Quote of the day comes from Andrew Lahde. He said
I do not understand the legacy thing. Nearly everyone will be forgotten. Give up on leaving your mark. Throw the Blackberry away and enjoy life.
Category: Quotes
Sandesh Trivedi on Birthdays
Sandesh Trivedi is a very very talented young man. When congratulated on his birthday, he said
har saal aata hain n makes me loose my compettive advantage each yr
He is a value investor and I have high hopes on him. He blogs about his investment ideas here.
Thoughts on entrepreneurship
I was reading this presentation made by Axis Holding’s Kuntal Shah at VCCircle’s event at Pune.
One of the slides had this quote …
I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon…if I can. I seek opportunity…not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole; I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of Utopia. I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act for myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say: This, with God’s help, I have done. All this is what it means to be an entrepreneur.
Although I dont agree with God part but I couldn’t have said this better. And re-affirmed my belief in entrepreneurship. Something to cheer up post reservation news.
Quote on Indian Consumers
The average Indian consumer is growing. The urban world is driven by aspiration, quality and value in that order, while the rural world is driven by the same factors in a different order – value, aspiration and quality. It’s funny they want the same things in different ways.
Shivkumar is chief executive officer, Nokia
Taken from AgencyFaqs.com
Bertrand Russell – Quote
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
Quote from Benjamin Franklin
In his biography, Benjamin Franklin said …
…like a man traveling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the road he sees wrapped up in the fog, as well as those behind him, and also the people in the fields on each side, but near him all appears clear, tho' in truth he is as much in the fog as any of them.