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> [If you look at the Internet, the vast majority of start-ups are not successful. But the ones that are, are very very successful. So you can't point to the unsuccessful ones and say, 'There's no hope for this field.' It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/if-you-look-at-the-internet-the-vast-majority-of-start-ups-are-not/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

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## More by Evan Williams

> [I tried to be a ski bum when I stepped away from Twitter, and I wasn't a very good skier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/i-tried-to-be-a-ski-bum-when-i-stepped-away-from-twitter-and-i-wasn-t/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

> [Unfortunately, 'climate' has become a dirty word - obviously in politics, but even to some degree in my world, in venture capital. People hesitate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/unfortunately-climate-has-become-a-dirty-word-obviously-in-politics/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

> [I had a blog for many years. Once you develop your readership on your blog, and you can put something out there or direct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/i-had-a-blog-for-many-years-once-you-develop-your-readership-on-your/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

> [I'm not a big-company guy. I need freedom and control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/i-m-not-a-big-company-guy-i-need-freedom-and-control/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

> [Hard things are valuable; easy things are not so valuable. Reaching the mountaintop is rewarding because it is hard. If it was easy, everybody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/hard-things-are-valuable-easy-things-are-not-so-valuable-reaching-the/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

> [Most of the great businesses of our time have experimented. Like Google.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/most-of-the-great-businesses-of-our-time-have-experimented-like-google/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

> [My life has been a series of well-orchestrated accidents; I've always suffered from hallucinogenic optimism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/my-life-has-been-a-series-of-well-orchestrated-accidents-i-ve-always/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

> [I suspect there's a lot of validity to the premise that big companies aren't going to attract entrepreneurial talent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/i-suspect-there-s-a-lot-of-validity-to-the-premise-that-big-companies/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

> [The only reason Twitter itself would be a fad is if someone comes along and does it better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/the-only-reason-twitter-itself-would-be-a-fad-is-if-someone-comes/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

> [News in general doesn't matter most of the time, and most people would be far better off if they spent their time consuming less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/news-in-general-doesn-t-matter-most-of-the-time-and-most-people-would/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

> [If you look at the Internet, the vast majority of start-ups are not successful. But the ones that are, are very very successful. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/if-you-look-at-the-internet-the-vast-majority-of-start-ups-are-not/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

> [The things that keep nagging at you are the ones worth exploring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/the-things-that-keep-nagging-at-you-are-the-ones-worth-exploring/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

> [People want to do good things, they just need a prod sometimes, and what Twitter and other technologies that connect people are showing us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/people-want-to-do-good-things-they-just-need-a-prod-sometimes-and/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

> [Blogging got the concept of personal publishing, but it didn't really take advantage of the network.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/blogging-got-the-concept-of-personal-publishing-but-it-didn-t-really/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

> [My brother was the consummate Nebraska boy - the football star who went to the university, was president of his fraternity, hunted with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-williams/my-brother-was-the-consummate-nebraska-boy-the-football-star-who-went/)

[Evan Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-williams/)

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