Difficult Quote by Chamath Palihapitiya

If you're trying to get to profitability by lowering costs as a startup, then you are in a very precarious and difficult position.

— Chamath Palihapitiya

The economic costs of starting your own business can be significant; in fact, most new startup companies fail because of undercapitalization.

— Fabrizio Moreira

Don't do a startup unless you're ideologically driven to make it succeed beyond the economic motivation.

— Balaji Srinivasan

For most people, startups are a risky endeavor and something to be avoided. Many are hesitant to quit their secure jobs and try to…

— Justin Kan

Startups are often very undercapitalised, but I found that to be very beneficial because it forces you not to throw money at problems. Instead,…

— Jerry Greenfield

Startups are painful, stressful and at times demoralizing. You need to be a true believer in the vision of what you are doing. You…

— Steve Blank

Startups are very hard no matter what you do; you may as well go after a big opportunity.

— Sam Altman

“You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as…

— Paul Graham

One thing I never thought about in my big-company job? Cash flow. When your business has billions of dollars in revenue, you can make…

— Sallie Krawcheck

Starting a business is tricky. There's a lot of trial and error, but create a plan, be strategic and write everything down.

— Jordyn Woods

By definition startups usually do not turn a profit.

— Kevin Harrington

Startups should be - if you graph their financial performance, it should be what's called a J curve. You start out at zero. you're…

— Chamath Palihapitiya