Anand Mahindra to Kunal Bahl, top honchos on how to survive the business world

If you thought entrepreneurial advice and strategy insights are about superfluous vocabulary, think again. These top minds of India Inc may have mastered the skill of being concise with words, yet speak their hearts out on business and beyond




Anand Mahindra, chairman and MD, Mahindra Group: “Someone [asked] me about imminent business trends. The glamorous answer is an explosion of entrepreneurship. And that’s not untrue.

But I also see a wave of consolidation. Even amongst the unicorns. Collaborating to compete will be essential in a hypercompetitive world.”

Kunal Bahl, CEO, Snapdeal: “When in armed combat in the battlefield, to survive it is imp to just keep moving. Exactly the same in a startup. Just keep moving forward.”

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, chairman and MD, Biocon: “Women are diffident of financial risk in scaling — it’s a mindset rather than reality” — In a reply to why India doesn’t have a female Sachin Bansal

Deepinder Goyal, CEO, Zomato: “No amount of hard work can be a substitute for actually using your brains. And vice versa.”

Vinod Khosla, co-founder, Sun Microsystems: “To entrepreneurs: Imagine the improbable, make it possible, then probable and then real! The path of doing what others think is impossible

Vijay Shekhar, CEO, Paytm: “Opportunity decides how low will you go. Adversity, how high.”