188 Quotes About Startups

Character is what you do after you’ve made a mistake.

People need passion and purpose to thrive.

You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible. Most startups that fail do it because they fail at one of these. A startup that does all three will probably succeed.' [Paul Graham]

I did not want to be an ingrate, but I had trouble seeing why writing support emails for a venture-funded startup should offer more economic stability and reward than creative work or civic contributions.

If everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you’re competing against a lot of people. But if you’re willing to invest on a seven-year time horizon, you’re now competing against a fraction of those people… Just by lengthening the time horizon, you can engage in endeavors that you could never otherwise pursue

In chaos is where learning happens the most.

Most startups actually start down and only go up if they catch the winds of market demand.

Fail early, fail often.

You do not necessarily have to get before you do but when you do, you shall get