Tell your idea to whomever will listen, and you'll get valuable market feedback before writing a single line of code. — Aaron Patzer Before Copy Share Image
Observe the world around you everything you do, and especially everything you hate to do. — Aaron Patzer Hate Copy Share Image
When valuing a startup, add $500k for every engineer, and subtract $250k for every MBA. — Aaron Patzer Add Copy Share Image
It's okay to doubt yourself, it's okay to feel down; just never give up. — Aaron Patzer Business 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… — Aaron Patzer Any 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,… — Aaron Patzer Anyway Copy Share Image
If you think about photo sharing sites, the mobile photo sharing and social, there's no competitive advantage, there's no obvious business model,… — Aaron Patzer About Copy Share Image
I've been spending quite a bit of time in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the U.K. as Mint is expanding globally, and… — Aaron Patzer Australia 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… — Aaron Patzer Along 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… — Aaron Patzer About 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… — Aaron Patzer Developed 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… — Aaron Patzer Business 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… — Aaron Patzer About 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… — Aaron Patzer Answer 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… — Aaron Patzer Ate Copy Share Image
One third of the economy goes through 'QuickBooks' in terms of businesses invoicing other businesses. Each invoice contains a connection between vendors,… — Aaron Patzer Also 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,… — Aaron Patzer Activity Copy Share Image
I always knew I wanted to be a technologist, so I went to Duke and got a degree in computer science and… — Aaron Patzer Always 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… — Aaron Patzer Balancing 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 About 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… — Aaron Patzer Amazon Copy Share Image
Tell anyone and everyone your idea without fear they're going to steal it. — Aaron Patzer Fear Copy Share Image
People do make judgments of trust on appearance - in the real world and online. — Aaron Patzer Appearance Copy Share Image
If you pay your credit card off every month, get a rewards card. One that gives you airline miles or that will… — Aaron Patzer Airline Copy Share Image
Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas. — Aaron Patzer Area Copy Share Image
I have always thought of myself as an inventor first and foremost. An engineer. An entrepreneur. In that order. I never thought… — Aaron Patzer Adult Copy Share Image
Mint's business model became, 'We'll go for free, and then we'll find these savings opportunities for you.' You know, better interest rate… — Aaron Patzer Became Copy Share Image
The typical workday, particularly in startup mode, is from nine to six or nine to seven, then you take a two-hour break… — Aaron Patzer Activity Copy Share Image
Whenever I see a tree that is climbable, it must be climbed. Sometimes when I'm on a run, I'll just run up… — Aaron Patzer Branch Copy Share Image
Before Mint.com, I was a long-time user of 'Microsoft Money' and Intuit's 'Quicken.' Both were powerful tools, loaded with features and functionality… — Aaron Patzer Around Copy Share Image
I consider myself an inventor first and an entrepreneur second. In real life, my hero is Thomas Edison. He was a great… — Aaron Patzer Able Copy Share Image
When I was 8 or 9, I started using bulletin board systems, which was the precursor to the Internet, where you'd dial… — Aaron Patzer Address Copy Share Image
Be careful not to start a company that really belongs as a feature of another company, like the 25 Twitter URL shortener… — Aaron Patzer Another Copy Share Image
Because Mint has access to all of your bank accounts and credit cards, we can detect fraud or unusual spending patterns faster… — Aaron Patzer Access Copy Share Image
At 16, I started a web development business and had clients from the Netherlands, Caribbean, and across the country - none of… — Aaron Patzer Across 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 Able 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 Before Copy Share Image
I pitch Mint to everyone from investors to engineers, young and old, and I do it pretty much the same way: Here's… — Aaron Patzer Engineers Copy Share Image
