Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the founder of Delhi-headquartered One97 Communications, is a busy man. Sharma has been travelling constantly to raise funds for Paytm, which One97 promotes. And by the looks of it, Paytm is on course to be the first company in India to get internet giant Alibaba's funding. A leading mobile marketplace and mobile wallet company, Paytm has also sought permit for payment banking recently. Interestingly, Sharma reveals the mobile payment business wasn't even on the company's agenda. A first generation entrepreneur, Sharma is difficult to pin down because of his hectic ravelling. He finally agrees to a telephone interview, in which he speaks about his ourney as an entrepreneur, his struggle as a Hindi school student to pick up English i engineering college, and coming a full circle by becoming an investor himself.