Dream With Your Eyes Open

An Entrepreneurial Journey

By: Ronnie Screwvala

Narrated by: Ronnie Screwvala

Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

UTV founder and pioneer of the media industry Ronnie Screwvala is one of India’s most successful first-generation entrepreneurs. An avid philanthropist, he has penned Dream with Your Eyes Open: An Entrepreneurial Journey as one of the most inspiring entrepreneurial self-help books. Pictured relaxed and content on the cover page of the book, Screwvala provides a relentless pursuit of entrepreneurial glory and describes how others can learn from the same.

The book - an insider’s account of what it takes to start, build and scale businesses in India - details Screwvala’s vast entrepreneurial experiences gathered over 20 years of building amazing and not so amazing businesses. The book is aimed at bringing clarity to the way business setup is changing. It presents a significant account on what role entrepreneurs will play in the future of India.

The book is filled with incidents, thoughts and behind-the-scenes anecdotes of Screwvala’s career that will help young business-oriented minds to gain more knowledgeable insight into the ins and outs of entrepreneurship. Through Dream with Your Eyes Open, Screwvala has presented listeners with a fighting chance to make dreams come true.

©2015, 2016 Ronnie Screwvala (P)2019 Ronnie Screwvala

Critic reviews

"I am happy to learn that Shri Ronnie Screwvala has written a book on the theme of entrepreneurship: Dream With Your Eyes Open. I hope the book will encourage the youth of India to pursue their dreams, and in doing so, devote their energies to find innovative ways to build better lives for millions of Indians. On this occasion, I convey my best wishes to Shri Ronnie Screwvala, and hope his effort will serve as inspiration for many." (Shri Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India)

"A true entrepreneur, Ronnie Screwvala took a startup to a global scale by partnering with The Walt Disney Company. He has the qualities I believe necessary for great leadership embodying the spirit of curiosity and optimism, taking smart chances, and pursuing excellence always." (Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company)

"The story of Indian media in the last twenty years is the story of how a few brave entrepreneurs like Ronnie built an exciting industry from scratch with few guideposts and no templates to replicate. I hope Ronnie s story will be a beacon for entrepreneurs who seek to create their own next big leaps." (James Murdoch, COO, 21st Century Fox)

Straight and to the point

I loved listening to the useful tips for entrepreneurs that can be remembered in short points. Overall great reading performance done by the author that made the book feel more authentic even with the few errors made like repeating a sentence.

To FAIL is to SUCCEED

How many times have you heard a successful person brag about how many times they have failed instead of bragging of all of they have accomplished? This one has brought it to my attention, that failure is just as much a staple in success rather than being a negative concept.

Inspiring for an entrepeneur

As a person starting out in business, I found this book helpful and hopeful, full of practical advice and spiritual wisdom.

Surprisingly good

I didn't think I'd like this but it was actuator actually a great listen.

Excellent Book; Hard to Classify

I received a review copy of this audiobook.

Given that the author explicitly defines his primary audience as entrepreneurs in India, there are limits on how applicable I can find it.
This book is hard to pin to a genre. It's largely biographical, but it isn't a straightforward biography. It has advice on being an entrepreneur, but it isn't a How-To Book.

The non-chronological order of the storytelling is surprisingly coherent. The author/narrator is pleasant to listen to.

There are at least 4 points where he clearly misread and corrected a line without editing out the mistake, but it was less distracting than this normally is. There are more cases where he reads a section twice, presumably because the print version includes a large print quote of text right by the actual text, which is unpleasant but not a big deal.

I recommend this audiobook to others. It was a good listen.

Very good read, highly recommend! Good narration p

Very good read, highly recommend! Good narration performance. Good information, easily understandable. Will listen again!

Very well written and narrated.

It's eye opener and guide to who, is on the path or thinking to be a entrepreneur!

Encouraging

Encouraging words for an entrepreneur who is struggling to understand the 'why' his/her thinking & behaviours led him along this path of uncertainty & Excitement & Foolishness to some.I

Just Awful

This was terrible. Hard pass on a free book. Save your time and do anything else with your life.