Radhika Aggarwal

"We are confident that our capital efficiency and execution will make this our last fund raise before we become profitable with the eventual IPO in 2017"

"The only way to take the common man online was to make it resemble the local market,” Radhika told Tech In Asia. Four years on, we have about 350,000 small and medium sellers on the platform, and 14 million registered users"

"I love the story of Indra Nooyi being asked to get milk"

"Entrepreneurship anyway is not an easy way of life, whether you are a man or a woman"

"If you hear success stories, you are more likely to replicate that, she said – but that does not mean you could slack on hard work or preparation"

"When I hire people, I look for domain knowledge and passion. One of the things that helped us at ShopClues was that each one of us knew what our jobs were"

"There is no such thing as a perfect work-life balance. It’s about what you want to focus on and prioritising. When I’m at work, I’m a hundred per cent invested in it, and when I’m at home, I don’t think about work"

"My kids. Watching them grow gives me utmost happiness. Walking into office and seeing smiling employees motivates me to keep doing good work"

"Keep a keen eye on small victories as in the long run they lead to bigger gains"

"Giving up and not striving enough to achieve your goals under any circumstances"

"As long as you do something to improve today and make it a little better than yesterday, you’re going to be successful every day. Just show up and do something you’re passionate about"

"Being positive, as it leads to a healthy mind and body"

"There is no way to define and measure success or failure. Success for one is failure for another. Being successful or failing are subjective and not always black and white, at least in my opinion. I don’t see failure as an inability to succeed, but a different experience from the ideal. Every experience is a learning one, what is important is to try and not make the same mistake twice"

"Being an entrepreneur is itself a journey of challenges and there can never be a rule book to tackling them. Everyone faces some challenges in their lives and they have to handle it to the best of their abilities"