The MBA shall inherit the earth

An important lesson that is taught to every MBA student is that the, 'Product must match it's claim'. Its another matter that once they graduate, they themselves become an exception to the rule stated above. Ask any HR executive who goes through hordes of resumes flaunting Herculian personality traits and Bill Gates' salary expectations. In fact a recent study has revealed that these days the assembly lines of our B-schools are churning out graduates who have 'Made in China' etched at the back of their heads. Hence the HR term, 'background check'.

Another feature which we MBA's are widely known and acknowledged for is our aversion to taking any risks. And contrary to popular perception, taking two job interviews during work hours while claiming to go on a client visit does not constitute risk taking. Neither does rock climbing during company off-site.

However, MBAs is a huge community and it would be unjust to generalise them all as one author has recently done in his book: 'MBA: Mediocre but Arrogant'. There are a 0.001% amongst us who either have leadership skills or risk taking ability and other such offbeat qualities.

One such irregular MBA with whom I became acquainted with in the bank is VM, who is trying to break from the mould and take an actual risk. Fueled by his Sindhi spirit of entrepreneurship, he has set up his own 'Juice and Snacks bar' in...where else...Ahmedabad. Readers of this blog are requested to spare a moment to visit his blog at glassfullahmedabad.blogspot.com or his outlet, if possible, and wish him luck for his endeavour.

In this blog he relates tales of his preparations, frustrations and anxieties of his upcoming venture. He is also seeking some bright ideas for design and name of his Juice bistro. He has been pestering me to suggest a name for his venture. Well theres only one name you can give to a juice bar run by a Sindhi:

'Kanjuice'