The Dream: How I Learned the Risks and Rewards of Entrepreneurship and Made Millions (22 page)

Los Angeles, California,
92
,
102
,
128
,
208
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211–13
,
224

McDonald’s,
39–40
,
48

Mercedes-Benz,
138

Microsoft,
50–1
,
192
,
215

NBC,
210–11

New York City, New York,
90–1

noncompete agreements,
100
,
132
,
139–41
,
150
,
157–9
,
201
,
224

Paisley, Sam,
92
,
104–5
,
128–9
,
145–6
,
150–1
,
189

Paris, France,
193

pay per click (PPC),
49–50
,
56
,
59
,
92
,
180
,
191

perception,
33–4
,
58–9
,
65
,
74–5
,
233

performance-based advertising
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pay per click

Planet Bollywood,
141–50
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176–7

Providian Bank,
78

Punjab, India,
3–6

San Francisco, California,
56
,
158

San Jose, California,
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7–8
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12
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16
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31
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36–7
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52
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79–80
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92
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102
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106
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151–2
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154
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157
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160
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190
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202
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213

Santa Clara, California,
63
,
79

Sarbanes-Oxley Act,
194

The Secret Millionaire,
212–15
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219
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223
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227–8

September
11
, 2001,
118–20

Sikhism,
3
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6
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7
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9–10
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15
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17–21
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24–5
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42–3
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85
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96
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101
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119–20
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151
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turban

Silicon Valley,
31
,
89
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225

Singh, Gary,
50
,
57
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59

SOX compliance
See
Sarbanes-Oxley Act

stereotypes,
74–5
,
150

stock market,
31–3
,
35–8
,
41
,
89
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93–4
,
139–40
,
225

subprime mortgage crisis,
34
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225

Subramanian, Krishna,
142–3
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153
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161–2
,
201

success, lessons of,
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32–5
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38–9
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41
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46
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59–61
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64–7
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71–3
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82–4
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91
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93
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97–8
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100–1
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103–6
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110
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117–18
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139
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144
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148
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153–4
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157
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159–60
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166
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178–9
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182
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188
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201–2
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211
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229–34

competition,
67
,
232
damage control,
82–4
fearlessness,
91
,
234
forward movement,
178–9
,
231–2
friends,
22
,
144
,
153–4
investing,
103–4
on investors,
64–7
jealousy,
105–6
,
144
on lawsuits,
110
in list form,
229–34
need versus necessity,
139
,
160
noble intentions,
148
,
229
perseverance,
41
results,
61
,
105
risk,
xiv
,
211
,
234
substance,
100–1
,
201–2
vision,
117–18
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employees; frugality; perception; stereotypes

Tech-Now,
210–11

The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE),
63

3i,
182–3

tracking software,
51–5
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78–82
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108–9
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177

turban,
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7
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9–10
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17–21
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29
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39–40
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43
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52
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72
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85
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90
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93–6

United Kingdom,
52–4
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165–6
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177
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185
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188–9
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193
,
212

Uttar Pradesh, India,
21–3

ValueClick,
49
,
92–4
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99–107
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116–18
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128–9
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139–40
,
145–6
,
150–1
,
157
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175–80
,
186–90
lawsuits,
145–6
,
150–1
,
175–80
,
186–90
resignation from,
128–9

venture capitalists,
59
,
66
,
89–90
,
175
,
181–3
,
225–6

VentureWire,
181–2
,
227

Walden Venture Capital,
182–3
,
187

Web sites,
50–1
,
55–9
,
62
,
67
,
69–70
,
74
,
82
,
99
,
143
,
161
,
176

William Morris Agency,
212
,
223–4

Yahoo!,
195–202
,
207–8
,
215
,
218

Zarley, Jim,
92
,
104–5

ZMedia,
106