Young entrepreneurs will make a difference in the Indian ecosystem.

If a founder has passion and innovation, he needs to be supported. I am more intuitive than a numbers person, and I recognise that not all investments are going to be positive. Some may fail, and some may have problems for other reasons. That is life.

A founder who is in for the short run, or has no passion for the sector he is in, doesn't give me a great deal of comfort.

Some entrepreneurs talk of a high burn rate, high advertising rate, and so on, with no outcome, so it doesn't impress me. But an entrepreneur who has that kind of a feeling of responsibility towards his investors is somebody who will have all my support.

Central planning didn't work for Stalin or Mao, and it won't work for an entrepreneur either.

When you're in a startup, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not.