JS 99: Entrepreneurship in India with Ronnie Screwvala of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People & Founder of UTV Group

Ronnie Screwvala has developed an impressive resume for himself and as been named 78 out of 100 most influential people in the world on Time's 100 list. He has also been named Asia's Most Powerful 25 by Fortune magazine and will be coming out with a new book titled Dream With Your Eyes Open. Ronnie is the founder of UTV Group and has successfully made a name for himself in India as well as world wide. Ronnie sits down with Jason Hartman to talk about what's happening in the entrepreneur sector in India, the movie industry, and much more on today's episode. 

 

Key Takeaways:

2:15 – When Ronnie started as an entrepreneur 25 years ago, India didn't really encourage entrepreneurship and it unfortunately still doesn't. 

3:25 – It's only when an Indian fails at successfully landing a good job do they move on to being entrepreneurs. 

8:00 – The mobile and internet sectors are fast growing right now and offer extremely huge opportunities for new entrepreneurs. 

12:20 – New generations are looking at producing more products than being just a cheap outsource company. 

14:20 – Ronnie talks about India's movie industry. 

17:05 – Entrepreneurship is not an outing, it's a journey. 

19:20 – Ronnie says that investing in a company really boils down to the entrepreneur running the company more so than the actual business. 

 

Mentioned In This Episode:

@RonnieScrewvala

DreamWithYourEyesOpen.org

Dream With Your Eyes Open: An Entrepreneurial Journey by Ronnie Screwvala