‘I HAVE A DREAM’ BY RASHMI BANSAL IS A BOOK ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP. HAVING AUTHORED THE BESTSELLERS ‘STAY HUNGRY STAY FOOLISH’ AND ‘CONNECT THE DOTS’, THE AUTHOR WRITES ON A SIMILAR THEME AND INCORPORATES THE ELEMENT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HER LATEST. AKIN TO HER PREVIOUS BOOKS, ‘I HAVE A DREAM’ IS CENTERED ON SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP. IT IS A STORY OF 20 IDEALISTS THAT THINK AND ACT LIKE ENTREPRENEURS. THEY ARE DEDICATED TO VARIOUS CAUSES WITH ONE COMMON FACTOR: THE BELIEF IN THE PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT AND ITS OPTIMAL USE TO ACHIEVE GREATER COMMON GOOD. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT CHANGE IS CONSTANT AND THE ONLY PERSON TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE IS YOURSELF, RASHMI BANSAL`S BOOK WILL ENTHRALL YOU. THE BOOK EXUDES THE TRUE MEANING OF CHANGE. IT DELVES UPON THE FACT THAT CHANGE IS BROUGHT ABOUT BY SOMEONE LIKE YOU, SO MUCH SO, THAT IT COULD EVEN BE A PERSON NEXT DOOR. IT ENCOURAGES THE ORDINARY MIND TO THINK OF IDEAS EXTRAORDINAIRE.
रश्मी बन्सल यांच्या उद्योजकतेवरील लोकप्रिय पुस्तकांमधील एक म्हणजे, ‘आय हॅव अ ड्रीम’. सामाजिक उद्योजकतेला वाहिलेल्या वीस उद्योजकांची यशोगाथा यात समाविष्ट आहे. हे वीस जण विभिन्न कार्यक्षेत्रात कार्यरत असले तरी त्यांचे समाज कल्याणाचे उद्दिष्ट समान आहे. रेनमेकर्स, चेंजमेकर्स आणि स्पिरिच्युअल कॅपिटॅलिस्ट अशा तीन भागात विभागलेल्या या पुस्तकात सुलभ चळवळीचे सर्वेसर्वा बिंदेश्वर पाठक यांच्यापासून सेल्कोचे हरिष हांडे, विज्ञाननिष्ठ समाजसेवक माधव चव्हाण, माहिती हक्क चळवळीला पाठबळ देणारे दिल्लीचे मुख्यमंत्री अरविंद केजरीवाल अशा अनेक प्रेरणादायी व्यक्तिमत्त्वांची यशोगाथा अनुभवायला मिळते.