Sunil Bharti Mittal on Entrepreneurship
When Sunil Bharti Mittal started in business more than 30 years ago in Ludhiana in Northern India, he borrowed $1500 to make bicycle crankshafts. Today, he heads the $5 billion Bharti Group, whose flagship company, Bharti Airtel, is India’s largest mobile phone operator. Forbes magazine, which estimates Mittal’s net worth at some $11 billion, ranks him among Asia’s self-made millionaires. Mittal spoke with India Knowledge@Wharton at the US-India Business Council’s 33rd annual meeting in Washington, DC, about the leadership and entrepreneurial lessons he has learned during his career. Among them: When faced with a choice between perfection and speed, choose speed; perfection will follow.
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Posted: March 17th, 2010 under Business.
Tags: Bharti, Entrepreneurship, Mittal, Sunil
Comments
Comment from 1888junkteam
Time March 17, 2010 at 10:09 am
excellent work!
Comment from mailmeaashish
Time March 17, 2010 at 11:09 am
Great video.. good tips for entrepreneurs
Comment from madhumsr
Time March 17, 2010 at 11:39 am
good
Comment from 2northeast
Time March 17, 2010 at 11:49 am
inspering.!
Comment from Savior250psi
Time March 17, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Savior250psi onboard tire compressor is an original idea
Comment from toutestvanite
Time March 17, 2010 at 1:16 pm
defiance of conventional wisdom
Comment from dhoombhoom
Time March 17, 2010 at 1:44 pm
i watch this video of sir bharti mittal more than anyone else…i m gonna like him very soon….i wish he could teach me abt intrnatonal art of trading…thx for loading..
Comment from WhatElseExceptNature
Time March 17, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Dude very motivating video!
Comment from WhatElseExceptNature
Time March 17, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Amazing man, I want to be that…very splendid.
Comment from benceogs90
Time March 17, 2010 at 2:16 pm
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Comment from smartjaykay
Time March 17, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Excellent and motivational…
Comment from GraemeIStuart
Time March 17, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Great advice: Always choose speed over perfection… How many perfectionists do we know who have missed the boat? Thanks for posting this. Very Inspiring!
Comment from onlydarshan
Time March 17, 2010 at 4:33 pm
awesome
Comment from rok30
Time March 17, 2010 at 4:38 pm
AWESOME…..keep up the good work.definitly motivating
THANKS ALOT
Comment from xgreenx76x
Time March 17, 2010 at 5:00 pm
this is something that i needed to hear.persevierence
Comment from abhijitgupta
Time March 17, 2010 at 5:46 pm
ok. now get lost
Comment from tri400
Time March 17, 2010 at 6:46 pm
What about the tigers? doesnt anybody want to spend money to save the tigers from extinction?
Comment from pjha12
Time March 17, 2010 at 7:10 pm
wonderful
Comment from pandyavin8
Time March 17, 2010 at 7:50 pm
brillent
Comment from bdyan1
Time March 17, 2010 at 8:11 pm
football>cricket
Comment from priyansu004
Time March 17, 2010 at 8:45 pm
great man who show the young people like us to dare to think different
Comment from 1080portal
Time March 17, 2010 at 9:40 am
this guy isn’t messing around…