‘For the consumer, the better experience always wins' – 30 quotes from Indian startup journeys
From concept development to customer experience, witness the memorable journey of Indian entrepreneurship in these excerpts and stories! StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week (see the previous post here). Share these 30 gems and insights from the week of May 22-28 with your colleagues and networks, and check back to the original articles for more insights.
Consumers need to be given more innovative product choices, at a price point that is ‘designed’ for them. - Vivek Mathur, SAIF Partners
For the consumer, the better experience always wins. Even if you are a big, hyper-funded player, the experience the customer gets at the end of the day is the deciding factor. - Samar Singla, Jugnoo
Fitness is different for everyone. - Nirav Patil, Fitphilia
Electric Mobility in a multi-modal format, will be key towards realising our mission of building mobility for a billion Indians. - Bhavish Aggarwal, Ola
How can a ‘foetus’ nutrition be dirty? - Suhani Mohan, Saral Design
Schools can play an important role in normalising issues that have become taboos over the years. - Manish Sisodia, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister
India is a country where cash is king. Close to 12 percent of our country’s GDP contribution comes from cash. - Sudhakar Ram, Benow
The whole IT landscape is changing. There has been a new level of awareness among the customers that security is by design. - Parag Arora, Citrix
The services industry was doing very well in the 80s and the 90s, but over time, it degenerated into a moneymaking operation. - Akash Agarwal, Sahaj
A CFO’s role in a startup is nothing short of that of Superman’s. - Bhairav Kothari, SuperCFO
When you are reorienting a team of 1,700 people, it is like moving a big ship. - Abhinav Sinha, Oyo
Defining the brand is an extension of defining the product. However, most companies still never get the combination right. - Pratik Seal, AGS Transact Technologies
Instead of focusing on everything that’s broken, talk about everything that can be done to fix what’s broken. – Neena Budhiraja, Ola
We complain about the most ridiculous little things when some (people) don’t even have clean water. - Nicki Minaj
Simplicity comes from the element of focus. – Mitesh Agarwal, Oracle India
We would like to see more people appreciate art and buy art, instead of being unaware of or even intimidated by art. - U.A. Vasanth Rao, Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation
To be able to produce beautiful pieces of work without damaging the environment in any way is a great achievement. - Victoria Vijayakumar, Aranya Naturals
The mentor-disciple relationship is extremely important and, unlike in other art forms, a dancer can rarely change form or guru. - Shashwati Garai Ghosh
Learning today is all about ensuring that you pass in your exams. It isn’t about understanding or learning for just the love of learning. - Byju Raveendran
Every generation expands its definition of equality. – Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
All development sectors must imbibe the principles of disaster risk management. - Denis McClean, United Nations
The supreme reality of our time is the vulnerability of this planet. – John F. Kennedy
Startups can learn from BT cotton adoption to successfully scale up agri-tech ventures! - Yashwanth Sandupatla, Ankur Capital Fund
Shared data is the basis of a network of industries— sharing of insights to make tremendous gains for business and society, because no one company can solve this alone. - Inbar Lasser-Raab, Cisco
Enabling Indic content on the internet will lead to a growth of 39 percent with the current internet user base of India. - IAMAI
Women riders are a fast-expanding group in the motorcycle community. - Pallavi Singh, Harley-Davidson India
In Q2 2016, India ranked fifth globally by game downloads. It is expected to surpass both Russia and Brazil in the coming years. – Vani Kola, Kalaari Capital
When you cross the line of risk, there is something beautiful and unknown waiting for you. But you have to cross that line. – Aniket, hitchhiker
Some anonymous activity creates positive outcomes though a large part of it creates negativity. - TN Hari, BigBasket
Children are a gift of god. It is hurtful to see that families don’t think twice before abandoning children on the streets. – Prema Lazarus, Miracle Manna Children’s Home
Miracles do happen. - Lalita Ben Bansi
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