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“And I was quite clear that if I had a plan B in my life, then plan A wouldn't work out. Because I think that's half the situation, right, when you want to start something, and you feel you have an optionality, you're going to run aground definitely 10 times.”

“And in my view, I think it's about not being in denial. And to recognize failure when you start seeing warning signs. I think all of us procrastinate the decision to pull the plug.”

“Don't be wedded to a historic business. If that business can be monetized, and if someone else can make a bigger business of that business, divest it.”

“This is again something which is common to a lot of successful entrepreneurs. Rebel, often without a cause.”

“I think most people should not be entrepreneurs. Most people have a much higher quality of life doing other things, specializing in the tech field or working for somebody else.”

“The single most important decision an entrepreneur makes is whose advice to trust on what topic.”

“Pain is a fantastic amplifier of capability. Some sort of, like, grudge, pain, anger, but, you know, the child that had a wonderful upbringing is a wonderful human being and not a great entrepreneur in many cases, at least at scale, at mega scale, because it j…”

“My experience is that people who have the endurance are the people that have a chip on their shoulder, something happened along their journey. That they're wounded, traumatized, and they want to fix it. And the cure is the creation of something that didn't exi…”

“I think there's something similar between an entrepreneur and a gangster. So few of them make it. So many die early. The odds of success are so low. Gangsters are celebrated via Hollywood, Bollywood in my case, and entrepreneurs via podcasts like mine.”