One of my top tips for aspiring entrepreneurs: Tell everyone you know about your idea. This runs contrary to the instinct that… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
After building most of Mint.com's prototype by myself, I talked to anyone and everyone I knew about Mint. It's counter-intuitive, because you… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
Tell your idea to whomever will listen, and you'll get valuable market feedback before writing a single line of code. — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
The original idea before Mint was a life and goal planning system I called Carpe Viva. The idea was that all of… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
The start-up life kept me busy and surfaced the problem of not being able to stay on top of my personal finances,… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
Solve a real problem. You don't start a company because you want to be an entrepreneur or the fame and glory that comes along… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
At 16, I started a web development business and had clients from the Netherlands, Caribbean, and across the country - none of whom knew… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
The way you dress or the car you drive or what you spend is to impress other people with how, I guess, successful and… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
I think sports and bodybuilding were the only things that saved me from getting beat up. People are not pleased, for whatever reason, when… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
I know it sounds weird, but the food that I eat, it doesn't make a big difference, and it never has. So, I've saved… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
I wanted to build a tool for my generation: people 20 to 40 who don't want to spend time balancing a checkbook or checking… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
Carefully calculate the potential size of your market to make sure you can grow. Before starting Mint, I knew that there were about 20… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
At Mint, we developed five pending patents on our technology, ranging from categorization to the Ways to Save system that calculates how much a… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
Mint is designed to put your finances on auto-pilot. Whether you log in or not, it will send you a weekly summary of your… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
It's okay to doubt yourself, it's okay to feel down; just never give up. — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
In the first three years of Mint, from when it was founded to when it was sold, I can honestly say that in a… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
If you look on Amazon - if you do a search for personal finance, there are literally 20,000 books written on personal finance, and… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
