Delayed Gratification

"If you can dream it, you can do it — but only if you're willing to risk being misunderstood for a decade."

— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw. Started Biocon in a Bangalore garage in 1978; built India's largest biotech firm.

"Competition is for losers. Build a monopoly by being 10x better at something specific."

— Peter Thiel. From Zero to One — on the power of differentiation.