Entrepreneurship Quotes

1,736 quotes from 693 authors

Entrepreneurship thrives on bold ideas, relentless grit, and the willingness to fail forward. Here are 1,736 quotes from 693 distinct voices, revealing how founders, investors, and thinkers describe risk, vision, and the daily hustle of building something new.

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“The world is a Treasure Map”

Roger Hamilton

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“Eschew evil and it's machinations.”

Jaachynma N.E. Agu

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“If it comes easy, it will go fast.”

Andrena Sawyer

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“Start a business, not a startup”

Anonymous

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“Don't wait. Start stuff.”

Richie Norton

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“Not everyone understand everything.”

Dee Dee Artner

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Hire character. Train skill.

Peter Schutz

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Creativity comes from constraint.

Biz Stone

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The more we see the founders as humans the more we can understand them.

David McCullough

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“Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter.”

Jaachynma N.E. Agu

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An entrepreneur in debt is an entrepreneur in business.

Duncan Bannatyne

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Spiritual entrepreneurship is the unsung route to growth in the modern economy.

Ted Malloch

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“Wrong partners cost much more money than bad financial investments.”

Alin Sav

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Entrepreneurship is the launching of surprises.

George Gilder

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“Shun darkness and evil vices for they that embrace them wear off with time!”

Jaachynma N.E. Agu

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In the startup world, 'not working' is normal.

Paul Graham

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“Find something that gets you rock hard, and you'll never have to work another day in your life.”

Trevor Carss

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“From the moment that you opened your eyes and took your first breath your story began.”

Nate Green

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“When you combine a culture of discipline with an ethic of entrepreneurship, you get the magical alchemy of great performance.”

James C. Collins

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

Adam Neumann

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“The deeper that you have to dig to conquer the hardships in front of you, the more capable you will be to…

Nate Green

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I think when I was on the corporate ladder, it was very difficult to maintain the hours. It's a little easier when…

Tory Burch

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We can never have enough startups that are pursuing unique solutions to important problems.

Chris Yeh

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I don't want to be the guy that's sitting here, calling somebody and telling them their dream. I want to be in…

Chamillionaire

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The Startup Act should give all Americans, not just immigrants, a better shot at being tomorrow's engineers and entrepreneurs. And that opportunity…

Marvin Ammori

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“The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created -…

John Schaar

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The greatest reward in becoming a millionaire is not the amount of money that you earn. It is the kind of person…

Jim Rohn

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Coinbase is 'the' brand in the Bitcoin space. Their founder Brian Armstrong was amongst the first good entrepreneurs to emerge in this…

Adam Draper

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Startups are often very undercapitalised, but I found that to be very beneficial because it forces you not to throw money at…

Jerry Greenfield

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One thing I never thought about in my big-company job? Cash flow. When your business has billions of dollars in revenue, you…

Sallie Krawcheck

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It's rare for a startup to make money immediately, so you need to make sure that you have enough saved or that…

Richard Branson

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We are a product of our families, schools, and churches. Without the liberty and rule of law that characterize America, entrepreneurship would…

Rich Lowry

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Every entrepreneur faces trade-offs when founding and growing their company. As we discovered at YouTube, those early decisions have far-reaching impacts and…

Chad Hurley