“Most people want 100x returns, but play by 1x rules”: Anupam Mittal says you won't win by playing it ‘safe’

Anupam Mittal recently said that though most people want a 100x financial gain, they play by 1x rules.

He said it took him a while to understand money, and grasping the concept of wealth took even longer.

Anupam Mittal shares 'wealth' rules

The Shark Tank India judge said there is a common pattern to grow rich. 

"The biggest wins usually come from breaking the rules,” he wrote on LinkedIn. “Not illegally. Just unapologetically,” he explained. 

Mittal reminisced that after the “dot-com bust,” when he returned to India, he had no money or plans. Everyone advised him to get a job and play it safe. 

“Instead, I did something…,” the entrepreneur shared with a laughing emoji. “Stupid? Brave? Both,” he added.

Mittal talked about how he started an Internet company in India when the Internet was not easily available.

He wrote: “No D2C. No dating apps. No e-com playbook. We didn’t follow demand. We created it.”

Mittal opined that it always works when you are “ignoring the rulebook”.

“The rules are useful,” the entrepreneur admitted. But at some point, you’ve got to know when to bend them.”

By playing it safe, you “rarely make history”, concluded the Shaadi.com CEO. 

Anupam Mittal concerned about young generation's addiction to scrolling

Recently, the Shark Tank India judge remarked that technology, social media, and artificial intelligence-driven content are reshaping our daily lives, often in ways we don’t even notice.

Anupam Mittal warned that India is building “the largest army of thumb warriors - overstimulated, under-inspired people, who're weirdly okay with it”.

In a recent LinkedIn post, he said as a "concerned father", he feels worried that "We're raising a generation that doesn’t play. Teens that don’t talk. Adults that don’t think – just scroll.”

Mittal even claimed that India’s biggest brain drain isn’t to Silicon Valley, but it is to scrolling the mobile phone.

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