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There is a saying: “Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't.” It is true that every entrepreneur has a different tale about why he or she decided to start a business. No matter how diverse and weird and crazy the story might seem, all would agree that being an entrepreneur is great. This week we talked with Wikipedia co-founder and American internet entrepreneur Jimmy Wales during his short trip to Dhaka about his take on entrepreneurship.

Initially influenced by his mother's love for music and later on learning to play numerous instruments himself, Arjun did not need lose much sleep over the decision to enter the music industry. However, interestingly enough, singing was not his first choice as a career; nor did he particularly like his now famous R&B style of singing.

While still a student of History at the University of Leicester, Barbara Wickham, British Council's new Country Director, was approached by social services to teach Ugandan refugee communities English. What started as a fortuitous experience grew into a lifelong passion in education.

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