This document provides a summary of a presentation comparing successful and failed entrepreneurs. It discusses N.R. Narayana Murthy, the successful founder and former CEO of Infosys, highlighting his education and role in founding the major Indian IT company. It then outlines common attributes of successful entrepreneurs and strategies used by Infosys. In contrast, it examines B. Ramalinga Raju, the founder of Satyam Computers, discussing how he built the company but then orchestrated a major accounting scandal, inflating financial reports for personal gain until the fraud was discovered. The document analyzes reasons for Raju's failed entrepreneurship compared to Murthy's success.
4. About N. R. Narayana Murthy
• Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy was the Chairman of the Board
and Chief Mentor of Infosys Technologies Limited. –
Retired Now.
• He was born on August 20, 1946 in Karnataka, India.
• He obtained his B.E. degree from University of Mysore in
1967 and his M.Tech from IIT, Kanpur in 1969.
• He founded Infosys in 1981 along with six software
professionals.
• He was also awarded Padma Bhushan.
5. Entrepreneurship Attributes
Opportunistic
Professional Qualification & Knowledge Base
Vision & Foresightedness
Sound Management Skills
Commitment to values, speed, Imagination &
Excellence
Leadership –Leaders in Making (Nandan
Nilekani, T.Mohandas Pai, S.Shibulal)
6. Winning Strategies
Investment in R&D.
Under Promise & Over Deliver for investors
Stress on building & Maintaining Relationships with
customers.
Sound working culture
Share Offering – first time in India
Process & Quality (98.5% defect detection before
testing at client location.)
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Innovation
Well defined framework (Data & Process driven
operations)
Right people for right job.
Partnering with acedemecia (IIM –A,B,Cambridge)
9. B. Ramlinga Raju - SATYAM
Founder – Satyam Computers in 1987
Chairman of Satyam Group till 2009
Build 4th largest IT Company of India
Presence in more than 30 Countries.
More than 30,000 employees.
More than 8000 crores turnover
10. S Scam – A Calculated Move
Success of Company
Formation of Maytas and other benami companies
Transfer of funds from satyam to these companies.
Promoters shares decreases from 25.6% to 3.6%
Sold his entire share from company
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Other top officials following the suit.
Inflated balance sheet – indicator of good
performance- stock prices soared
Insider trading through dummy accounts
Get maximum profit due to high share price.
Abortive failed bid to take over Maytas infra to
equalise the book of accounts.
Attempt failed , scam surfaced.
12. Reasons of Scam
Question Mark on instincts, System, Ethical
Practice, Govts, SEBI…