 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰:- “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫 is written by 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐞 and this book is his autobiography. This book has several parts and is divided into Rat Race, Mentor, Job, struggle, Inspiration, Start-up, Entrepreneur, Aspiration, Workload, Boss, Vision, and Passion. The author starts it with his own life expectancy, experience, failure, and his practical thinking of dissecting and critical analysis of his own deeds makes amused.

📌 This book is a part - autobiography and part self - help book. It shares author's story, the highs and the lows, his journey of becoming an entrepreneur beautifully. The tale is candid, touching and inspiring. Through his story, he has shared numerous lessons in entrepreneurship for the readers.

📌The struggles that author faced are still relevant as some of them still exist and are faced by India's youngsters and aspiring entrepreneurs. Thus, this book can be their friend, providing both a helping hand and a dose of inspiration. I liked reading it and learned from it.

📙 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 :- Title and the cover completely go with the contents. I liked the book cover.

✍️ 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐲𝐥𝐞 :- Book is written in simple and coherent language. Things are explained in very detailed way which make it easier to grab.

📌Author has really done a good job on the book which is clearly reflected while reading it. Its a well researched book.

✔️ 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 :- Overall, this book is a new and unique one in the collection of books related to entrepreneurship. People who dare to dream, and are aspired to be a successful entrepreneur must read this book.

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠😊
𝐒𝐢𝐝 😊
553 reviews2 followers
March 4, 2022
What a coincidence?
I finished watching 4 episodes of Shark Tank last Sunday and searched for a book to read and picked this up.

The word ENTREPRENEUR and Entrepreneurship is so much in trend now. They are just covering the whole market which is a globalisation and a good thing too that we get to try so many new things by their innovative minds.
But Is it that easy to be a Entrepreneur and spend the rest of life with profit? .where the Entrepreneur trend ends the real struggle starts how to establish something with dedication and make a successful entry to the market? There are so many options available in the market which are really great so how to attract the attention?

There are lot of things mentioned in the book. I am totally emerged while reading this. The meticulous explanation with the current maket situation and a detailed market research reflected in the book. Being a successful businessman the experience itself reflects in the book. I am not at all bored as a non engineer. But this topic should be by most of the readers to know the reality behind this fast moving Entrepreneurship world.

His life experiences when he entered to this side of the market and what he learnt from that. Instead of a lucrative job why Entrepreneurship interested him? There are not so many options for a software engineers when he strated but then it came to lime light.
Instead of a govt job why he opt for this? Why it is so important to stay motivated and never loose hope? Everything is explained so detailed.

There are so many available about this topic and I have read some of it but among them I found this one relatable and valid. Going to astrologers, rings, different opinions, crisis, anxiety to prove gives a real touch to the book and definitely relate to these. A must read.
81 reviews
March 7, 2022
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Pages: 188
Genre: Non Fiction
Ratings: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"If you have to become rich and fulfill all your dreams, then you have to start a business."
The Entrepreneur by Sharad Tandale is a whole different outlook on the entrepreneurship. The whole journey of becoming an entrepreneur by facing all the challenges and the funny incidents in life are very well portrayed by the author. The way he describes everything from the beginning of his entrepreneurial journey is just very amazing and funny too in between.

The book starts from a chapter named #ratrace which truly depicts our life in early school days and college days. One thing he mentioned in this chapter is that we take science in 11th because our friends were taking it as well, so i related to that line because i also thought of taking science in 11th but thank god i didn't otherwise my life course would have been very diff and i might not have cleared school. Then how he depicts other things related to #jobs where how hard it is to find job and what all things we do to get a good job. So the overall journey from an engineer to a successful entrepreneur with all the #struggle, #hardwork and #inspiration is interesting to go through.

There is an entrepreneurial wave going on in India and we have seen some good ideas on "Shark Tank India" which will change the landscape of entrepreneurial space in India. So this book is something you should pick if you want some #inspiration. This is a definitely go to read if you want to learn some things and understand how entrepreneurship works. I personally loved the cover as it displays everything which you will get inside the book and you get a fair idea of what to expect from the book. Kudos to Sharad Tandale for writing such an impressive book. Grab your copy to find out more.
358 reviews6 followers
March 11, 2022
We often mistake success for sheer luck, though success needs more enthusiasm and willingness to face challenges anywhere, anytime.

This book, I must say, does not motivate you to give your 100% or tell you success mantras; it just tells you what it takes to reach where you think you should be. It's not a success story, it's a struggle story where the author has beautifully penned down his journey of being an Entrepreneur.

Unlike many self-help books that just tell us how we need to succeed, the author here has focused on how to tackle your failures, insecurities, and helplessness and come out of it strong-headed. The author did not give the reader's high hopes; instead, he made them aware of the journey that an entrepreneur has to go through to become something he/she ever desires.

He began by explaining the education system in India, and he did pretty well with the words. He knew what the readers actually wanted and that is the TRUTH. Throughout this book, the author just wrote the truth. And it is written so gracefully that I felt like meeting him in person and knowing more about him.

