Vivek Wadhwa

The stereotypical successful entrepreneur is Mark Zuckerberg - the young college dropout who dreamed up a crazy idea while in his dorm…

— Vivek Wadhwa

In the U.S., PC-makers have no incentive to lower prices because it kills their profit margins. They keep adding new features like…

— Vivek Wadhwa

A key ingredient in innovation is the ability to challenge authority and break rules.

— Vivek Wadhwa

When my generation grew up, our only sources of knowledge were books, teachers, parents and friends. The encyclopedia was an item of…

— Vivek Wadhwa

I became an academic so that I could share my knowledge and experience with students.

— Vivek Wadhwa

No matter how well things are going, failure and disaster are just around the corner. So celebrate the good, but be ready…

— Vivek Wadhwa

“Smart entrepreneurs have grabbed this opportunity with a vengeance. Now online lesson-plan marketplaces such as Gooru Learning, Teachers Pay Teachers, and Share…

— Vivek Wadhwa

Entrepreneurship is like a computer game in which you have to master every level before achieving success. Startups repeatedly stumble and have…

— Vivek Wadhwa

I used to have an obsession with building businesses and forgot about building health. I was focused on the destination instead of…

— Vivek Wadhwa

The fact is that you are never too old to innovate.

— Vivek Wadhwa

The most important skill of the future will be the ability to learn and adapt. You need to be resourceful, keep your…

— Vivek Wadhwa

Doing the right thing doesn't always bring success. But compromising ethics almost always leads to failure.

— Vivek Wadhwa

I advise all of the entrepreneurs that I know to attend at least one entrepreneurship event every week. The worst thing an…

— Vivek Wadhwa

Almost every profession I look at where you require human labor or you require intelligence, I see computers being able to do…

— Vivek Wadhwa

An open-minded and diverse population that readily shares information, encourages experimentation, accepts failure and dispenses with formality and hierarchy is what makes…

— Vivek Wadhwa

The lesson is, because there will be many lemons in life, to learn to make the proverbial lemonade - and be open…

— Vivek Wadhwa

Over the last 10 years, India's perception has gone from being a beggar country to an economic superpower.

— Vivek Wadhwa

I have no doubt that my M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business was one of the best investments I…

— Vivek Wadhwa

The most valuable lesson I learned in dealing with the ups and downs was to invest in my employees - to do…

— Vivek Wadhwa

Whenever I write about immigration, I hear heart-wrenching stories of computer workers who are unemployed and facing severe hardship.

— Vivek Wadhwa

Business executives need to start by spelling out and communicating their values. Then they need to lead by example. This means getting…

— Vivek Wadhwa

In the technology world, you have to execute fast or you're out of business.

— Vivek Wadhwa

If you don't have savings, and your co-founders are as poor as you are, and if Mom and Dad won't loan you…

— Vivek Wadhwa

We can either build a Star Trek future, in which our civilization rises to new heights, or descend into a Mad Max…

— Vivek Wadhwa

The natives of Silicon Valley learned long ago that when you share your knowledge with someone else, one plus one usually equals…

— Vivek Wadhwa