Hi everyone! I'm a full-time student and also writing a book, called Think Outside the Odds. The book tells the stories of 13 underdog entrepreneurs whose disadvantages fueled their innovation. I like to think of it as a toolkit for achieving the impossible.
Ask me anything about cold emailing entrepreneurs, publishing, writing/creative processes, student life, or innovation! Would love to meet some cool people too.
Hey Vedika :)
What fascinated you about that topic and why did you write a book about it ?
Hi Abdelilah. I’ve always felt like a bit of an underdog. When I looked to entrepreneurs I resonated with for inspiration, a lot of them had come from unconventional paths or had rocky starts to what became explosive successes. Weirdly enough, they attributed that to their success. There was a gap for me in their stories: how did they go from being the underdog to being fueled by it?
It's something I wanted to learn to do desperately, so I decided to reach out to some of these entrepreneurs. Eventually, that turned into this book, and my hope is I can share what I've been learning with others!
That's very interesting, how would you distill all those learnings in a few lines ? Like the typical elevator pitch but for what you have learned, I know there is a lot more to it, that's why you wrote a book about it :D, however I am curious.
Embrace being the underdog. Once you accept that your disadvantages can actually be the foundations of your innovation, you're on your way to creating something awesome :)
That's a great way of phrasing it :)