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I realized that the life we were living and the life we could potentially live were very different.
I have been a late bloomer for sure. Well, but perhaps good things come to those who wait!
If you had to succeed at IIM, the one skill that you needed the most was networking,
My stint at IIM had made me realize that finance muhje chamakta tha, I quite loved the subject.
realized how rooted in reality Baniya businessmen are. While we are taught to be optimistic, they have been able to make their mark while being realistic.
one of the big learnings I have from Uday is that one must weigh the repercussions of one’s involvement very carefully.
I didn’t sit in judgement over businesses. On the contrary, it was my solution-oriented approach that ensured that I offered some very specific resolutions to issues.
was also beginning to realize that no one ever became rich by just earning a salary.
The lesson that I learnt here: anything is possible as long as you negotiate hard.
‘There are two buses. One reaches your bus stop first but thereafter, reaches your destination late; the other reaches your bus stop later but makes you reach your destination earlier than the first bus. If you belong to the service class, you will end up taking the first bus, as you would rather be on the path, i.e., doing something all the time.’
One of the many lessons that I have learnt in my entrepreneurial journey is that if you do not position a capable person correctly at the right time, it becomes a big constraint.
One needs to pitch to 100 investors at least three times to get ten of them to commit.
