Almost every failed startup has a product. What failed…

“Startups don’t fail because they lack a product; they fail because they lack customers and a proven financial model. This”

— Steven Gary Blank

The best Startups don't create noise. They create a gravitational pull.

— Wayne Chang

Startups don’t fail because they lack a product; they fail because they lack customers and a profitable business model.

— Steve Blank

There are a lot of music startups that don't have anything to do with anyone's love for music. It has to do with them…

— DJ Shadow

“Startups don't just die, they commit suicide”

— Takudzwa Razemba

“In a startup, the first product is not designed to satisfy a mainstream customer. No startup can afford the engineering effort or the time…

— Steven Gary Blank

Early in a startup, product decisions should be hunch driven. Later on, product decisions should be data driven.

— Fred Wilson

It's hard to tell with these Internet startups if they're really interested in building companies or if they're just interested in the money. I…

— Steve Jobs

“Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. To make…

— Shunryu Suzuki

My attitude is there are at least hundreds of interesting startups that are going to get going in every year.

— David Cohen

The thing that kills startups at some level, is the founders giving up.

— Sam Altman

Cool innovation might happen in startups, but they often lack the resources or the deep expertise in the problems they want to address.

— Hilary Mason

One thing I tell startups all the time is that the best way to grow is to make their product better.

— Sam Altman

“Amidst all the hype and hoopla around this business, I wanted to emphasize the challenge—it is seductive but the failure rate is very high.…

— Mahendra Ramsinghani

Most startups are not just built for the person who is using them. When you do that, every now and then you get really…

— Emmett Shear