10 Ashneer Grover Quotes From His Best-selling Memoir 'Doglapan'

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“It is important to remember that the investor is just another vendor.”

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“Put yourself first, always. Liquidate your stock at every secondary sale opportunity.”

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“You need to be absolutely unapologetic about working with family.”

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“To my mind, the concept of a related-party transaction in India is totally irrelevant.”

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“In bad times, the only people you fill find standing beside you will be your family. You cannot even rely on your friends of twenty years – they may go completely silent on you.”

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“Rajnish (Rajnish Kumar, former SBI chairman) was my fourth hiring mistake — the other three being Suhail Sameer (CEO), Jasneet (CHRO) and Sumeet Singh (GC).”

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“I wrote to Sequoia that they should call off the dogs. This peeved Shailendra (Singh), who, in turn, called Micky Malka (Ribbit Capital), to tell him that I was becoming too big for my boots.”

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