Ashneer Grover is a well-known entrepreneur from India who, along with Shashvat Nakrani and Bhavik Koladiya, founded a fintech company called BharatPe in 2018. He was also previously the managing director of the company. Grover has also made appearances on the Indian reality TV show “Shark Tank India” as an investor.
Ashneer Grover’s prior experience includes working in several firms such as Kotak Investment Bank, Grofers, PC Jeweller Ltd, and American Express before he founded BharatPe.
Ashneer Grover Quotes
I am now looking up to people who have the courage to build businesses with 100% ownership.
Businesses with 100% ownership will take a bit longer to build, I will be in control of what I build and not build it for these people who are opportunistic
I have a message for all the founders in the country – don’t be a slave to these VCs.They act like the East India Company and make everyone a slave
Logon se baaton mein jeetne mei mujhe koi shauk nahi hai mereko asli mei jeetna aata hai. (I have no interest in winning in conversations with people, I know how to win actually.)
What happens is that whatever founders want should happen – and it does (happen) many times. But when it doesn’t, it comes out as extreme anger and frustration.
Execution pe focus karo, bohot achhi pitch dene se bohot successful nahi bann sakte hai. (Focus on execution, delivering a very good pitch doesn’t make you very successful.)
At the end of the day, aapke aur customer ke beech ki game hai. Agar customer aapka product baar baar khareed raha hai toh aap bohot hi acchi business bana sakte hai. Yehi cheez aapko dhyaan mei rakhna chahiye.
