“Let’s work for the world using your strength. The world is waiting for you.” – 20 quotes from Indian startup journeys

From success factors to competitive positioning, witness the memorable journey of Indian entrepreneurship in these excerpts and stories! StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week (see last week’s post here)! Share these 20 gems and insights from the week of September 8-14 with your colleagues and networks, and check back to the original articles for more insights!

An idea is worth only the amount of execution focus it gets. - Suraj Saharan, Delhivery

At the end of the day, good work must be universal. – Ira Dubey

Every small drop is essential to build an ocean. – Dev Khosla, The Weight Monitor

Diverse and inclusive cultures have greater productivity and higher customer satisfaction. - Alok Ohrie, Dell India

Risk is an uncertainty; an uncertainty is an unanswered question. So, in its simplest terms, running a business is just about answering questions. - Advitiya Sharma, Housing.com

Let’s work for the world using your strength. The world is waiting for you. - Masayoshi Tamura, Hitachi India

The logistics space provides a great opportunity for entrepreneurs to build a high growth company with an innovative solution. - Padmaja Ruparel, IAN

Internet of Things has the power to transform entire segments of industry like public health, precision farming, surveillance and logistics. - Naganand Doraswamy, TiE-Bangalore

Sales cycle for a service provider is any way between nine to 12 months. - Madan Ganesh Velayudham, ActOnMagic

Delivering the best with the same level of excellence, irrespective of the geographical location, is what we believe in. - Raju Vanapala, Way2SMS

The largest fashion brand in India will be built online. - Ravi Adusumalli, SAIF Partners

The customer care experience, which we had assumed would always suck, didn’t have to. And I could contribute to changing that. – Raveesh Bhalla, Haptik

Competition is always good. It keeps you on your toes, and there is always something that you can learn from other players. - ScoopWhoop

In India, people want to play games but face many problems which stop them from doing so regularly – can’t find places, can’t find partners, can’t find time, or it’s simply too difficult to organize. - Siddharth Pandey, Leh Leh

India has the potential to produce globally-relevant technology businesses. - Arun Samudrala, 6Degrees

There are too many fashion e-commerce sites, but none engage the user socially. - Nayan Kumar, VioletStreet

Over the years, the car buying market has turned from a seller’s market to a buyers’ market. - Vijay Kumar Reddy, FirstRide.in

I have a hunger to learn, want to figure out the problems in my own way, I might make mistakes, but those mistakes will make me better. It has. - Advitiya Sharma, Housing.com