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A Conversation with Entrepreneur & Philanthropist, Naveen Jain I remember when I was still at school, almost 20 years ago now, when I started my first business. At the time, it started…
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If you care enough about something, as opposed to writing a cheque and letting someone else do it, or bitching about the problem, I say… 'you know what? If I care enough about something? I'm going to go out and do it…' that means I'm giving one of the most valuable things I have… my time. In life, you can always make more money and get more of everything- but one thing you can never get back is the time you give.
— Naveen JainEntrepreneur & Founder of Moon Express, Infosys Technologies Co-Founder
To rephrase John F. Kennedy, we are choosing to go to the Moon, not because it's easy, but because it's a great business!
— Naveen JainEntrepreneur & Founder of Moon Express, Infosys Technologies Co-Founder
The first trillionaires are going to be created through space exploration. Imagine the mineral wealth on planet Earth, and then realise that Earth is just a tiny blue dot in our whole galaxy… which is just one galaxy in a universe, which could be part of many universes. Everything we think is rare on Earth, is abundant in space.
— Naveen JainEntrepreneur & Founder of Moon Express, Infosys Technologies Co-Founder
You may become rich, engage in philanthropy and help a million people but the only way you can help a billion people is by building a profitable business. Making money has almost become a taboo! People say, 'oh my god! You're making money?' and I say, 'you know what? I'm so proud that my business makes money… it's the only way I can scale and make a huge impact…'
— Naveen JainEntrepreneur & Founder of Moon Express, Infosys Technologies Co-Founder
Most people think of entrepreneurs as someone who starts a company, but to me? Entrepreneurship is really about problem solving. People can (roughly) be divided into three categories. The first category are people who can tell you all the problems in the world! The second group of people are those who invent, innovate and find solutions to these problems. The third group, entrepreneurs, are those people who don't talk about the problem or solution but go out and solve it.
— Naveen JainEntrepreneur & Founder of Moon Express, Infosys Technologies Co-Founder
It's the convergence of technologies at any given time that allow individuals to achieve the things which simply were not possible before. Your smartphone can be used to diagnose diseases for example – every disease has a pattern.
— Naveen JainEntrepreneur & Founder of Moon Express, Infosys Technologies Co-Founder
You may become rich, engage in philanthropy and help a million people but the only way you can help a billion people is by building a profitable business. If you can't make a profit, you can't help a billion people – so go make a profit!
— Naveen JainEntrepreneur & Founder of Moon Express, Infosys Technologies Co-Founder
Most people think of entrepreneurs as someone who starts a company, but to me? Entrepreneurship is really about problem solving. You can be an entrepreneur in a company, in a family or in your own venture. The bottom line? If you can solve a problem – you're an entrepreneur.
— Naveen JainEntrepreneur & Founder of Moon Express, Infosys Technologies Co-Founder
The first trillionaires are going to be created through space exploration. Imagine the mineral wealth on planet Earth, and then realise that Earth is just a tiny blue dot in our whole galaxy… which is just one galaxy in a universe, which could be part of many universes. Everything we think is rare on Earth, is abundant in space.
— Naveen JainEntrepreneur & Founder of Moon Express, Infosys Technologies Co-Founder
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