India, Dec. 20 -- puneletters@hindustantimes.com

Pune: As a student who had just completed his Master in Telecommunication from VJTI

Mumbai, Pratap Pawar stepped out confidently with high hopes and big dreams of building products that would be useful for mankind and make the world a better (and easier) place to live in. To give wings to his dreams, he invited three of his friends to start a company. And, Microficial Intelligence was born, a company that would enable home automation. However, it did not work out as planned, and the start-up met with an early end.

But, the premature death of his dream venture could not restrain the budding entrepreneur from the lure of the business world, a calling that would get louder with each passing...