I really liked this book. It gave me a lot of mantras for life, not that the author specifically mentioned them, but they were portrayed so well through his words that they became inspiration for me.

The author describes himself as an "educated unemployed", which I believe takes a lot of courage. He nowhere boasted about his success or how luck played the game for him. He just wrote about the exact struggles he went through till he succeeded. He knew he had failed many times, but he still gave it a shot, which was indeed very inspiring.

I would definitely recommend this book to everyone. I think we should read such books once in a while as they show us what others have faced in life to get to where they are now.
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1,150 reviews94 followers
February 24, 2022
The book has interesting cover and title suggests all that one need to have to pick this book up. I will give you brief idea regarding it here. Almost many of us are now aware of the word “Entrepreneur” because of make in India and the recent show “Shark Tank”. I come from non corporate or engineering background so I came to know about this word and concept via shows and literature. But I think being in whatever field, this knowledge is useful to everyone who wants to do something in life on their own so I picked it up. Author narrated a personal story. I liked all chapter names started with hashtags. It’s quite innovative. The book started with #RatRace . We all must have faced that in life at any point. Author started narration from his childhood and those dreams. He mentioned about reading a book by APJ Abdul Kalam “The wings of fire” and taking admission in engineering. Those college, competitive exams and job scene, etc. we all have gone thorough or will go through. #job part is quite relevant. I liked some person experiences too such as mother consulting astrologers, second opinion and remedies with ring and other things. I can relate to it. It’s relatable and funny too. The book includes author’s journey from searching job in Pune to receiving the 'Young Entrepreneur Award 2013' at the hands of Prince Charles, at St. James Palace, London. The journey is quite interesting. It’s filled with ups and downs.
The narration style of the author is captivating. Author has included corporate terms but written in such a way that a layman like me can understand it easily. I liked the narration in story form. It’s motivational and relatable. Quite an informative and interesting read. Recommended from my side.
14 reviews2 followers
March 11, 2022
"Hope is the thing with feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all-"
~ Miss. Dickinson

"The Entrepreneur" by Sharad Tandale radically speaks the above quoted lines of Dickinson. "Hope" together with "Perseverance" by and by leads to the giant Success. In order to taste how success count , the Writer went through lot of events and situations which turned his life upside down. Not only upside down, but the myriad of arduous situations threw him into the mire, altogether.
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This book portrays a journey from "Zero" to "Zenith" in the life of a Writer. Challenges, hardships and labour designs the burnished throne of Fame, Power and Money. Becoming an Entrepreneur is not at all a child's play, rather alike wheeling on a rope so thin that if you loose your "Focus" you will end up in the fumes of cigarettes and in the voices of outer world.
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Along with the challenging life and strenuous efforts, Individuals, today, are turning their directions and wishing to be an entrepreneur. With the increasing interest, the young generations are taking up this challenge with the intent of outdoing it, but divergence takes them into it's cuffs and eventually make them to end up into the so called rat race. Nevertheless, with constant efforts and unending desire for great vision keeps the One, on the other hand, dedicated and goal-oriented always.
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It's the story of an Author himself. People who are aiming to exceed the skills of an entrepreneur in themselves, should read this book. This book aggregately covers all aspects of the life of a person whose hopes never go into ashes and so to say, it's a must read for the people who are up on their great journey of success.
82 reviews
March 12, 2022
REVIEW!!

THE ENTREPRENEUR by SHARAD TANDALE

Pages- 188

Genre - Autobiography

⭐⭐⭐⭐💫/5

The entrepreneur is a self help book which is an autobiography.
It describes the life of author from being zero to hero. It teaches us what we have to do & what not to do especially for youths.
How our one mistake can spoil our life.

Sharad Tandale took admission in engineering not because he want to become engineer just because of his friends took admission in engineering.

He do everything except studying. He make a lot of friends with he spend a lot of time by roaming here & there. He used to smoke cigarettes, bunk classes etc.
He just study before the night of exam. It results failing in subjects.
He completed his engineering but with poor grades.
These are the honest confession of author which will help today's youth.

Completion of engineering with poor grades results getting no job. He tried preparing for civil services exam but give up in 2-3 months. Then, he tried MPSC, CAT, SAP & took classes for English language, so he can speak fluently but all these result disastrous to him.

Q - then how he turned into a successful person?

Q - how did he get young entrepreneurs award in London?

Read the book to know the answers.

It is an amazing inspirational book which every youth should read this book. It taught us the value of time how we enjoy a year & destroy whole life. If we do hardwork on time we don't have to face that much struggle to earn atleast a thousand rupees. But after facing lots of failure in life still we have a chance to be get succed. Whenever we start doing hardwork one day for sure we will get success. There is idiom in Hindi JAB JAGO TAB SAWERA suits this book.

Overall I loved this book.❤️
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