Startup Quotes

We seek to be as nimble as a startup.

— Beth Comstock

Sweat equity is the best startup capital.

— Mark Cuban

“Hope is fuel, not the destination.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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

— Takudzwa Razemba

“QUIT = Quickly Uphold Important Things”

— Richie Norton

“If you don't overtake them, they will takeover you !”

— Vishnu Chundawat (@v2s2c

The only way to train for a startup is by starting.

— Chris Campbell

“Start a business, not a startup”

— Anonymous

As an entrepreneur, the pressures of a startup can be enormous, but it's rarely life or death.

— Ryan Holmes

One of the top causes of startup death - right after cofounder problems - is building something no one wants.

— Kathryn Minshew

“So Mack got kind of a late start in the startup world—he founded TakeOff at the ripe old age of twenty-five”

— Doree Shafrir

Wait to start a startup until you come up with an idea that you feel compelled to explore.

— Sam Altman

A startup, to a some degree, is a set of those challenges of, 'If you don't solve this, you're dead.'

— Reid Hoffman

“Consistent and limitless learning is the minimum requirement for being a money-making entrepreneur.”

— Amit Kalantri

The lean startup method is not about cost, it is about speed.

— Eric Ries

As of 2011, it cost about $5,000 to launch a tech startup.

— Peter Diamandis

“Every startup is small at the start. Every monopoly dominates a large share of its market. Therefore, every startup should start with…

— Peter Thiel

Being in a band is very much like a startup. You start in a garage. You hope to get interest from investors,…

— Kevin Jonas

I operate my life like a startup. I learn a little bit and I test something else out and I keep iterating…

— Rameet Chawla

I have this passion for building things, so I always wanted to build a startup. I always wanted to start my own…

— Ananya Birla

It turns out that one of the biggest drivers of investors are both successful and non-successful startup founders.

— Michael Seibel

“We are not creators; only combiners of the created. Invention isn't about new ingredients, but new recipes. And innovations taste the best.”

— Ryan Lilly

At a startup, it's hard enough to get a single thing right, much less a whole bunch of things. Especially if the…

— Marc Randolph

You can work hard and be smart, but you need to think about when you're going to be part of a startup…

— Eric Yuan

Like a lot of other DJs, I've been wondering when the first DJ game was going to happen. Somebody even pitched me…

— DJ Shadow

“Live the Life of Your Dreams When you start living the life of your dreams, there will always be obstacles, doubters, mistakes…

— Roy T. Bennett

“How to find investors that will fund your start-up and raise the money you require to grow your business. A perfect startup…

— KrugerInvest

HubSpot has used the lean startup method to build a spectacularly successful company. What I particularly love about HubSpot is that they…

— Eric Ries

Being a startup entrepreneur is not for everybody and it’s not the only desirable career choice. I also know that many people…

— Mark Suster

It helps tremendously to have operating startup experience when advising startups. It is much easier to tell people how to talk to…

— Justin Kan

It's a standard thing you hear from startup people - that their product is somehow improving the world. And if you follow…

— Cathy O'Neil

Define your own success: If you're going after a million bucks with your own startup, you've already failed yourself. Instead, do something…

— Tara Hunt

“The problem with the Internet startup craze isn’t that too many people are starting companies; it’s that too many people aren’t sticking…

— Steve Jobs

“In its place had arisen a Promised Land of Duane Reades and Chase ATMs on every corner, luxury doorman buildings, Pilates studios…

— Doree Shafrir

“No matter what your reason for wanting to start your own business, developing the foundation is the same. Laying a solid foundation…

— Jeanne A. Estes

“Don't be afraid to start over. This time, you're not starting from scratch; you're starting from experience. It's like a video game—you’ve…

— Life is Positive

“describes as a “full stack startup.” Nest could certainly have pursued a less ambitious and lower risk strategy of developing its learning…

— Stephen O’Grady

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

— Paul Graham

“a good product is not the secret to success”

— Hadi Farnoud

“Fail soon so that you can succeed sooner.”

— Amit Kalantri