Entrepreneurship Quotes · Page 31

After reading the Elon Musk book and getting a Tesla - he is at the top of my list of inspiring founders.

— Michael Seibel

“The creation of corporate entrepreneurship is to cultivate the culture of innovation and build business competencies.”

— Pearl Zhu

By the way, that's my number one piece of advice if you're going to join a startup: pick a rocket ship.

— Sam Altman

Working at a startup to make a lot of money was never a thing, and that's why I decided to just finish…

— Kevin Systrom

Entrepreneurship is “risky” mainly because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing.

— Peter Drucker

“Our thoughts and our mind-sets greatly affect our perception of what life is really about”

— Wogu Donald

It's difficult to get large groups of people, to the extreme levels of focus and productivity that you need, for a startup…

— Sam Altman

“If we think a magic fairy named “time” is finally going to make all things right in the world, we’re dreaming.”

— Richie Norton

Your role as a founder changes dramatically once your team hits 10, 20, 50, 100, and so on. Sometimes you forget how…

— Christine Tsai

“A confident woman knows her worth and so doesn’t fret when her man is highly placed or is often found amidst other…

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

Teaching children about entrepreneurship is much like imparting any other skill or piece of knowledge. You will provide them with ways to…

— Naveen Jain

The main thing to know about me is that I'm a champion of entrepreneurs and the startups they build. They are my…

— Michael Arrington

We will have bigger bureaucracies, bigger labor unions, and bigger state-run corporations. It will be harder to be an entrepreneur because of…

— Arthur C. Brooks

“We don't just build solutions—we build digital legacies. Every click, every strategy, every campaign is a step toward transforming how the world…

— Digixvalley LLc

Our tenants now are companies like Uber, the taxi service, Meituan.com, China's version of Groupon - and a large number of startups.…

— Zhang Xin

The reason that Google was such a success is because they were the first ones to take advantage of the self-organizing properties…

— Ron Eglash

A new model of heroic capitalism based on principle-driven, free-market entrepreneurship deserves a central place in business-ethics thought and action.

— Robert L. Bradley, Jr

In a startup, there have to be challenges. Otherwise, someone else would have done it already. And that's almost the most exciting…

— Payal Kadakia

St. Louis is a customer- and partner-rich environment for any financial tech startup.

— Jim McKelvey

Even though plans themselves are worthless, the exercise of planning is very valuable and totally missing in most startups today.

— Sam Altman

Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what…

— Ed Smith

I do think a founder has special permission to make sweeping changes across an organization.

— Michael Dell

“If founders believed Ecommerce is built using VC money & discounting, they never added value with tech innovation, selection, convenience, and shipping”

— Sandeep Aggarwal

“Business is the school of life. Success in business requires success in living.”

— Ehab Atalla

“If you’re struggling to “think outside the box” remember the box is self-imposed. Who says it has to be a box? Why…

— Ryan Lilly

I came to Silicon Valley in 1997 and joined WebEx. At that time, WebEx was small, only 10 engineers and two co-founders.

— Eric Yuan

“There is seed time and harvest, choose to sow at the right time so as to have a bountiful harvest.”

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

“You don't need to go running from pillar to post looking for what God looks like.”

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Whether you're a founder, a leader, or an individual contributor, building a strong team is critical to your success.

— Julia Hartz

“Your story isn’t over as long as you have breath in your lungs. What will your story say?”

— Nate Green

There's nothing more invigorating than being deeply involved with a small company and a young team of founders out to do something…

— Michael Moritz

Am I as experienced, or mature, or smart as others CEOs? No probably not, but there's something, I think, very useful about…

— Andrew Mason

[Young people] are showing enormous and entrepreneurship and working with each other across borders.

— Barack Obama

Walmart is an amazing story of entrepreneurship and, as one of the world's most powerful brands, touches millions of lives every day.

— Marissa Mayer

“Even as an entrepreneur, you need to see yourself as an employee of your business.”

— Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Confidence thrills men for it means you won’t be fidgety or excessively jealous when the man is in the midst of people…

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

... for the top twenty most valuable YC companies, all of them have at least two founders.

— Sam Altman

Like having a child, running a startup is the sort of experience that's hard to imagine unless you've done it yourself.

— Paul Graham

I really enjoy working with companies and founders and incubating with companies... It's like being on a team in a different way.

— Jozy Altidore

What we need is an entrepreneurial society in which innovation and entrepreneurship are normal, steady and continuous.

— Peter Drucker