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I always tell people to not risk their own money, and to get venture funding. You should fail fast and spend as little money as possible to get your ideas validated.
— Kris GopalkrishnanCo-Founder and Former CEO of Infosys, Indian IT Pioneer
In India affordability and improving life are also key pillars of entrepreneurship- coming from the circumstances and context of the country; for example, India has 1,000 radiologists for a population of 1.4 billion.
— Kris GopalkrishnanCo-Founder and Former CEO of Infosys, Indian IT Pioneer
When you innovate under constraints like this, you go to a different level- that's the opportunity India provides.
— Kris GopalkrishnanCo-Founder and Former CEO of Infosys, Indian IT Pioneer
We are first generation entrepreneurs, with middle class values, coming from middle class backgrounds, we never expected to be so wealthy! Our first reaction therefore is to share.
— Kris GopalkrishnanCo-Founder and Former CEO of Infosys, Indian IT Pioneer
Scaling any business is about creating a model, debugging the model, making sure you understand the ingredients that need to be scaled up, and making sure you have a process to scale. All of this needs to be wrapped-up in a financial model that allows the scale to be funded.
— Kris GopalkrishnanCo-Founder and Former CEO of Infosys, Indian IT Pioneer
We cannot use the existing models of development, because those existing models have brought us pollution, disparity of income, and significant challenge. Consumption-led economic development has been the narrative of the 20th century.
— Kris GopalkrishnanCo-Founder and Former CEO of Infosys, Indian IT Pioneer
Not in our wildest dreams did we ever think Infosys could grow as big as it did. This was a different world, a different era.
— Kris GopalkrishnanCo-Founder and Former CEO of Infosys, Indian IT Pioneer
When a customer sees that a company from India is performing in the financial markets better than their local partner, their attention is caught. We leveraged the financial markets for building brand, for competing in the marketplace.
— Kris GopalkrishnanCo-Founder and Former CEO of Infosys, Indian IT Pioneer
We are first generation entrepreneurs, with middle class values, coming from middle class backgrounds, we never expected to be so wealthy! Our first reaction therefore is to share.
— Kris GopalkrishnanCo-Founder and Former CEO of Infosys, Indian IT Pioneer
Scaling any business is about creating a model, debugging the model, making sure you understand the ingredients that need to be scaled up, and making sure you have a process to scale. All of this needs to be wrapped-up in a financial model that allows the scale to be funded.
— Kris GopalkrishnanCo-Founder and Former CEO of Infosys, Indian IT Pioneer
We cannot use the existing models of development, because those existing models have brought us pollution, disparity of income, and significant challenge. Consumption-led economic development has been the narrative of the 20th century.
— Kris GopalkrishnanCo-Founder and Former CEO of Infosys, Indian IT Pioneer
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