Kosmix co-founder Harinarayan on why being an entrepreneur means being misunderstood Venky Harinarayan has had a big win as an entrepreneur. Back in the '90s, Harinarayan started one of the first, if not the first, e-commerce search engine, Junglee. It was sold to Amazon in 1998 for $250 million. In 2005, Harinarayan and his business partner Anand Rajaraman, co-founded Kosmix, an alternative search engine, or Web guide. Rajaraman was also a co-founder of Junglee.In this "Lessons Learned" interview, Harinarayan shares his advice to entrepreneurs.  Firstly, you have to be able to dream, he said. You have to believe you’re doing something fundamentally different and that you’re going to change the world. If you don’t have a dream, you’re not passionate, and it just doesn’t work. “If you don’t have the passion, ...   [ Read more ]