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Drawn from our comprehensive coverage of entrepreneurship, innovation and technology, we present 50 quotes of the year on the continued rise of digital media and technological transformation. See also our compilation of annual quotes for 2021 Y 2020.
We have divided these 50 quotes into eight categories: Data and Decisions, Electronic Commerce, Democratization, Creator Economy, Business Impacts, Sectoral Transformation, Technological Trends and The Way Forward.
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Data and decisions
Data science must be ubiquitous, integrated into your business processes. – mohit kumar
Data is nothing without strategy. – Bernard Marr, ‘Data Strategy’
The data is soil, it is fertile, it is an ecosystem where you can make interesting applications. – Vimal Venkatram, Snowflake
It’s about refining raw data into actionable insights. – Rashmit Singh Sukhmani, SatSure
Data will play a crucial role in driving a hyper-personalized experience. – pickrr
Data helps to make points more articulately, argue more coherently, and reach a higher elevation in our conversations, whether among friends or with the general public. – Govindraj Ethiraj, IndiaSpend.org
Data is at the center of all decision making. – Kirat Chhina, urban company
Metadata is the glue that can hold the modern data stack together, the layer that will enable increasingly diverse and isolated tools and people to collaborate effectively. – Prukalpa Sankar, Atlán
electronic commerce
Electronic commerce must be democratized. The right way to build technology should be to make life better for everyone, not just a few people. – Saahil Goel, Rocket
The global retail industry is currently undergoing a generational change. The future has always been in e-commerce, and the pandemic has only accelerated this change. – Arpit Gupta, RetainIQ
The advent of technology and digital accessibility means we are no longer in a one-size-fits-all era. With the amount of data available to brands, consumers expect hyper-personalized experiences. – Avlesh Singh, Web Engage
Live trading is inevitable. It is not new; It is similar to teleshopping networks. – Kaushik Mukherjee, SUGAR Cosmetics
The future of trading is undoubtedly conversational. – Aakrit Vaish
Consumers love to watch video content before making transactions. That’s why content-based commerce is the future of eCommerce. – Saurabh Singh, Flickstree
When one is starting a new brand, digital is the best bet. You can create demand and presence for your product. But after a point, offline is the way to go. – Abhishek Shah
Democratization
The biggest challenge when it comes to any new technology is inclusion. How do you actually make it accessible to everyone and then be owned by everyone? – Suruchi Gupta, GIANT Protocol
Connected women, empowered with access to technological processes, are key to the economic growth of a country. – Sumana Iyengar, Goavega Software
Technology is the key to creating a level playing field for rural and urban by opening up opportunities in all towns. – Vamsi Udayagiri, Hesa
If you have a smartphone, you can have a passport. – Golok Kumar Simli, MEA, Government of India
Innovation will always be ahead of governance. They all know that. It’s basically a matter of catching up. – Vivek Gupta, CoinDCX
creator economy
A growing OTT market is a boon for consumers looking for content and an opportunity for advertisers to reach the right audience. – Akshay Modi, Modi Naturals
The creator space is the only one where you can start at any age. – Mansi (Magsplay)
Your comment section is your university. and tell you what you can do better. – Manish Pandey, Brand Consultant
Every company today is a content company. All companies are investing heavily in content marketing. – Anirudh Singla, Pepper
Live streaming and content moderation are inseparable. – Varun Saxena, Bolo Live
business impacts
While hybrid work may represent the best of both worlds of work, this shift may require an investment in more sophisticated technology. – Rahul Goyal, ADP
Knowledge management is being transformed into ‘Digital Intelligence’. The role of knowledge managers is being transformed to add intelligence to the workforce with the help of digital technologies. – Hariprasad Reddy, Wipro
Software is a global business, and no matter where you start, you must compete against the best to build lasting institutions. – Arpit Maheshwari, Stellaris Venture Partners
Applications are the epicenter of any business. – Venkatesh Sundar, industrial industry
Technology can’t do much in the absence of a digital footprint. – Gaurav Lahoti, Khatabook
Threats and vulnerabilities have become a way of life, especially in the cloud arena. So we need to understand the risk and then understand ways to mitigate it. – Suvin Mullaseril, Palo Alto Networks
Sector transformation
The fact that digital payment models have become profitable is testament to their strength. There is the possibility of touching many more lives. – Anubrata Biswas, Airtel payment bank
Fintech and the rise of startup culture go hand in hand. – Robin Bhowmik, Manipal Global Education Services
This is the era of a global financial revolution! Social commerce is the future. – Dipankar Biswas, FlipItNews
This first digital age is all about scalability and the largest banks of 2030 will be digital first. – Brett King, moved
Digital technology offers a much more granular view of risk management than traditional models. – Bipin Preet Singh, MobiKwik
The adoption of new technology is necessary for a transparent accounting system. – Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister
Robotics is also being used in laboratories and hospitals for repetitive tasks, rehabilitation and physical therapy, and to support patients with long-term conditions. – Vineet Aggarwal
technology trends
There is currently a great need for scalable and reliable 5G solutions in almost every business and industry. – Kalyan Kumar, HCL Tech
With affordable smartphones and easy access to data, the demand for good learning content is experiencing unprecedented growth. – Kinner N. Sachdeva, Knorish
Synthetic media is about to become ubiquitous in the near future, and voice is at the center of it all. – Ankur Edkie, Murf AI
Technology drives great experiences. – Janelle Estes, user test
Digital requires you to be more human than ever. – Samriddh Dasgupta, face to face
Platform business models are stabilizing and proliferating, based on ubiquitous connectivity and access to information, creating massively networked ecosystems of customers, vendors, and market enablers. – Anand Sri Ganesh, NSRCEL
We see an evolution and a revolution taking place, where today’s software is an integral part of any solution. There is a lot of software being integrated into all sorts of products, including hardware, and this dominance is mostly due to deep tech. – Ramkumar Narayanan, NASSCOM Product Council
the road ahead
The world needs a talent pool of 20 million developers by 2030. – Ashish Sharma, Senior Graduate
Do not have an affinity with a single technology, get out of your comfort zone to look at new technologies and experiment with different solutions. – Ashish Anantharaman, ZestMoney
If you travel in technology, you can travel in the future. – Corinne VigreuxTomTom
There is so much inefficiency that technology can solve. Following these models means that the founder can take to the streets with the product that he has created instead of creating a new category that did not exist. – Venugopal Ganapathy, Axilor Ventures
Technology is a terrible master but a wonderful servant. We can condemn it or accept it and use its tools to make our lives more efficient. – Sachin Shukla, UPDATED
With technological capabilities, also comes responsibility. – Jyoti Joshi, Kroop AI
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