I got to ready this story about Amit, who was recently ranked the number 1 young entrepreneur in India. Amit did not grow up in a place where creativity was encouraged. From a young age he was told over and over to follow the script and work towards that 9-5 job someday. Amit had to travel 103 km each day to get to school, yes each day. Amit was a very self determined kid, he realized at an early age that he had a wandering mind, that wanted to view the world in a different and unique way. One day he was with his mom and they were at a hotel and she asked him to carry her bags up the stairs because she could not, and frankly it was tough for him too. At that point he wondered if suitcases had wheels to be moved on ground more easily why cant there be something to move it on stairs more easy. This is when the idea of “Up-Cart” was created. Up-Cart is used to put your luggage on it and then use it to pull it up stairs much easier.

Amit entered himself in different entrepreneurial competitions to be able to pitch his idea and get the word out there. These small and many competitions turned into something much bigger when he found himself in a competition to be named the top young entrepreneur in India. Amit had a fear of public speaking so this was a step out for him. However, he did come out on top of this competition and the young boy who had a wandering mind and the desire to do things different was now called the #1 young entrepreneur in India.

This is such a cool story to read! Amit did not let the early challenged and opposition he faced at a young age stop him from achieving his goals. It would have been easy for him to hear the outside noises that told him different than the voices in his head but he didn’t, he ran with what he believed and ended up creating and becoming something special!