Founder-director, Emmpower

Associate director, Kotak Investment Advisors

CEO, Karvy Financial Services

Director, business development, NagraVision

CEO, Celio Future Fashion

“Investing in social media companies is like gambling with the odds stacked against you”

“In investing, there are many ways to fail but there are many ways to succeed too. The key is to have your process in line with your trading behaviour”

“Today, you have to choose between a decent return and total safety”

“Bubbles only burst after the critics of the bubble have been discredited by years of rising prices”

“We are entering a new exciting era where math is going to trump science”

“Being first does not mean things will necessarily fall into place”

“Our study shows that 60% of the entrepreneurs are heart-led as they are passionate about the business”

“The stronger a brand gets in a particular category, the weaker it gets in others”

“If your culture doesn’t fit your strategy, it will create huge problems”

“Whenever a blue ocean is created, competition is rendered irrelevant”

“The inability to let go is far more damaging than any threat of competition”

“Most successful investments are where the odds are against you but, if you succeed, you do in a big way”

“The US treasury is funding permanent deficits with short term funding”

“Unlike brain surgery, in investing you can be wrong 40% of the time and still do fine”

“Failure is a crucial part of innovation — if you can’t fail, you can’t innovate”