CIIE

I recently attended the launch of Bangalore chapter of Centre for innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship (CIIE) which is an IIMA endeavor for promoting entrepreneurship at the hotel Royal Orchid in Bangalore. It is the first centre outside Ahmedabad. As per the invitation mail which I received, it said "The Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) is an initiative by IIM Ahmedabad to promote innovation-driven entrepreneurship in high-technology and mass application areas. CIIE provides physical & virtual incubation, mentoring, networking and seed-funding support to aspiring entrepreneurs and handhold them through the formative stages of an enterprise. CIIE leverages the expertise of IIMA faculty and alumni and its close linkage with industry experts to add value to start-ups." You can find more details at This event was also held to celebrate the success of the book "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" by Rashmi Bansal which has now sold over 1,00,000 books.This is a significant achievement as the benchmark for a best seller in India is 5000 copies.The event saw the launch of the Kannada edition of the book and also the 1,00,000th edition of the book.The book it seems is already available in Gujrati.