Access Quote by Zachary Quinto
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“Our third partner [with Neal Dodson] was this other guy called Corey [Moosa], and he came in with good ideas and also some access to money, and so we joined forces and drew up a business plan and got financing for the beginnings of the company. We had no idea what we were doing really. We just started looking through material and started producing our own stuff.”
About This Quote
Source Interview: Podcast with Tech Entrepreneurs, 2015
A novice team combined ideas, connections, and capital to launch a startup despite lacking experience, learning by doing.
In simple terms: Inexperienced founders used ideas and money to start a company.
Key Takeaway
Leverage resources and learn through action.
Themes
entrepreneurship
collaboration
learning
risk
innovation
Mood
determined
optimistic
reflective
Type
advice
motivational
When to use this quote
- forming a company
- seeking seed funding
- early product development
- team building
Key Concepts
startup dynamics
networking
bootstrapping
Questions to Reflect On
- What resources can you tap to compensate for inexperience?
- How do you balance optimism with realistic planning?
A Different Perspective
Limited expertise can lead to costly mistakes without guidance.
![“We [with Neal Dodson and Corey Moosa] were constantly looking for features and looking for ways to get involved with people who were making stuff.” quote by Zachary Quinto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/166/zachary-quinto-4021_features_we-with-neal-dodson-and-corey-moosa-were_2405599.jpg)
![“I knew I needed a partner. I needed someone who could focus on and spearhead the business side of things, and [Neal Dodson] was great at that. That's how it started.” quote by Zachary Quinto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/953/zachary-quinto-4021_business_i-knew-i-needed-a-partner-i-needed-someo_396768.jpg)
![“I actually met one of my business partners [Neal Dodson] at the Governor's School summer program, so we've known each other since we were 15 and 16 years old, and we both ended up at Carnegie Mellon together. He started working for a producer out of school after a few years, and then we started…” quote by Zachary Quinto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4da/zachary-quinto-4021_business_i-actually-met-one-of-my-business-partne_300080.jpg)
![“I didn't get a chance to meet Glen [Beck] for this movie. I did meet him a few years ago, coincidentally, before any of this happened. But I've been familiar with his work, so I felt I wanted to get it right. I wanted to honor him. I respect him and I think the way he does his job is admirable…” quote by Zachary Quinto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bee/zachary-quinto-4021_admirable_i-didn-t-get-a-chance-to-meet-glen-beck_138334.jpg)
![“It didn't really change my opinion about [Edward] Snowden all that much, but I definitely feel like as a culture, it gave us information that generated a responsibility to protect ourselves as much as we can and also a responsibility to hold our government accountable to honoring our…” quote by Zachary Quinto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b39/zachary-quinto-4021_constitutional-right_it-didn-t-really-change-my-opinion-about_222841.jpg)
