The success of the young entrepreneur will be the key to India's transformation in the new millennium.

Think big, think fast, think ahead. Ideas are no one's monopoly.

You have to take the calculated risk,to earn something

Don't give up, courage is my conviction.

Yes, I believe in God, but I don't perform a daily puja. I don't have any gurus. Ek baat hai,destiny, koi cheez hai.

The most important external environment is the government of India. You have to sell your ideas to the government. Selling the idea is the most important thing, and for that I'll meet anybody in the government. I am willing to salaam anyone. One thing you won't find in me and that is an ego.

Give (your people) the youth a proper environment. Motivate them. Extend them the support they need. Each one of them has infinite source of energy. They will deliver.

Dhirubhai will go one day. But Reliance's employees and shareholders will keep it afloat. Reliance is now a concept in which the Ambanis have become irrelevant.

I, as school kid, was a member of the Civil Guard, something like today's NCC. We had to salute our officers who went round in jeeps. So I thought one day I will also ride in a jeep and somebody else will salute me.

It [further education] is most essential, otherwise I would not have educated my sons. I learnt the hard way. Maybe if I had some education my success and growth would have been quicker.

We must always go for the best. Do not compromise on quality. Reject if it is not the best - not only the best in India, but globally.

One must have ambition and one must understand the minds ... of men.

You shouldn’t do things differently just because they’re different. They need to be… better.

Talent is extremely important. It’s like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there’s a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ.

We have a strict ‘no-assholes policy’ at SpaceX.

I don’t think it’s a good idea to plan to sell a company.

Really pay attention to negative feedback and solicit it, particularly from friends. … Hardly anyone does that, and it’s incredibly helpful.

If you’re co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do… If you don’t do your chores, the company won’t succeed… No task is too menial.

Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death.