Sunil Bharti Mittal on Entrepreneurship

When Sunil Bharti Mittal started in business more than 30 years ago in Ludhiana in Northern India, he borrowed $1,500 to make bicycle crankshafts. Today, he heads the $5 billion Bharti Group, whose flagship company, Bharti Airtel, is India's largest mobile phone operator. Forbes magazine, which estimates Mittal's net worth at some $11 billion, ranks him among Asia's self-made millionaires. Mittal spoke with India Knowledge@Wharton at the U.S.-India Business Council's 33rd annual meeting in Washington, D.C., about the leadership and entrepreneurial lessons he has learned during his career. Among them: When faced with a choice between perfection and speed, choose speed; perfection will follow.

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[priyansu004]

great man who show the young people like us to dare to think different

[GraemeIStuart]

Great advice: Always choose speed over perfection... How many perfectionists do we know who have missed the boat? Thanks for posting this. Very Inspiring!

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[chJacquelyn873]

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[MyInfoMatrix]

@GraemeIStuart Well said Graham. I have learnt this the hard way. Speed first, then strive for perfection through user feedback.