This month I completed Capt. Gopinath's auto-biography Simply Fly. Capt. Gopinath is generally regarded as father of LCC (low cost carrier) in India. Air Deccan, though it had its share of problems did change the Indian aviation sector forever. But thats only one part of the story. Several little known things of Gopinath unfolds in the book. His struggles, never-say-die-attitude, innovations and the passion he brings in to everything he gets into is truly motivating. No wonder, Dr. Abdul Kalam recommends this book to be used as a text book on entrepreneurship in B-schools. He is a great story teller, which makes reading the book so easy to read and absorb the lessons.Sunday, February 28, 2010
Reading List for Feb-10
Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey
This month I completed Capt. Gopinath's auto-biography Simply Fly. Capt. Gopinath is generally regarded as father of LCC (low cost carrier) in India. Air Deccan, though it had its share of problems did change the Indian aviation sector forever. But thats only one part of the story. Several little known things of Gopinath unfolds in the book. His struggles, never-say-die-attitude, innovations and the passion he brings in to everything he gets into is truly motivating. No wonder, Dr. Abdul Kalam recommends this book to be used as a text book on entrepreneurship in B-schools. He is a great story teller, which makes reading the book so easy to read and absorb the lessons.
This month I completed Capt. Gopinath's auto-biography Simply Fly. Capt. Gopinath is generally regarded as father of LCC (low cost carrier) in India. Air Deccan, though it had its share of problems did change the Indian aviation sector forever. But thats only one part of the story. Several little known things of Gopinath unfolds in the book. His struggles, never-say-die-attitude, innovations and the passion he brings in to everything he gets into is truly motivating. No wonder, Dr. Abdul Kalam recommends this book to be used as a text book on entrepreneurship in B-schools. He is a great story teller, which makes reading the book so easy to read and absorb the lessons.
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Prasad,
I am visiting your blog after a long time. I did read the book. I felt it could have been a far smaller book for the message he wanted to give. There were many interesting incident to read - I need to admit that it turned me off from being an entrepreneur in our country :(.
The biggest learning from the book:
1. Have courage and you will go through life.
2. How to select friends and people around you
3. Spotting opportunities
4. An interesting outlook on the personality of captain himself.
For all the stories we heard of Air Deccan not being reliable, etc., there is no mention of such things in the book.
Regards
Kichu
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