"It was a wonderful experience interacting with you and appreciate the way you have planned and executed the whole publication process within the agreed timelines.”
Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
“Fragments of secrets of success are found in the oral history of a culture. A crisp one-line message conveys a whole lot more than the words it is composed from. This book is a collection of such one-liners compiled by the author or followed from history as an unconventional but extremely effective way to success.”
VINEET CHADHA, PARTNER, TATA CAPITAL, MUMBAI
“If you are looking to grow a tiny business and break all the barriers then this is the book for you. The nuggets of wisdom can be read in any order. As is known, knowledge in life is also acquired in random order which finally turns into wisdom.”
CHARU JAIN, TRUSTEE, ADVIT FOUNDATION, NEW DELHI
“I had the opportunity of working with Mr Jain in the early 90s and what I noticed of him is that he is a man of few words, thoughtful person, no contradictions which is true. The compilation reflects what he is. I am pleased that he has made an effort to share his wisdom of how he ran his business and life through this book.”
BHARAT H PATEL, VETERAN OF PACKAGING INDUSTRY, MUMBAI (1965- 2015)
Devendra Jain
Devendra Jain is a chemist by training. He believed that most PhD studies in that era in India killed all the initiative. So, he moved to England (1965) to work in advanced chemical labs. He worked for 5 years at ICI Ltd.’s corporate research lab and made his mark there.
He worked for a further 12 years for ICI Ltd in India.
In 1982 he quit his job to start a small business. He is passionate for frugal innovation and an ardent supporter of use of Lateral Thinking skills in problem solving, both in day-to-day life and business.
This book is a distilled essence of his learnings of the past 50+ years.
He says “Since mid-2022 I have embarked on starting a new business based on bamboos as raw materials. This enterprise promises to be a rerun of first dream but in a much shorter time span. He is 82 now”.
Apart from business he enjoys tending to his vast collection of Bonsais and teaching adults 3Rs.
