Varun Agarwal is a first-generation entrepreneur, film maker and author. Born on December 6, 1986, in India
, he did his schooling from Bishop Cotton Boys' School
in Bangalore.
He co-founded Alma Mater How I Braved Anu Aunty & Co-founded a Million Dollar Company is entrepreneur Varun Agarwal’s debut novel. It’s the real life story of his experience as the co-founder of Alma Mater (a web store dealing in school memorabilia) and as the title suggests; of his encounters with Anu Aunty, his mother’s naysaying friend. As he mentions in the book’s foreword, he isn’t any Hemingway and thus, this book should be read for the story and the insight it provides, and nothing else. The plot follows Varun, a confused engineering graduate who is unsure of what he wants to do next. It involves his group of friends each of whom are products of the Indian education system and it’s mindset, where everyone is an engineer or a doctor. And in all of this, Varun dreams of doing things his own way. From stalking his crush on Facebook to a lot more, this book makes for a breezy read.
I finished it in over a five-hour long bus journey. The story is set in Bangalore and smells of the city throughout. Varun has a quirky narrative where he recounts the events of his life in a brutally honest manner. And he adds these small little snippets explaining some of these incidents and places. Mixed somewhere in this narrative of him starting Alma Mater, he dishes out his words of wisdom. No he isn’t a Mitch Albom or Steve Jobs but these do get across pretty well thanks to way they are put forth. They are easy to relate to and practical. They aren’t very preachy. Add to all of this, the constant situation-bas and two other companies - Reticular and Last Minute Films. He is also the author of a national bestselling book How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-Founded A Million Dollar
Varun Agarwal is the odd man out, having veered from the trajectory set by his parents and society; he enjoys the undesirable scrutiny his career choices or lack thereof have garnered. "How I Braved Anu Aunty & Co-Founded A Million Dollar Company "is the story of Varun Agarwal, written by Varun Agarwal. A 20-something self-proclaimed loser; he is at the crossroads in life where he has to choose his career path and there is fair bit of cacophony surrounding him. There are the dramatic all-too readily flowing tears of his mother, the ever-increasing social pressure to earn a livelihood, the never-ending meddling of all the aunties, led by Anu aunty, the sandpaper rough burn of his all- too perfect peers like Arjun, the drama of his less-than-perfect friends and the sad nonexistent state of his love life manifesting in his unsavoury e-stalking of an oblivious Devika.
After a year of complete non-productivity, following the engineering degree he was basically forced into getting Varun is not exactly at a highpoint in his two decades of existence. Filled with no insignificant amount of disdain for all the techies and engineers in Bangalore; he may not know what he wants to do but is absolutely certain of what he doesn’t want to do and that is have a regular job. Barren of this traditional desire, he chooses boldly, albeit furtively, to start a business with his friend Rohn Malhotra; catering to school memorabilia after noticing a gap in the market. This business venture is attempted between bouts of drinking and wandering through many of the fine drinking establishments in Bangalore.
He finnaly open his online shoping website almamaterstore.in [almamaterstore.in here]. Alma mater aims to provide students and alumni of premier school and colleges accross india with a means of expressing their pride at being product of such reputed institutions. Our customers take great pleasure in making their school or college colour a part of their everyday wardrode and lives.
In alma mater are dedicated to ensuring tht all product are of a standrd and a quality....
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