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Ronnie Screwvala Quotes
Ronnie Screwvala Quotes
Ronnie Screwvala
Indian
Businessman
Born:
Sep 8
,
1962
Because
Country
Think
Value
Will
You
I am a firm believer of staying the course, you can never time success or being in the right place at the right time. But you can sure work on creating multiple opportunities for the same.
Ronnie Screwvala
Success
Work
Time
You
I Am
Opportunities
Right Place
Right Time
Staying
Never
Firm
Firm Believer
Course
Sure
Am
Same
Being
Place
Creating
Multiple
Believer
Right
There is no typical day and I intend to keep it that way for the next 20 years.
Ronnie Screwvala
Day
Typical
Way
Years
Intend
Next
Keep
How Hungama became the top children’s channel in India is interesting because we were up against, not just Disney, but also Time Warner’s Cartoon Network. It was an illustration of the fact that for any company that wants to grow in emerging markets, localizing content is the key.
Ronnie Screwvala
Time
Key
Illustration
Channel
Top
Markets
India
Cartoon
Emerging
Network
Fact
Also
Became
Content
Because
How
Were
Up
Any
Just
Wants
Against
Interesting
Disney
Company
Grow
I would be fooling myself if I thought I would succeed as an entrepreneur. Maybe my base as a theatre artiste gave me the confidence as that’s when you start feeling you can do something on your own.
Ronnie Screwvala
Myself
Me
You
Confidence
Theatre
Entrepreneur
Thought
Feeling
Own
Gave
Would
Would-Be
Something
Fooling
Artiste
Maybe
Succeed
Your
Base
Start
Unlearning is gaining importance as workplaces are moving towards agile, collaborative working models. While conventional education adds to our knowledge, unlearning will become the new learning in the coming decade, as concepts and ideas keep evolving.
Ronnie Screwvala
Education
Knowledge
Learning
Will
Become
Our
Adds
Collaborative
Evolving
Towards
New
Ideas
Importance
Concepts
Coming
Decade
Models
Conventional
While
Gaining
Moving
Working
Agile
Keep
A lot of good movies produced well can be distributed or marketed badly. Of course, a lot of bad movies marketed well can also fail badly. But we want to be in charge of the value chain. And for this we have to be in software production, distribution, and broadcasting.
Ronnie Screwvala
Good
Value
Software
Broadcasting
Good Movies
Charge
Bad
Distributed
Distribution
Badly
Fail
Also
Well
Course
Lot
Want
Movies
Produced
Production
Chain
We are calling ourselves a startup nation, but the number of people who set out on their own is very low; even 10,000 a year would be low in a country like India. We can say we are a startup nation but the world won’t say it.
Ronnie Screwvala
People
World
Country
Year
Nation
Own
Startup
Say
Ourselves
Out
Would
Would-Be
India
Like
Calling
Very
Low
Who
Even
Number
Set
I have never had a situation where an investee company would have a good value by having a banker. Investment bankers are there to please future clients. You are a temporary client; they are therefore not to get you the best valuation.
Ronnie Screwvala
Future
Best
Good
You
Value
Situation
Please
Would
Temporary
Having
Never
Had
Investment
Client
Clients
Get
Banker
Bankers
Where
Therefore
Company
A good beginning is like a honeymoon; it gets over soon. The challenge is in keeping up the momentum.
Ronnie Screwvala
Good
Challenge
Beginning
Honeymoon
Soon
Over
Like
Up
Gets
Momentum
Keeping
My thought process was: We had decided to become a B2C company and build the UTV brand and we couldn’t be that as a TV producer or ad film-maker or doing in-flight programmes.
Ronnie Screwvala
Thought
Build
Become
Programmes
Thought Process
TV
Had
Doing
Brand
Decided
Process
Producer
Company
Ad
I would say that in the 1990s, I don’t think the environment was enough to make anyone ambitious and aspirational. It was a downer, I would think.
Ronnie Screwvala
Think
Enough
Say
Would
1990s
Environment
Make
Ambitious
Anyone
Downer
When I set up UTV, my ambitions were quite low.
