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Entrepreneurship was knocking out the doorsteps of an modern India during post-independence and caught a growth all over the country due to the efforts of some excellent innovators of India. Another such innovator was born on 28 September, 1980 in the capital city of India, that is, New Delhi. His name is Sandeep Maheshwari. An innovative mind who has brought the face of Indian culture, lifestyle, food & festivals in front of the world via his startup, ImagesBazaar, World's largest Collection of Indian Images . But the roads to the success of ImagesBazaar were filled with lots of failures. Raised up in a middle class family, this boy was unfortunate enough to experience financial crunch at his early age after downfall of his father's aluminium business. Graduated from Kirori Mal College but Sandeep dropped out during his final years of B.Com. and started small-scale business. Whether it's helpline facility or multi-level marketing company or manufacturing of products, he has done everything which could make him economically stable. Modelling was the next choice of his career at his 19 years age but he failed to prosper . Sandeep was familiar with the downs faced by the models and then decided to help those strugglers , he was passionate about freelance photography and started making portfolios. However, it couldn't go for a long. He did a job in MNC named " Japan Life " where he earned a lakh per month but couldn't became a part of his interests. Situation was again unfortunate for him when his another company got disrupted which he started along with his 3 friends . A book on marketing written by Sandeepwas again a path to failure. So much failures !
How did then ImagesBazaar evolve ?
Droving back to his passion of photography was the biggest turning point in Sandeep's life . And Sandeep did something unexpected with his extreme dedication and hardwork .
A WORLD RECORD !
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He took 10000 shots of 122 models in just 10 hours & 45 minutes which was published in " Limca Book Of World Records 2004 " . Sandeep arranged studio in his own house and started making portfolios . He again went for something bigger and established a stock photography website which we today know by the name " ImagesBazaar.com " . ImagesBazaar influenced the Indian advertising & marketing as there was no other creative images provider in India and Sandeep Maheshwari became the first entrepreneur to do that .
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This man didn't stop there. He started inspiring people with his words, conducted several seminars in free of cost , he then uploaded videos of his sessions in his YouTube channel started in 2012 ,and , believe me, this became the World's Largest Not-For-Profit YouTube channel with 20,000,000 subscribers in 2021. Sandeep could have earned crores of rupees from his channel ,but, he didn't , rather, kept it free for public's benefit. From being an icon of entrepreneurship to an inspiration of millions for his words, Sandeep Maheshwari's journey is really an heart-touching one . Despite several obstacles , he never stop questioning and learning and today he teaches people to identify their inner potential and move on.
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