If you think about photo sharing sites, the mobile photo sharing and social, there's no competitive advantage, there's no obvious business model, so I never play with anything like that. I avoid it like the plague. — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
Kevin Systrom of Instagram used to work for us as a consultant in the early days of Mint. I knew him a long time ago. Maybe I could have gotten in there. But with photo sharing, I don't know if… — 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
I'm typically a 'just drink water' kind of guy. I was a bodybuilder in high school, so I used to - food to me… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
One of my top tips for aspiring entrepreneurs: Tell everyone you know about your idea. This runs contrary to the instinct that most people… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
When valuing a startup, add $500k for every engineer, and subtract $250k for every MBA. — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