Ronnie Screwvala
Ambition
Were
Up
Quite
Low
Set
India’s ambitions as a country and, in turn, the ambitions of our youth and working professionals are soaring. A new wave of learning is upon us.
Ronnie Screwvala
Learning
Youth
Country
Ambition
Wave
Our
New
Soaring
Turn
Us
Working
Professionals
I don't think anyone is 'born' an entrepreneur. It is not a genetic thing. But you do need self-confidence, guts and a relentless attitude to life-it's a24/7 treadmill, not a jump-on, jump-off routine.
Ronnie Screwvala
Attitude
You
Entrepreneur
Think
Relentless
Born
Guts
Self-Confidence
Genetic
Anyone
Routine
Thing
Treadmill
Need
In India, the key is to start at the base and start very young. We need professionally trained talent, talent that wants to make football their career, and people must see football as a strong professional career option.
Ronnie Screwvala
People
Key
Strong
Young
Must
India
See
Football
Talent
Make
Very
Trained
Option
Wants
Professional
Professional Career
Base
Professionally
Start
Career
Need
The film business is just one of our verticals. We have wanted for some time to make inroads into the English language market, because I think that over time such films can cross over into the international market.
Ronnie Screwvala
Time
Business
Language
Think
Films
Market
Our
I Think
Some
Cross
Over
Make
Because
Just
Wanted
Just One
English
English Language
International
Film
Film Business
When we started our foundation, I was less than 30 years old. We pledged that 10 per cent of our profits, whatever the amount, would be used for a social cause, and that we would be actively involved in that cause.
Ronnie Screwvala
Cause
Old
Whatever
Our
Pledged
Would
Would-Be
Per
Involved
Years
Than
Cent
Social
Used
Less
Actively
Foundation
Amount
Profits
Started
My parents used to play cards on Saturday… all the friends would come across. So it was like one massive Parsee gathering… and the value system kind of creeps in.
Ronnie Screwvala
Value
Parents
Gathering
Value System
System
Kind
Would
Come
Like
Massive
Friends
Across
Used
Play
Saturday
Cards
Creeps
I like doing firsts and 'Love per Square Foot' will be the first ever Indian movie to premiere on a digital platform. Netflix saw the movie, loved it and proposed that we premiere it with them.
Ronnie Screwvala
Love
Digital
Will
First
Saw
Indian
Be The First
Per
Netflix
Proposed
Foot
Like
Doing
Square
Movie
Loved
Them
Premiere
Platform
Ever
I play chess with the computer when I feel dull in my mind and after two games - ‘out or win’, I feel sharp again.
Ronnie Screwvala
Win
Mind
Out
I Feel
Computer
Feel
Sharp
Chess
Dull
After
Again
Games
Play
Two
But I'm a first-generation entrepreneur. I realised very soon that I was a do-er, outside of being maybe a value adder, mentor or someone who just gives inputs.
Ronnie Screwvala
Entrepreneur
Value
Input
Someone
Gives
Mentor
Outside
Soon
Very
Maybe
Just
Being
Realised
Who
I have learnt as an entrepreneur that the formidable opponent you can have is someone who has nothing to lose.
Ronnie Screwvala
You
Entrepreneur
Lose
Nothing
Someone
Learnt
Opponent
Formidable
Who
If you’re looking at a country like India, the basic subsistence in itself creates its own challenges. So I think that lends to a different level of innovation and a different level of entrepreneurship.
Ronnie Screwvala
Challenges
Innovation
Country
Looking
Own
Think
I Think
India
Entrepreneurship
Like
Itself
Subsistence
Different
Lends
Different Level
Creates
Basic
Level
The UTV/Disney fit works because UTV Motion Pictures was already very strong in producing and creating its own films beyond just co-producing, acquiring or distributing titles.
Ronnie Screwvala
Strong
Own
Films
Pictures
Beyond
Because
Motion
Motion Pictures
Fit
Very
Just
Titles
Acquiring
Creating
Producing
Works