One of the most brilliant parts of being a first-time founder is that you experience everything for the first time. It never… — Julia Hartz Copy Share Image
Nothing is better received by a founder than reading about someone being passionate for his or her project. — Justin Kan Copy Share Image
The reality is: a founder is someone who deals with a ton of different headaches and no one is universally super powered. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
As founder of Eventbrite, I've interviewed almost every single person we've hired. — Julia Hartz Copy Share Image
I'm a very connected and passionate founder. And I do model transparency and openness and loyalty in my actions. — Julia Hartz Copy Share Image
I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati. — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
Our business is all about helping someone - a founder, a CEO - building a great business. It's not about seeing our… — Douglas Leone Copy Share Image
“Vision could be fiction for others, it is certainty for the visionary.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Purpose has always been part of Unilever's DNA. Our founder, William Lever, built a business around the sale of Lifebuoy soap that… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
You meet with a CEO or founder. You talk about sales, engineering, product management and give some ideas or suggestions. And the… — Douglas Leone Copy Share Image
So as a founder, you have an authenticity and a human factor that is really special and that gives an enormous amount… — Diane von Furstenberg Copy Share Image
I'm a contract computer scientist by trade, but I'm the founder of something called the Tinkering School. It's a summer program which… — Gever Tulley Copy Share Image
Part of what being a great founder is, is being both able to hold the belief, to think about where it is… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
“The first man, who, after enclosing a piece of ground, took it into his head to say, "This is mine," and found… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
When I was studying at The Lawrence School, Sanawar, Sanjay Dutt came to our school as the chief guest on the Founder's… — Varun Sharma Copy Share Image
I didn't appreciate, coming out of corporate America... what it meant to a founder, the creator of the Macintosh, to be asked… — John Sculley Copy Share Image
There are three things you need to do as a CEO-founder. Think strategically, drive design, and drive technology. Some people who are… — Keith Rabois Copy Share Image
The founder of Dell found ways of delivering Hewlett Packard's most profitable products for much lower prices but forgot to deliver their… — Max McKeown Copy Share Image
I'm inspired every day by the great captains of industry and enlightened entrepreneurs like my great-great-grandfather and founder of Fiat, Giovanni Agnelli,… — Lapo Elkann Copy Share Image
I founded Eventbrite when I was 25 and had exactly five professional years under my belt. Perspective was lacking; idealistic views were… — Julia Hartz Copy Share Image
When a founder has cast a bell he does not presently fix it in the steeple, but tries it with his hammer,… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
I didn't plan to be a politician. The founder of our country, David Ben-Gurion, called me from the kibbutz to serve in… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
I think, as a founder and entrepreneur, you just keep hustling through it. — Payal Kadakia Copy Share Image
I was the founder of the 'Cartoon Bank' in the '90s. I was interested in finding ways for cartoonists to supplement their… — Robert Mankoff Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“As a founder, your first job is to get the first things right, because you cannot build a great company on a… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
David Harrington, who's the violinist and founder of Kronos, is a super open-minded and adventurous guy. — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
“Every founder has a plan until it’s time to launch. I launch first and plan later, we’re not the same.” — Marion Bekoe Copy Share Image
The role of a founder-CEO is extremely lonely. You can't always be fully forthcoming with your board or investors or employees. — Marc Randolph Copy Share Image
One of the perks of being the founder is that you get to build the company in your image. — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
Traditionally, all the kings of Saudi Arabia have been sons of the founder of Saudi Arabia, and they've gone from one son… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
I do think a founder has special permission to make sweeping changes across an organization. — Michael Dell Copy Share Image
Performa's founder and prime mover, Roselee Goldberg, has great instincts for which artists might collaborate well together. — Roberta Smith Copy Share Image
It helps to have founded and run a company if you're going to help somebody run a company who is a founder. — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
If I ever hear a founder talk about oh this is how I have a balanced life so on and so forth - they're… — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
This is classic when you begin thinking about what is a great founder is, you navigate what is apparent paradoxes. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
In general, I have a lot of issues with the mythology of the founder. — Patrick Collison Copy Share Image
I think the best thing you can do is be aware that as a first time founder you are likely to be… — Sam Altman Copy Share Image
The theory of founder effects does not explain how novel features like plumage traits arise. — Peter R. Grant Copy Share Image
As much as I admire the greats of industry and technology, as a founder-CEO who built a company on the three pillars… — Bryan Johnson Copy Share Image
