Those are the days.. I used to think I wanted to do everything in life....
everything is doable for me...
It was university days… whenever I pass Malleshwaram, Margosa Road…. I
was very much interested to see one green board from the bus window at the
right side of the road, That one board which made me uncomfortable because
they copied my concept, That is “Way 2 Wealth” well before that I had email
account “WAY2RAVI” so my worry was somebody copied my concept, I was
very curious to know who is behind that and attempted multiple times to know
more about the business. Tried searching on the internet, but not lucky enough
to find as internet was just booming, somehow manage to find “Way 2 Wealth”
belongs to “Cafe Coffee Day” owner, Through that hint, I came to know it
belongs to Siddhartha… After knowing that I started feeling myself proud for
someone who is using my concept is a great businessman... After that I just
become a fan of him.
From there I started following Siddhartha, Knowing more about him, whenever
I visit coffee day, I used to look around to understand marketing, branding,
promotional strategies, I also thought about starting a similar business but
combination of Indian and western flavors… Later I started “Way 2 Digital
Marketing” as a Digital agency even today we provide service through that
company.
Financials, feelings, strategies, failures, success. Many times its lonely walk to
the unknown destinations, part of this journey individuals will experience many
obstacles, challenges, Mental Health and Stress play a vital role to overcome
it.
Siddartha... After 38 years of successful Entrepreneurship, gives up his life for
a small portion of liabilities, when his asset is 5 times higher than that. I really
doubt something needs to be changed in our Indian society, In one point of the
time all successful human need some sort of support and hand hold for various
reasons, when we don’t get that what is the use of putting our life to do better
to the society. Not interested to dig into the reason of his death, it might be
peer pressure, investor pressure, relative pressure or Government pressure,
but we lost a great son of Indian soil who defined the unique path for the Indian
business world. This loss will put many young entrepreneurs down in the long
run. RIP Brother Siddartha, You left us Broken.
- Ravi Venkatesh
1 comment:
It is a tragidy that he decided to take this extreme step. It is really difficult to know the truth that drove him into this. Everyone should realize that a failure is not the end of the world. A man can always raise from a fall. One that keeps persistent wins.
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