Advise Quote by Alexander Osterwalder

Too often, founders make decisions before determining whether they are the right thing to do. These decisions often create chaos in their companies where…

— Mark Goulston

There's one thing I've learned about entrepreneurs' business plans. Every one is wrong.

— Josh Kopelman

What I tell founders is not to sweat the business model too much at first. The most important task at first is to build…

— Paul Graham

Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.

— Sam Altman

For a lot of people, one of the reasons they don't like to work for founders of startups is that they can be sensitive…

— Lynn Jurich

People think startups grow out of some brilliant initial idea like a plant from a seed. But almost all the founders I interview change…

— Jessica Livingston

Most good founders that I know at any given time have a set of small overarching goals for the company that everybody in the…

— Sam Altman

Founders should think of their company as a product and build it and shape it with the same passion and care.

— Roelof Botha

Most venture capitalists won't read a business plan unless the entrepreneur is introduced to them by a contact.

— Guy Kawasaki

Entrepreneurs don't write a 100-page business plan and execute it one time; they're always experimenting and adapting based on what they learn.

— Thomas Friedman

There's a lot of glorification of startups and being a founder. People brush the failures under the rug, but that's the worst thing you…

— Christopher Poole

Startups are often best at solving the personal problems of their founders. The more diverse the founders, the more types of problems can be…

— Michael Seibel