Startup Quotes

“Raise more money than you think you need.”

“The best way to come up with startup ideas is to ask yourself the question: what do you wish someone would make for you?”

“My son is now an 'entrepreneur.' That's what you're called when you don't have a job.”

“Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.”

“Any business that has the soul of a startup is destined for success.”

“In a startup, you’re either a genius or an idiot. You’re never just an average guy trying to get by.”

“Product-market fit means being in a good market with a product that can satisfy that market.”

“In a startup, you need to be in a constant state of paranoia.”

“Don't just build a product, build a community.”

“The future is unevenly distributed, and the people who have it are probably in a co-working space somewhere.”

“Pivoting isn't failure. It's smart adaptation in the face of new information.”

“Invest in people, not just ideas. A great team can make a mediocre idea successful.”

“You can't just copy Silicon Valley. Each ecosystem has to find its own unique strengths.”

“The next big thing will start out looking like nothing.”

“Live in the future, then build what's missing.”

“It's better to make a few users love you than a lot of users like you.”

“The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It's to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself.”

“Do things that don't scale.”

“A startup is a company designed to grow fast.”

“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.”