Naveen Tewari

“I realized that the journey of entrepreneurship can often be a lonely one. Not everyone wants to believe in or support your vision, and every entrepreneur faces this moment of truth. It's hard to walk away but harder to persevere.”

“We were told that building a product company in India is impossible, as there wasn't enough talent available. But we survived, thrived, and grew despite a whole lot of frowns and thumbs down.”

“I don't consider my competition to be companies but entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is the freedom to take your own decisions, and that's what we offer.”

“We knew we had to think global and think big. Most companies that are emerging don't do that.”

“I have the same breakfast I have been having for many years - oats with fruits and dry fruits.”

“In 2007, I was living in San Francisco. I came out of business school, and I was very keen on doing something with a small company. I felt that the market, in general, in mobile phones was just going to explode.”

“Capital never builds great products.”

“The world has many very smart people who are doing interesting and different things, and there is no better way to learn than to interact with them.”

“I know, it sounds generic and is a cliche, but coming from a middle class family in Kanpur, it was always the neighbourhood opinions which mattered.”

“For me, whether I have money or not, it is far more important that there is an intent behind a cause that's pure and can change the lives of certain people. If that's there, then you will be able to get all the resources required.”

“For most people, hobbies are not something we can take up full-time.”

“For a company to be successful, it's not just about ideas. It's also about luck. And everything else coming together.”

“Advertising has always been about creating awareness. We started to question that logic. Discovery-led consumption is where we are headed. We are bringing window shopping to the mobile platform.”

“InMobi is passionate about pushing the limits of business and mobile technology.”

“Advertising has to be contextual, as the potential in 'push' marketing is fairly limited and is largely viewed as spam. Thus there is a need to get into 'permission' marketing and 'pull' marketing to deliver value to marketers.”

“A lot of coordinated approaches are required to make a global operation work.”

“I eventually think its going to be the consumer who controls his own data.”

“As an Indian company, to go outside India and motivate people, have them align to our vision, and get them excited about what an Indian company can do was a hard thing to pull off.”

“NestAway is a disruptive product creating a win-win opportunity, not just for direct stakeholders like owners and tenants but for the society at large by making cities safer, especially for young women.”

“Nasscom has a big mandate - a lot of things come under their umbrella.”