--- title: "4 Mahendra Ramsinghani Quotes" description: "Mahendra Ramsinghani has 4 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mahendra-ramsinghani-68806.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Mahendra Ramsinghani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mahendra-ramsinghani-68806.jpg) # Mahendra Ramsinghani **4** quotes in **10** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Mahendra Ramsinghani > [“Amidst all the hype and hoopla around this business, I wanted to emphasize the challenge—it is seductive but the failure rate is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahendra-ramsinghani/amidst-all-the-hype-and-hoopla-around-this-business-i-wanted-to/) Mahendra Ramsinghani [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a4/mahendra-ramsinghani-68806_business_amidst-all-the-hype-and-hoopla-around-th_56232.jpg) > [“A good portfolio manager knows which companies to keep and which ones to let go. Many a GP has struggled with portfolio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahendra-ramsinghani/a-good-portfolio-manager-knows-which-companies-to-keep-and-which-ones/) Mahendra Ramsinghani [Customer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/customer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/mahendra-ramsinghani-68806_entrepreneurship_a-good-portfolio-manager-knows-which-com_1593302.jpg) > [“Each year about 600,000 start-ups are launched. Less than 0.5 percent attract VC. Of Inc. magazine's annual list of the 500 fastest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahendra-ramsinghani/each-year-about-600-000-start-ups-are-launched-less-than-0-5-percent/) Mahendra Ramsinghani [Customer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/customer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/mahendra-ramsinghani-68806_customer_each-year-about-600-000-start-ups-are-la_2268317.jpg) > [“First-time fund is acceptable, but not a first-time investor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahendra-ramsinghani/first-time-fund-is-acceptable-but-not-a-first-time-investor/) Mahendra Ramsinghani [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/mahendra-ramsinghani-68806_fund_first-time-fund-is-acceptable-but-not-a_3067859.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahendra-ramsinghani/#itemlist", "name": "Mahendra Ramsinghani Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Amidst all the hype and hoopla around this business, I wanted to emphasize the challenge—it is seductive but the failure rate is very high. 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