Welcome to the world of Entrepreneurship! A new tribe of MBA - Entrepreneurs is emerging on B-school campuses, who undergo the best management training, and leverage it to pursue their dreams. For instance, according to MBAUniverse.com Placement Report 2008, many graduates from all the top-20 B-schools have opted to take the road less traveled. Interestingly, B-schools are supporting and promoting this trend wholeheartedly.

Let's take a few cases to highlight this growing trend. At the bell-weather campus of IIM in Ahmedabad, eleven students opted out from the placements to turn entrepreneurs. These graduates have plans to get into diverse sectors like logistics, advertising, manufacturing, agro-processing, finance and IT. At IIM Lucknow, six graduates opted out placements. FMS student Neha Juneja declined a plum offer from the coveted Tata Administrative Services (TAS) to form her own venture called Aisapaisa.com. At IIM Indore, two students chose to pursue their dreams. Their website ourownbook.com provides visitors a chance to participate in a collaborative book writing project.

Looks like B-school campuses are turning into hot beds of entrepreneurial energy, and big dreams. Are you dreaming of being an entrepreneur too!

To spread more awareness and provide useful resources, India's leading management portal MBAUniverse.com is launching a new channel on Entrepreneurship. This channel will be aimed at B-school students and young executives who wish to take the road less traveled. MBAUniverse.com will partner experts and institutions to present tools, guides, faqs and success-stories on Entrepreneurship.

To kick-off this initiative, we have tied-up with National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN). NEN is a not-for-profit initiative of the Wadhwani Foundation working to inspire, educate and support the younger generation of entrepreneurs. The organization was co-founded in 2002 by leading Indian institutes, including IIT Bombay, IIM-Ahmedabad, BITS Pilani, SP Jain and IBAB.

Read on, and get ready for the topsy-turvy, but very rewarding world, of entrepreneurship!

1. What is Entrepreneurship?
2. Can I be an entrepreneur?
3. How to identify and develop the Idea?
4. How to develop the Business Plan?
5. Funding: What are the options?
6. What about the Execution Strategy?
7. Success Stories