Attention Quote by Sam Altman

Being a founder is about being so driven to distraction by the world that you want to put something new in it. It's an…

— Andy Dunn

One of the perks of being the founder is that you get to build the company in your image.

— Mitch Kapor

Part of what being a great founder is, is being both able to hold the belief, to think about where it is you want…

— Reid Hoffman

As a founder, you are a very active component of your company.

— Justin Kan

One of the most brilliant parts of being a first-time founder is that you experience everything for the first time. It never gets old.

— Julia Hartz

And I'm comfortable being who I am, so I think a lot of people who take over from a founder worry about how they…

— Sanjay Kumar

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

“If you’re going to survive as a founder, you have to find the intersection of demand (for your product), ability (for you to make…

— Alistair Croll

Being a founder is like being a parent. You always stay involved.

— Bart Decrem

So as a founder, you have an authenticity and a human factor that is really special and that gives an enormous amount of energy…

— Diane von Furstenberg

“As a founder, your first job is to get the first things right, because you cannot build a great company on a flawed foundation.”

— Peter Thiel

The big value of the founder running the company is really two things: the knowledge and the commitment.

— Ben Horowitz