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The most successful entrepreneurs in the world have a combination of the right type of personality and fortunate life circumstance. A lot of them have been doing it most of their life. Adeo Ressi

Life Personality World Type Circumstance Entrepreneurs Combination Most Doing Been Lot Them Successful Fortunate Right

Start-ups often die in the first 18 to 24 months because of formative mistakes, like choosing a bad co-founder or the wrong corporate entity or an inappropriate platform. Ninety percent of the companies the Founder Institute has created are alive because we've helped them avoid those mistakes. Adeo Ressi

First Mistakes Corporate Months Ninety Ninety Percent Those Alive Bad Percent Entity Wrong Institute Like Because Die Often Formative Them Inappropriate Created Avoid Choosing Helped Companies Platform Founder

There is a saying in entrepreneurship that your early employees are all commandos. Commandos are people who can do almost everything well: emails, strategy, code, design. Adeo Ressi

Saying People Employees Strategy Design Everything Emails Entrepreneurship Almost Almost Everything Well Your Who Code Early

Some of the traits that make you a great entrepreneur also work against you. Examining data of high-scoring people, we find that oftentimes the world frustrates them: They're super-smart, they're super-capable, and the work quality of their peers is vastly inferior to what they can achieve on their own. Adeo Ressi

Work Great You Quality People World Entrepreneur Achieve Own Peers Find Some Examining Data Vastly Also Make Inferior Traits Oftentimes Frustrate Against Them

Our acquisition strategy is very clear: 3x3. Three continents - Asia, Africa and South America, and in three categories where we have strong positions - personal wash, household care and hair care. Adi Godrej

Corporate governance should be done more through principles than rules. Adi Godrej

Corporate Rules More Through Principles Governance Than Done Should

People should be encouraged by things like awards given for corporate governance practices. Adi Godrej

People Corporate Given Like Practices Governance Encouraged Should Awards Things

There are too many politicians in the world and too few statesmen. Adi Godrej

World Few Politicians Too Statesmen Many

A good monetary policy follows inflationary expectations and not historical numbers. Adi Godrej

Good Follows Policy Historical Expectations Monetary Monetary Policy Numbers

From our group, we've had joint ventures with a lot of international companies: Procter & Gamble, General Electric, Sara Lee, currently with Hershey's and Tyson. We've learned a lot of the best practices. Adi Godrej

Best Group Hershey Our Tyson General Joint Had Ventures Learned Practices Lee Lot Currently Gamble Electric Companies International

It's a mistake to believe technology rests outside India. We compete very successfully. Adi Godrej

Technology Mistake Believe India Rests Outside Very Successfully Compete

We have very strong succession plans across all group companies. But we do not comment on it. The retirement age is 60 years, but it does not apply to family professionals who work in the business. Adi Godrej

Work Family Business Age Strong Group Retirement Retirement Age Does Years Comment Very Across Succession Plans Who Companies Professionals Apply

Soul lyrics, soul music came at about the same time as the civil rights movement, and it's very possible that one influenced the other. Ahmet Ertegun

Music Time Soul Rights Other Lyrics Possible Rights Movement Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement About Soul Music Came Very Same Same Time Movement Influenced

When I first heard Ray Charles, he was a flop artist on a small label in California. He hadn't sold any records. And I bought his contract for $2,500. Ahmet Ertegun

First Sold Charles Small Records He Bought Ray Ray Charles California His Heard Contract Label Any Artist Flop

My first wife was a theater person. Ahmet Ertegun

Wife First Person Theater

I've been in the studio when you go through a track and you run down a track and you know even before the singer starts singing, you know the track is swinging... you know you have a multimillion-seller hit - and what you're working on suddenly has magic. Ahmet Ertegun

You Singing Before Down Starts Run Magic Through Studio Know Singer Track Go Been Hit Working Even Suddenly Swinging

You know what I'd really like to do? I'd like to record some white Chicago jazz. Ahmet Ertegun

You White Jazz Record Some Like Know Chicago Really

Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock-and-roll sound than anybody else. Ahmet Ertegun

Else More Develop Sound Than Did Stone Anybody Anybody Else Basic

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