N. R. Narayana Murthy Quotes

It's a fire, it's a passion to get out and to create and to innovate. And that I've always enjoyed and I've always been very proud of is that the people I've done business with, the people around me have always made money.

I don't think anybody ever started a great business because they wanted to make a little more cash. They had a dream. They wanted to better their life.

I have a mother who never took no for an answer when it came to her creative pursuits. She started a hair salon in her spare bedroom and four years later had 30 employees.

At Venture for, we've worked with hundreds of aspiring young entrepreneurs who want to build businesses and change things for the better.

Once you're an entrepreneur you're always an entrepreneur, and you need that fix.

My father always said working for somebody else never amounted to anything. You have to be an entrepreneur

Over the last ten years, technological advances have dramatically lowered the financial bar for starting a new company, but the courage bar for building a great company remains as high as it has ever been.

Entrepreneursh ip is a great leveller, since having the benefit of a wealthy background or a generous investor isn't always an advantage. The wonderful thing is that money is not the sole currency when it comes to starting a business; drive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.

Entrepreneur is not a job title. It is a state of mind of people who want to alter the future.

At least eighty percent of millionaires are self-made. That is, they started with nothing but ambition and energy, the same way most of us start.

In the information age, the richest people are entrepreneurs. We may not become a king or queen, but we can all be entrepreneurs.

When I was starting out, being a young entrepreneur was not fashionable. Parents would ask, 'When are you going to get a real job?'

I'm also a big believer of being a scrappy entrepreneur. To be successful you don't have to have all this crazy start-up capital or a ton of knowledge. I think it's actually helpful sometimes to not know all the rules because that way it's easier to break them. And that's why it's so much easier for younger people, I think, to start companies that are challenging more traditional business models than older people. Especially if you're trying to do something good.

People who say it takes money to make money are using the worst excuse ever. . . Create massive value for others by providing a solution where no other exists.

Entrepreneurship is a life idea, not a strictly business one; a global idea, not a strictly American one.

My parents were entrepreneurs. I grew up believing in the power of innovation.

I was a workaholic. I never stopped. I lived in fifth gear. I bought cars. I invested in stocks. I made more money than I had ever imagined.

It is the creative and enterprising spirit of people that is indispensable. Everything else is supplemental.

When Facebook famously moved out to Palo Alto, there were people in the same house Facebook was based in working on different ideas. It is vital to remember that.

One of the things that I'm really proud of is that I have really good timing. It's very easy for me to see what's coming up and it's no coincidence that I went headfirst into wine and then headfirst into new media - none at all.

No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.

Every business decision I ever made I learned from my grandfather Papa Sam. He moved here from Russia when he was a boy. He worked his way up selling newspapers and ladies' handbags, and eventually, he became Cadillac Sam, one of the biggest car dealers in Chicago.

Silicon Valley is a mindset, not a location.

I'm not somebody who is going to build something for a few years, sell it, and then go off and just have fun.