Once upon a time he studied under a tree... today he is the ninth richest Indian-American. This is the story of Jay Chaudhry.
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00:00Our village got electricity after I finished eighth grade, running water after I finished
00:16tenth grade.
00:17I sat in a car for the first time after twelfth grade, and I took a flight for the first time
00:26when I went to America to do my master's.
00:47Our village got electricity after I finished eighth grade, running water after I finished
00:54tenth grade.
01:08My village high school had a very small library, three bookcases in total.
01:16I read almost every book in the library.
01:31I had no idea what profession I should choose.
01:35I had heard that engineering and medicine would be good choices.
01:40I knew I did not like dealing with blood, so I chose engineering.
01:53I vividly recall my parents toiling in the small farm to support me when I did my engineering
02:02degree at this institute.
02:04When I graduated, I was excited, I was anxious, and I was eager.
02:22And I took a flight for the first time when I went to America to do my master's.
02:37Raised in a small village by a small-scale farming family, I had no history of entrepreneurship
02:44in my family.
02:46In the mid-nineties, as the internet was just taking off, and Netscape and internet
02:52startup had just gone public, I was fascinated by it.
02:57I asked myself, why can't I do a startup?
03:18What is the worst thing that can happen?
03:21The company can fail, and we can lose all our life savings.
03:26That isn't the end of the world.
03:28We had the confidence that we could find a job and start a new life.
03:56Get out of your comfort zone.
04:06If you are in full control, you aren't pushing fast enough.
04:11Nothing big will happen without significant risks.