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The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classrooms.
—APJ Abdul KalamCreativity thrives best when constrained.
—Marissa MayerSelling is not a pushy, winner-takes-all, macho act. It is an empathy-led, process-driven, and knowledge-intensive discipline. Because, in the end, people buy from people.
—Subroto BagchiPeople are the most important thing. Business model and product will follow if you have the right people.
—Adam NeumannThe value of an idea lies in the using of it.
—Thomas EdisonFor me, the winning strategy in any start-up business is, ‘Think big but start small’.
—Carmen BusquetsSmall business creates more jobs than large corporations.
—Kevin McCarthyBig companies such as Google and Facebook buy startups at ridiculously high prices—not for their products, but for their people.
—Vivek WadhwaDiligence is the mother of good luck.
—Benjamin FranklinSilicon Valley is a mindset, not a location.
—Reid HoffmanI think it’s smart to always keep an eye on the companies that sit within incubator communities, which bring together the skills and expertise needed to grow an enterprise.
—Whitney Wolfe Herd
(This story appears in the 19 July, 2019 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)