We are more than we appear to be. The technology cannot be uninvented — I know, until I die, that we did that, and I was a key enabler of it.
— We are more than we appear to be. The technology cannot be uninvented“We didn't initiate this venture to merely establish another VC fund – India certainly doesn't need an additional one, given the abundance of capital already available. Our belief at Together Fund is that we can effect change through our current, first-hand experience, as operators who have scaled a company in this decade. Our knowledge is fresh and applicable, not outdated.”— Girish Mathrubootham
Founder and CEO of Freshworks, cloud-based software company
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Exploration starts with exploring yourself. There’s so much temptation for everyone to seek answers outside of themselves, when peace and leading a fulfilling life starts with self-knowledge and self-reflection.
— Exploration starts with exploring yourself. There’s so much temptation for everyone to seek answers outside of themselves, when peace and leading a fulfilling life starts with self-knowledge and self-reflection.There is no mundane. The word itself, I think, is a non-word. It should not be a word.
— There is no mundane. The word itself, I think, is a non-word. It should not be a word.The small act of paying attention to people is extraordinarily rewarding to every member of the team — and it’s amplified in an inverse way from their level on the hierarchy.
— The small act of paying attention to people is extraordinarily rewarding to every member of the teamThe line between acceptable mitigated risk and recklessness is actually very thin— and it’s even more dangerous because it moves.
— The line between acceptable mitigated risk and recklessness is actually very thin— and it’s even more dangerous because it moves.Never get into a vehicle where the fear of failure is greater than the fear of dying.
— Never get into a vehicle where the fear of failure is greater than the fear of dying.Life is a series of decisions you make with imperfect information — and then carrying it through with conviction, while at the same time looking over your shoulder to make sure the rest of the team is coming along with you
— Life is a series of decisions you make with imperfect informationI never grew out of that feeling of constant wonder. I just became more experienced, and got a lot more resources to go to even more extraordinary places — but the same feeling existed in me. I never really grew up — just the expense and sophistication of my toys.
— I never grew out of that feeling of constant wonder. I just became more experienced, and got a lot more resources to go to even more extraordinary placesIf you just stand up for your own values in all the things you do, big and small, you create the conditions for the possibility of collective action.
— If you just stand up for your own values in all the things you do, big and small, you create the conditions for the possibility of collective action.Every organisation is actually a little bubble of utopia. It’s somebody’s idea of the proper power relations between human beings. It’s a work of political philosophy, whether the person was aware of it or not.
— Every organisation is actually a little bubble of utopia. It’s somebody’s idea of the proper power relations between human beings. It’s a work of political philosophy, whether the person was aware of it or not.Who would you rather die than betray? If it’s just shareholders, don’t expect anybody else to trust you.
— Who would you rather die than betray? If it’s just shareholders, don’t expect anybody else to trust you.The amorality of investors is actually a gift. They’re not opposed to what we’re trying to do. They just don’t care. Show them it’s good for returns and you’ll generally get them there.
— The amorality of investors is actually a gift. They’re not opposed to what we’re trying to do. They just don’t care. Show them it’s good for returns and you’ll generally get them there.What it means to make a profit is to maximise human flourishing. It just means you left the world better off than you found it.
— What it means to make a profit is to maximise human flourishing. It just means you left the world better off than you found it.If you don’t get the governance right for an organisation, in the long run nothing else you do will matter, because you won’t be the one making the decisions.
— If you don’t get the governance right for an organisation, in the long run nothing else you do will matter, because you won’t be the one making the decisions.We absolutely have to reclaim the word corruption to apply to any way of making money without creating value.”
— We absolutely have to reclaim the word corruption to apply to any way of making money without creating value.”The more golden the goose, the greater the temptation to butcher it. Success makes you a target. It makes you something worth capturing
— The more golden the goose, the greater the temptation to butcher it. Success makes you a target. It makes you something worth capturing