Life of Pi, the Booker Prize-winning book by Yann Martel, is now showing as a movie in theaters. Not only has it scored high on the box office meter, but it has also provided viewers with valuable insights about life's ups and downs and how to handle them bravely. The captivating story of Pi's magical journey on a lifeboat with a Royal Bengal Tiger teaches about faith in oneself and in God. The journey is very similar to the journey of an entrepreneur. There is a lifeboat and a raft (the start-up), a tiger (the unwanted venture capitalists and angel investors), the sea (the market), and ships (commercial success). There is also time (the factors that we cannot control and therefore should stop worrying about; there's enough worry on matters that we can sort out). Let us look at some of the lessons the movie teaches entrepreneurs:
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