Costs 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. You…

— Chamath Palihapitiya

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

— Balaji Srinivasan

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

— Fabrizio Moreira

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

— Sam Altman

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

Please don’t get hung up on this question of whether you need to have experience in an industry before you launch your startup.

— Richard Branson

By definition startups usually do not turn a profit.

— Kevin Harrington

If you can just learn to think about the market first, you will have a big leg up on most people starting startups.

— Sam Altman

When you're a startup, your edge is that you don't have that many customers. So you can build a really strong relationship with them.

— Justin Kan

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

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