Startup Quotes · Page 5

A startup for entrepreneurs is like a baby, and I have five babies so far - experienced father.

— Jack Ma

So always keep momentum, it's this prime directive for managing a startup.

— Sam Altman

“An entrepreneur without funding is a musician without an instrument.”

— Robert A. Rice Jr

“Entrepreneurship is not a theory, it is an experiment.”

— Amit Kalantri

There are many successful startup funders who are looking for ways to make a difference in the world.

— J. B. Pritzker

When it comes to starting startups, in many ways, it's easier to start a hard startup than an easy startup.

— Sam Altman

I wish I'd known more about how to build a startup when I was younger.

— Hilary Mason

“A startup is the largest endeavor over which you can have definite mastery.”

— Peter Thiel

Being in a band is very much like a startup. You start in a garage. You hope to get interest from investors,…

— Kevin Jonas

What always drove me was my curiosity. That's what made me join Booking and not be afraid to leave a very successful…

— Gillian Tans

I may have managed to build a successful technology startup that had gone public by the time my three kids hit their…

— Naveen Jain

ICOs cannot escape startup evolution characteristics. This means that their growth will be hard fought, hard earned, and hardly a walk in…

— William Mougayar

Who would you talk to? That is the first question for almost any startup that you need to answer. Who is my…

— Emmett Shear

One of the most fun and interesting things about YC is that we are kind of a startup ourselves. We are constantly…

— Michael Seibel

We hear again and again from founders, that they wish they had waited to start a startup until they came up with…

— Sam Altman

In the startup world, you're either a genius or an idiot. You're never just an ordinary guy trying to get through the…

— Marc Andreessen

I think because of the iPhone and the fact that we now have a ubiquitous internet, our creativity in the startup space…

— Aaron Levie

“«Gavin did not enjoy his hard work. The optimistic startup guys sending in these crazy proposals were guys who enjoyed their work.…

— Bruce Sterling

Since the start, we've conceived French tech as a network of versatile local ecosystems spread all around the country, rather than a…

— Axelle Lemaire

Sometimes, the startup game works in your favor just because you got in at the right time and right environment. Other times,…

— Cheryl Yeoh

“To be humble is to be teachable. Meek, not weak. The most humble people are the most aggressive leaders. Aggressive because to…

— Richie Norton

I think the reality is that it's never been a better time to be an entrepreneur, it's never been a better time…

— Chamath Palihapitiya

It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still…

— Harold Hamm

People say doing a startup is like a marathon. It's actually a roadtrip at night with no headlights. You think you're going…

— Ben Silbermann

“A startup is a team of people on a mission, and a good culture is just what that looks like on the…

— Peter Thiel

Early on, with any startup show, you're really building credibility and making it stand on its own.

— David Boreanaz

Globalisation for a startup is exciting; you have to learn so fast about the different cultures of the world.

— Adam Neumann

If you aren't committed to diversity of thought, you have no business launching a startup.

— Sallie Krawcheck

I'm a creature of startups. For example, I don't want government interference in the startup ecosystem.

— Michael Arrington

When you get involved in a startup, you have to be passionate.

— Martin Cooper

In 2000, just before the first dot-com bubble burst, it cost a whopping $5 million to launch a tech startup.

— Peter Diamandis

It's a fight to get anyone other than your mom to care about your startup.

— Alexis Ohanian

“Life happens once. Get into character, and act the part you were given.”

— Utibe Samuel Mbom

I like the idea that I can make a big difference to a startup in a short period of time.

— Justin Kan

You need this sort of a tailwind to make a startup successful.

— Sam Altman

Startup's biggest enemy is perfection. Perfection takes time. Time takes money. No money means checkmate, game over.

— Anonymous

“Paul Buchheit: Then you have what we do with PCs, and that's technically pretty challenging—to take this big network of machines that…

— Jessica Livingston

“I think the single most reassuring thing about doing a startup is knowing in advance how difficult it is going to be.”

— Jared Tame

“I enjoy self-publishing & sending publishers rejection letters. They're like, 'Who is this guy?' And I'm like, 'the end of your industry.”

— Ryan Lilly

A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.

— Eric Ries