Built Quote by Emmett Shear

The thing about startups is you can make it, and if it's wrong you can remake it, and you can build a team that…

— John Katzman

Because startups often accidentally build something nobody wants, it doesn’t matter much if they do it on time and on budget. The goal of…

— Eric Ries

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

Most startups are not nearly focussed enough. They work hard...maybe, but they don't work hard on the right things.

— Sam Altman

At a startup, it's hard enough to get a single thing right, much less a whole bunch of things. Especially if the things you…

— Marc Randolph

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

The benefit to building a startup is that customers don't have the same kind of friction when they adopt new technology.

— Aaron Levie

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

— Sam Altman

Starting a startup is a process of trial and error. What guided the founders through this process was their empathy for the users. They…

— Jessica Livingston

The startups that do well are the ones that are working all the time.

— Sam Altman

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