Myth of the Entrepreneur: A Search for True Value by Ravi Kailas & Cathy Guo

Neil Patel
2 min readJun 4, 2019

What happens when a successful entrepreneur, who built and managed the world’s largest independent payphone company when he was still in his early thirties, begins questioning his identity as a value-creator?

Today I speak to Ravi Kailas and Cathy Guo authors of an amazing new book called Myth of the entrepreneur. Its an intimate exploration of Ravi’s 30 year entrepreneurial journey. We talk about his life experiences . including having a heart attack . Shares his observations on the misconceptions surrounding entrepreneurship and ideas for the future of value creation.

In this conversation we also talk about:

- Being a serial entrepreneur with over three decades of experience
— Wishing he had the heart attack earlier!
— How Vipassana meditation helps
— Risk taking
— The major myth about entrepreneurship
— Working with his father
— Great advice on building a services business. — You have to price competitive
— Mistakes first founders make
— Building one of Indian’s largest renewable energy company
— Raising money on the London Stock exchange
— The 5 Trillion Indian infrastructure industry
— Overrated advice!
— Advice on finance

and much more

For more information on this book please go to
https://www.searchfortruevalue.com/

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Neil Patel
Neil Patel

Written by Neil Patel

Screenwriter/Podcast host & Producer. Fast learner, Passionate about storytelling. Good sense of humour, & Enjoy challenges! www.neilpatel.co

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