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" I realized that the journey of entrepreneurship can often be a lonely one. Not everyone wants to believe in or support your vision, and every entrepreneur faces this moment of truth. It's hard to walk away but harder to persevere. "

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" When I started InMobi, I was on the road raising funds. I faced 20 rejections. But when I got the funds, they came from best venture capitalists. "

Naveen Tewari

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" For me, my career and passion is InMobi. So I hardly get stressed working for it. "

" After multiple failures, when I tasted success, I was at my creative best - the 'jugaadu'-best. "

" In 2007, I was living in San Francisco. I came out of business school, and I was very keen on doing something with a small company. I felt that the market, in general, in mobile phones was just going to explode. "

" We were told that building a product company in India is impossible, as there wasn't enough talent available. But we survived, thrived, and grew despite a whole lot of frowns and thumbs down. "

" Good people do fundamental work because they believe in the work. "

" Frankly, as an entrepreneur, you can do only one thing and be a part of it, but through investing in different ventures, you can be a part of something new and what others are trying to build. "

" InMobi will play a critical role in shaping the future. "

" Advertising has to be contextual, as the potential in 'push' marketing is fairly limited and is largely viewed as spam. Thus there is a need to get into 'permission' marketing and 'pull' marketing to deliver value to marketers. "

" For a company to be successful, it's not just about ideas. It's also about luck. And everything else coming together. "

" NestAway is a disruptive product creating a win-win opportunity, not just for direct stakeholders like owners and tenants but for the society at large by making cities safer, especially for young women. "

" The most important lesson to remember is that failure is inevitable, but so is success, so rebound. "

" If you look at the direction that the world is taking from an advertising and marketing point of view, it is significantly becoming a world that's all about video and all about doing things programmatically. Now what AerServ has is best in-class technology in the form of video programmatic... our acquisition of them gives us that capability. "

" InMobi is passionate about pushing the limits of business and mobile technology. "

" Access to Internet and content should be free for users which can get accommodated by advertisements. "

" As an entrepreneur, you're going to get 100 rejections and one yes. That one yes will give you enough and more kick in life to continue and remain motivated. "

" I am not a big fan of investors asking for revenues upfront. Investors seeking numbers are being too myopic. However, I personally believe in creating a product with clarity in mind on how one thinks revenues can trickle in. "

" As long as you're clear about your goal, failures don't mean it's not going to work. "

" When we failed and pivoted our business from mKhoj to InMobi or when we did not get any trained people with the required skillsets, as we were the first in the industry, and on many such instances in our journey, we would think of giving up every other day. "

" Team sports is the best for bonding. These sports lessons are also true for startups. You want to be at the top of every endeavour, but you win some and you lose some. As a team, however, you always pump each other up and move forward. "

" You get to learn so much while working in another country. "

" I know, it sounds generic and is a cliche, but coming from a middle class family in Kanpur, it was always the neighbourhood opinions which mattered. "

" Our business is strong and enjoys high margins. "

" One of the biggest motivation for me and my co-founder was to learn and see what is happening in the market, see what next generation of entrepreneurs are doing. This has been the biggest motivation to investing in start-ups. "

Naveen Tewari

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" PC Internet advertising and mobile advertising - there are some key differences. One, the ability to target is phenomenally high in the mobile space because the information... that one has about the kinds of things that you're doing on the phone is better. "

" Of the three largest Internet markets - the U.S., India, and China - you will increasingly see Indian and Chinese companies partner. "

" I realized that if I had to work with others, I had to align with their vision. "

" As long as you're a company that makes profits, all's good. "

" We started paying everyone 100% bonuses. We removed any sort of performance management system where you put down your goals for the quarter, or the year, then try measuring against those goals because when you are dealing with innovation, that has no meaning. "

" As technologists, we all write code. "

Naveen Tewari

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