And I Became an Entrepreneur!

Just like everyone else I know who dreams to do something BIG in life, I had a desire to do something awesome since childhood. And Maybe I did it, maybe I didn’t. But whatever I did / achieved leaves me in a very comfortable and happy state of mind today and that’s what matters.

So it all started when I got my first Computer at the age of 13, beginning of 8^th standard to be precise. My parents gifted me a computer and the very same day I deleted its sound card file by mistake. And Scared as hell, I did not want to tell my parents that I just screwed up the Rs 45,000 they spent on my computer. It seemed one of the biggest blunders of my life so I spent whole day till late night trying to figure out what exactly went wrong and finally Vola! I fixed it. It was a proud moment that gave me a sense of achievement and I really can’t express how it felt that time. That was the eureka moment for me from where I developed a sense of love for computers.

After finally getting over one of the scariest nights and of the proudest ones, I decided to learn how this computer was made actually. But honestly I had no idea how to proceed. I was from a normal Indian Middle class family and no one to guide. I enquired a little and there were some institutes like Aptech, Jetking offering Certified Hardware Engineer Course for anywhere between INR 30,000 – 50,000 and just after my parents spent around Rs 45,000 on my computer, I did not want to ask them for spending more on something even I did not know much about. Not like they would not do it, but I did not want them to do it.
But I was a stubborn kid and that was a blessing in disguise.

I started looking for some interesting ways on how can I learn online and finally during this period, 2 months summer vacation (like every school in North India) came and it was the time for me to learn computers completely. I had to be innovative enough to come out with a way to learn “How Computers Work and How can I Make Them”. Finally I came up with an interesting strategy. There were a lot of cyber cafes near my place where they used to assemble computers. So I thought, why not just go there and learn stuff. But that wasn’t that simple. Why will anyone keep a 13 year old kid in their premises for whole day?

Again, running over the thoughts I picked up a few café’s and figured out only 2 had Air conditioner in them. It was peak summer in Delhi having around 44 degree celcuius temperature and working in a decent place was a must for me. I approached the owner of the place asking – “Hi Sir, Can I do Internship here? I don’t want a Stipend, I just want to learn how computers are made.”
I had no idea how the person will react but I had to give it a try. And luckily the person agreed.

For the next 2 months, I learn’t all aspects of computers there, how to assemble them, what’s the complete system flow etc but that was not all. I even learn’t motherboard repairing, soldering of capacitors on the motherboard and it was one of the things I developed love for. I loved computers and I knew a lot about them.

But again, my vacations ended. I went back to school but I kept exploring the same. Learn’t DOS, HTML and all the stuff I could without internet (just by reading books).
Finally I gave my 10^th class boards and to check the results, my parents got my first Internet connection at my place.

Before that I had no internet connection because “Ghar pe Internet Hai to Bachha Bigad Jayega” mentality. I am sure a lot of people of my age could relate to it 😛

So I got my internet connection, I checked my Board Result and I got 90.4%, my parents were happy, I was happy but again there was a question that came in my mind.

“How did they make this CBSE website, How can I make my own”?

And Followed by that I started a blog on WordPress and Blogspot and within a couple of weeks I understood the basics and got my First domain and Web Hosting for my blog. I got Rs 500 as my monthly pocket money, out of which I spend Rs 250 on web hosting and Rs 100 on a .in domain.

So within 2-3 weeks, I learn’t all about wordpress (which I could on my own at that time), got my Website up and Running and yes, by Spending Rs 350 from my pocket money, I became a CEO and in my view and Entrepreneur! 😀
Though the definition has changed a lot for me over time with my learnings and it’s a beautiful journey but I still cherish the thought of how it all started.

I just love it..

Lesson: If you really want to achieve it, you will figure out a way to do that and you don’t need any support for that. BELIEVE in YOURSELF, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WISH TO DO, YOU CAN BE ANYTHING YOU WANT.

I became a CEO and Entrepreneur at 15 (in my own world)

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I am sure a lot of people will have a similar story like me. They started from no where with absolutely No Idea where their Online Journey could lead them. If you know someone who might relate to this story, just tag them or share the post with them. It might bring a smile on their face (atleast for a moment). If you would like to share your story, do drop in the comments and lets start an interesting thread to share our experiences.
Would certainly love to hear your life story. How it all Started for you 🙂