Somebody is coming to bring their global vision to India. If they are coming on their own, they shouldn’t tie up. If they are coming because you know the ground level and there are international best practices to be shared, then it is the best way. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
Somebody needs to position you and introduce you, but after that, most of the bankers get represented with their large clients; mostly investors are their long-term clients and an investee is a short term client. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
One becomes an entrepreneur to break the glass ceiling and that’s when you grow the market. Of course, in that process you have to be prepared to get hurt. You will get hurt. But I’m a doer and I like taking risks. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
Without appearing smug in any way, I would say I did not have a role model. I wish I had but I did not. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
I play chess with the computer when I feel dull in my mind and after two games – ‘out or win’, I feel sharp again. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
I do believe that it’s when you stop and give up that real failure takes place. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
Most of us don’t look at investment in a win-win situation. You have to give in a little bit; you have to take a little bit. Most feel everything has to be rinsed out for closing of the transaction. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
I would be fooling myself if I thought I would succeed as an entrepreneur. Maybe my base as a theatre artiste gave me the confidence as that’s when you start feeling you can do something on your own. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote
My thought process was: We had decided to become a B2C company and build the UTV brand and we couldn’t be that as a TV producer or ad film-maker or doing in-flight programmes. Ronnie Screwvala Read Quote