ENTREPRENEUR BIZ TIPS: An Entrepreneur's Inspiration | Ajay Shah | TEDxHarkerSchool

Here’s Great Tip: An Entrepreneur's Inspiration | Ajay Shah | TEDxHarkerSchool

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Mr. Shah describes his heroes in the world of business who inspired him along his journey. Drawing from the inspiration that his heroes provided, Mr. Shah then explains to the audience members how they can quickly become inspired to embark on an entrepreneurial adventure.

Ajay Shah founded Shah Capital Partners in 2004 and joined the Silver Lake team in 2007 as the Managing Partner to found and develop the firm’s middle market strategy, Silver Lake Sumeru. Prior to founding Shah Capital, Mr. Shah founded and managed the Technology Solutions Business of Solectron, a $2 billion business. Mr. Shah was the CEO of Smart Modular Technologies, a company that he co-founded in 1989 and led through its public offering in 1995. He managed its growth to over $1 billion in revenues and directed its acquisition by Solectron Corp. in 1999 for over $2 billion. Mr. Shah serves on the board of directors of Flextronics, TES, CMAC, Ingenient, Magellan, Mobile Messenger, AVI-SPL, Inc., Power-One, Inc., and is chairman of the board of SMART Modular.

Mr. Shah has had years of experience in entrepreneurship and business, and consequently possesses nuggets of wisdom that he shares in his TEDx Talk.

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