Wednesday 17 January 2018

Essence of Entrepreneur

Essence of growth as an entrepreneur was very well explained by Ridham Desai in a panel discussion conducted by CNBC TV18. 

The topic for discussion was:  How to be as rich as Rakesh Jhunjhunwala?


“Latha: Today we understand from the papers of course, that Mr Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's total net worth is Rs 10,000 crore. At CNBC-TV18, we cannot invest in shares, so we depend on mutual funds. Since you are a neutral party, Ridham, can we these guys make me as rich as Mr Rakesh Jhunjhunwala?

Desai: You can try. There is a very famous quote by Warren Buffett. He said, "I became rich because I was lucky and my luck began the day I was not born in Bangladesh, but United States of America." But, we are plagued by three things, as Nassim Taleb would say, three intoxicants or three habits which really hurt us. The first two are very obvious, so that is drugs which can be intoxicating and you can get hurt and most of us should not be there. The second is carbohydrates. We are all plagued by carbohydrates, that is why you suffer from all these illnesses.

But the third one is what really hurts you and that is why you cannot become Rakesh Jhunjhunwala which is your monthly salary. If you are willing to give it up, then I think they can make you Rakesh.”

(2:27 onward to go directly to the above subject)



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