“We are flattered to witness the response generated by the beta program and are working towards accommodating all pending sign up requests as soon as we launch live.”

There is always some element of competition. As and when more players show interest in a space, it endorses increasing demand. I have never taken competition as a treat.

The New Romantic scene was so tiny. Although it got lots of mileage in the media, it was a really small club with only a core group of people. As it got more popular, kids started to come from the suburbs all dressed up, but it -really wasn’t as big as it looked.

However, to build a successful business, focus on creating more value through the product, and direct your efforts on solving real issues.

Never compromise on hiring the best talent. Build value, not valuation. We have never used tactics like giving discounts, cashback to make customers use our product. This way no one can create a sustainable business.

If one wants to innovate or even survive in today’s competitive world, one must keep abreast of emerging new technologies.

Technology is no longer a luxury. People across generation and geographies are making use of mobile technologies. Startups have capitalised on this phenomenon.

Before I start a company, I always invest at least one year to knowing that sector thoroughly. I research about almost everything related to that business – competition, market potential, revenue model, legal and regulatory obligations, among other aspects.

If you have a strong business idea, then it is comparatively easy now to get capital. It is a positive thing that increasingly more people want to join the startup bandwagon.

If you manage to build a sustainable product, revenue will follow. A lot of startups fail because they concentrate on incremental innovations, increasing user base, and monetisation before strengthening the core of their business.

A lot has changed in India in the last decade. We can attribute the growth of India’s startup ecosystem to the increased penetration of affordable smartphones and data connectivity across the country.

I have never compromised on fundamentals. I’ve always believed in focusing on creating value and not valuation.

Every person should have a lifetime self-improvement program.

You can not be a conservative if you’re going to keep promoting new programs that you’re not going to pay for.

Inherent to socialism is the absence of choice. If I want to choose my own pretzels or books or iphones, they prevent me – they fine me, or imprison me. And those systems, not infrequently have historically, have developed into systems where there are programs.

A man’s reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet, for that too is food, without which he cannot grow mentally.

All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school – my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.

In fifteen years we’ll be teaching programming just like reading and writing, and wondering why we didn’t do it sooner.

A lot of people think the Breakfast for Children program is charity. But what does it do? It takes the people from a stage to another stage. Any program that’s revolutionary is an advancing program. Revolution is change.

I don”t know if I like communism, and I don”t know if I like socialism. But I know that the Breakfast for Children Program feeds my kids. And if you put your hands on that Breakfast for Children Program.