Apart from being a successful entrepreneur, he is a guide, a mentor, a role model and a youth icon for millions of people all over the world. Just like any other aspiring youngster, he too had a bunch of unclear dreams and a blurred vision of his goals in life. All he had was an undying learning attitude to hold on to. Rowing through ups and downs, it was time that taught him the true meaning of his life.
Lets take a look at the struggle story of Sandeep Maheshwari, Founder of Imagesbazaar, that finally became an inspiring success story for millions.
Sandeep's belonged to a middle class family and his father had an ‘aluminum’ business. He had to drop the college to support the family due to the collapse in the business. Right from joining a multi-level marketing company to manufacturing & marketing household products, he left no stone unturned.
It was during this phase, he discovered interest and need beyond any formal education.
Attracted by scintillating modeling world, he tried his luck in the same at an age of 19 years. But seeing the exploitation and humiliation in the industry, he quit it soon and decided to do something for the deserving young models but was still unclear as to how to achieve it.
Still struggling with hazy goals, he took up a 2 weeks course in photography and launched his own studio. He was mocked and ridiculed by everyone but kept pursuing his goal relentlessly.
Always desiring to rise above everyone, it was Sandeep’s perseverance that he created a world record by knocking down a juggernaut task of taking more than 10,000 shots of 122 models in just 10 hours and 45 minutes. But his focus was not diluted by the glamour and temporary adulation he got. Rather, this fueled his innate desire to revamp the modeling world further.
At the age of 26, he launched ImagesBazaar. The year was 2006. Not being a massive setup, he took the job of multi-tasking. Being the counselor, tele-caller and a photographer all by himself, he paved his way forward. And today, ImagesBazaar is the world’s largest collection of Indian images with over a million images and more than 7000 clients across 45 countries.
Sandeep has single handedly brought this paradigm shift in the modeling world. Countless models have been successfully launched with words like exploitation and harassment sidelined to a large extent.
It was this life-changing endeavor that made him one of the most renowned entrepreneurs of India at a young age of 29. His ethics resonating some of the philosophies like 'To Never Fear of Failures' and "Be Truthful to self and others".
His vision is to ignite and inspire the entrepreneurial spirit of tomorrow’s leaders and to help them succeed and we can say that he is very much being able to do so.
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