Quotes from Naveen Tewari

One of the challenges of having exceptionally high quality talent is that they're constantly restless, and they're constantly on the lookout for opportunities.

Of the three largest Internet markets - the U.S., India, and China - you will increasingly see Indian and Chinese companies partner.

InMobi will play a critical role in shaping the future.

I always believe in backing up a team that is super passionate and loves to work with each other.

I realized that the journey of entrepreneurship can often be a lonely one. Not everyone wants to believe in or support your vision, and every entrepreneur faces this moment of truth. It's hard to walk away but harder to persevere.

Anything edgy won't see instant success. That's why one will have to learn to wait. You're going to see a lot of failures.

In 2007, I was living in San Francisco. I came out of business school, and I was very keen on doing something with a small company. I felt that the market, in general, in mobile phones was just going to explode.

Capital never builds great products.

We have the capital, the resources, and the technology that we need to build a mobile advertising platform across the planet.

If you look at the direction that the world is taking from an advertising and marketing point of view, it is significantly becoming a world that's all about video and all about doing things programmatically. Now what AerServ has is best in-class technology in the form of video programmatic... our acquisition of them gives us that capability.

As technologists, we all write code.

In combining forces, InMobi will now be able to offer Amobee's clients greater ROI and reach.

Drying up of capital has different consequences in different environments.

Capital will follow where great talents go.

I eventually think its going to be the consumer who controls his own data.

PC Internet advertising and mobile advertising - there are some key differences. One, the ability to target is phenomenally high in the mobile space because the information... that one has about the kinds of things that you're doing on the phone is better.

After multiple failures, when I tasted success, I was at my creative best - the 'jugaadu'-best.

Team sports is the best for bonding. These sports lessons are also true for startups. You want to be at the top of every endeavour, but you win some and you lose some. As a team, however, you always pump each other up and move forward.

The primary motivation for me is to learn.

As long as you're clear about your goal, failures don't mean it's not going to work.

As long as you're a company that makes profits, all's good.

InMobi is passionate about pushing the limits of business and mobile technology.

In a market where funding is hard to come by, if you're scaled already, then you are in a brilliant position because nobody is going to catch up with you.

Advertising has always been about creating awareness. We started to question that logic. Discovery-led consumption is where we are headed. We are bringing window shopping to the mobile platform.