It was exciting, I just kept myself focussed and went ahead. It was difficult to pull through the dot-com bust. Our funding blew up, but we did not give up. We got smart investors and went ahead with our plans.

How important is education to become a successful entrepreneur?

I went to college, opted for BCom so that I could spend more time on games. However, I flunked in the final year exams. While education is important, it is the passion for what you do that makes you a winner.

Every day is a new experience. In India, doing regular things like applying for a ration card, a passport, taking a railway ticket pass itself is a learning process. The day-to-day things teach you a lot.

Image: Vishal Gondal. | Photograph, courtesy: Indiagames

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