‘Trust, not money, is the currency of business and life’– 25 quotes from Indian startup journeys
From technology to trust, 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 the previous post here). Share these 25 gems and insights from the week of July 3-9 with your colleagues and networks, and check back to the original articles for more insights.
While India has earned recognition as a startup nation, it is as yet an unproven scale up nation. - Sanjeev Aggarwal, Fundamentum Partnership
Too much obsession with size and outcomes puts fear in you. - Samar Singla, Jugnoo
The right character and skills offers the most potential to break the cycle of poverty. - Shahnawaz Shaikh, Red Boys Foundation
We are swimming in the shallow end, while the Israelis are swimming in the deep end. - Anand Madanagopal, Cardiac Design Labs
The value-added dairy market in India is predicted to grow in double digits over the next few years. - Prashant Chhaya
People should know the procedural aspects of field trials and stages through which GM Mustard has come for approval. - Abhishek Joshi, Sarson Satyagraha
No two startup journeys are alike. – Satej, Rocketium
Overall spend on technology around recruitment in India is expected to grow to $4-5 billion by 2020. - Venkatesh Peddi, IDG Ventures
About 98 percent of India’s food and grocery consumption is via kirana stores. - Bala Srinivasa, Kalaari Capital
India has a multitude of large-scale problems that can apply the power of big data to find plausible solutions and implement them. - Praveen Bhadada, Zinnov
90 percent of accidents are caused by human error and artificial intelligence (AI) will reduce this in automated and driverless cars. - Rolf Bulander, Robert Bosch
Durga is the psychological fortress we build to cope with the corporate world. - Devdutt Pattanaik
So far, the real estate sector has not been able to emulate the success of e-commerce for consumer durables and services. - Anuj Puri, ANAROCK
Every WhatsApp group becomes a kind of family, and like all families feels warm and dysfunctional at the same time. – Santosh Desai, Future Brands
Selfies and selfie sticks are one of the worst things that happened to this generation because we learn to judge and be judged by our appearances, not by who we truly are. - Orkut Büyükkökten
Trust, not money, is the currency of business and life. – Vartika Manasvi, IMeYou
Fintech startups, instead of competing with large financial institutions, are exploring partnerships and synergies. - Aparajit Bhandarkar, ISME ACE
All women are like our mothers and should be allowed to sit on the Hatai. - Pyaraba
Gender bias is embedded in our society due to which it trickles down to various aspect of a girl’s life. - Shelly Mittal, Shell
We have to judicially use every drop of water. - A. R. Shivakumar, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology
The real problem in the media is too little bona fide reporting. - Tim Dawson, National Union of Journalists
People will take time to digest the fact that dogs and puppies can also be therapists when trained. - Shristi Sharma, Fur Ball
Creativity is an intuition. – Kotegadde Ravi, Fidelitus Gallery
Venture capitalists consider IoT, machine learning, healthcare and SaaS companies as the crucial sectors to invest in. - Vikram Gupta, IvyCap Ventures
For the lack of a strict public policy on who can be called an accelerator, they have become dime a dozen. - Sreeraman Thiagarajan, Agrahyah Technologies
YourStory has also published the pocketbook ‘Proverbs and Quotes for Entrepreneurs: A World of Inspiration for Startups’ as a creative and motivational guide for innovators (downloadable as apps here: Apple, Android).
