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Quote unquote
Wise words
Our entrepreneurs provide some insight into the business advice
and lessons learned that inspired their success.
“As an entrepreneur, you
need to understand what
walls you can push through
and if there
are any
back doors
you can
get around.”
Ben Harris, CEO, Drop (page 20)
“The moment you
stop learning is the
moment you fail.”
Nathaniel Peat, cofounder and CEO, GeNNex (page 42)
Jerzy Krzanowski, Vice President,
Nowy Styl Group (page 6)
“We don’t
really work
for money.
We always
reinvested in
the business.”
“Speed counts.
If you look at
one of the most
successful online
companies,
Facebook, that
is their mantra —
‘Move fast and
break things.’”
José Neves, CEO,
Farfetch (page 35)
“I train young people in
our company to care about
the environment and be
responsible in what they do.”
Otto Hofstetter, Managing Director,
Otto Hofstetter AG (page 22)
“Empowering employees allows
them to experiment, take risks
and seize opportunities.”
Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman, State Bank of India
(page 23)
“My father taught me to be
disciplined, to have vision and
to always believe that there is
nothing that cannot be achieved.”
Mohammad Abunayyan, Executive Chairman,
ACWA Power (page 30)
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Exceptional February–June 2016