Exciting Entrepreneurial Stories

Rajesh Jain has an interesting post on this topic. He says "There are plenty of business books and entrepreneurial success stories which can provide insights into how interesting ideas became big hits. Like many of you, I too have read some of these. And I have a problem. Years later, these stories read like they were sanitised and glorified. Few capture the daily struggle that defines the life of most small and new businesses. Fewer still point a way forward in a world that needs to be navigated not with maps but with compasses. "

Paritosh and I often discuss this topic. These stories are like the TV show NYPD Blue. The hour long entertaining and exciting drama occurs over a period of time (months/years) in real life. Is the life of a NYPD detective exciting all the time? NO. Not all the time. I am sure it is exciting but is also filled with lots of highs and lows that the show of one hour fails to capture. It is the compressed version that is exciting - similar to the entrepreneurial stories referred to by Rajesh Jain in his post.