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When it comes to starting startups, in many ways, it's easier to start a hard startup than an easy startup. — Sam Altman

If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. — Mario Andretti

I mean, look, the government is not a startup obviously. But projects to change government I think are best thought of as startups. — Todd Park

Startups are based in faith, and the ones that succeed have no fear. — Micah Baldwin

Not many venture firms have people whose job is to read academic research - on startups, ventures, and entrepreneurs - and gather knowledge from that. — Bill Maris

Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch. — Michael Arrington

Big companies such as Google and Facebook buy startups at ridiculously high prices - not for their products, but for their people. — Vivek Wadhwa

The pace of decision-making at startups is way faster than it is at big companies. It has to be because most startups are burning cash. — Anonymous

Thank heaven for startups; without them we'd never have any advances. — Seymour Cray

I hear so many startups talking about how they can raise VC instead of questioning whether they need it in the first place. — Jon Oringer

Startups aren't about reading the crystal ball; they're about your ability to react. — Matt Blumberg

Most startups eventually pivot to adjust to what the market is telling them. — Alejandro Cremades

Coding and technical chops are now an essential part of being a great marketer. Growth hackers are a hybrid of marketer and coder ... — Ryan Holiday

It's not about the content we are creating but how much content our customers are creating for us. — Roger Hamilton

I will eliminate capital-gains taxes for the small businesses and the startups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow — Barack Obama

We are not creators; only combiners of the created. Invention isn't about new ingredients, but new recipes. And innovations taste the best. — Ryan Lilly

I've always had a passion for technology, photography, startups, and connecting people. Bringing those aspects together made me successful. — Kevin Systrom

For most software startups, this translates to keep growing. For hardware startups, it translates to don't let your ship date slip. — Sam Altman

My best ideas come in the shower, where I'm showered with water, but also ideas. — Ryan Lilly

Every year, thousands of startups are founded - not only in technology, but increasingly also in health care, education, and energy. — Mike Krieger

New startups embody the creativity, the innovation of young people, and for me, it was and is a very worthwhile experience to interact with them. — Ratan Tata

Startups are now creating specialized 3-D printers capable of producing everything from synthetic hamburgers to multi-story apartment buildings. — Jay Samit

This is what entrepreneurship is all about. You start off operating from a garage. And, end up, operating from a car. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

Your writers write these pieces about meaningless startups, meaningless apps and meaningless companies. — Nick Denton

The recession has forced many entrepreneurs to draw on hidden reservoirs of courage. Get up, dust off, and get back to work. — Timi Nadela

Everyone is on Facebook. It is very rare that I can't find a startup. Out of the 72 Y Combinator startups, almost all of them were on Facebook. — Robert Scoble

People think entrepreneurs are all about fame and money. I was never in for either. And, will never be. This is a much bigger fight. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

Almost every failed startup has a product. What failed startups don't have are enough customers. — Gabriel Weinberg

Part of the reward of entrepreneurship lies in having the courage to believe in yourself and take action. — Timothy Freriks

One thing I tell startups all the time is that the best way to grow is to make their product better. — Sam Altman

Startups don't fail because they lack a product; they fail because they lack customers and a profitable business model. — Steve Blank

World-changing startups need to be premised on accurate contrarian theories. — Reid Hoffman

Enterprises have customers! Ask them for feedback and you can compete with startups! — Colin Humphreys

The fact is that the amount of money startups raise in their seed and Series A rounds is inversely correlated with success — Fred Wilson

Use photos and videos often. The best startups post lots of imagery and videos. The worst ones? Text only. — Robert Scoble

A person who doesn't have a structured way of writing their goals will experience disorder, even in the comfort zone. — Onyi Anyado

I have a particular relationship with Vinod Khosla because he's got a lot of very interesting science-based energy startups. — Bill Gates

Successful startups are just like jazz bands, masters of improvisation marching to syncopated beats — Mark Anthony Peterson

Startups on the inside are always badly broken. — Sam Altman

There are a lot of white female-led startups that are raising money without a tech founder. At the core of it is value. — Kathryn Finney

Research conquers doubt. It aligns everyone around the incontestable. Research is the key to clarity - in startups, enterprises, and life itself. — Laura Busche

Silicon Valley's long-running track record of creating globally disruptive startups is the envy of the world. — Jay Samit

Startups live at the intersection of existential crisis and everything going perfectly great. — Aaron Levie

Axilor Ventures helps startups to improve their odds of success, and I look forward to supporting the executive management of Axilor with this vision. — Kris Gopalakrishnan

Write your executive summary of where you want to take your business, and why your business idea will be successful. — Timi Nadela

When it's about your life, it's time to be selfish. — Dee Dee Artner

Figure out what you are doing is special. What + Who + Why + How = Awesome. Then preach to the masses. — Timi Nadela

Darwinism may be a fine theory in other contexts, but in startups, intelligent design works best. — Peter Thiel

If you aren't embarrassed by the first version of your product, you shipped too late. — Reid Hoffman

In YC's case, the number one cause of early death for startups is cofounder blowups. — Sam Altman

The challenge for the entrepreneur is to find your passion and make fear history. — Kevin Kelly DO The Pursuit Of Xcdeptional Execution

Entrepreneurs see what others can't, do what others won't, and accomplish what others dream. — Ryan Lilly

DOGS AT WORK AND YOGA AREN'T CULTURE Startups — Ben Horowitz

Life's too short to build something nobody wants. — Ash Maurya

We can never have enough startups that are pursuing unique solutions to important problems. — Chris Yeh

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

Embrace iteration as the road to improvement, but don't let that lull you into rolling out poorly-thought-out crap. — Kate O'Neill

Good startups usually take 10 years. — Sam Altman

No sector will ever be so important that merely participating in it will be enough to build a great company. — Peter Thiel

All throughout my life I have been deeply immersed in startups, either because I was running one or investing in them or helping them. — Sam Altman

Everything that the customer experiences is the product. This is something that both media companies and product startups don't understand. — Laura Busche

Competing on price is what leaves most startup brands bankrupt — Bernard Kelvin Clive

In a world hooked in "Start-ups"
She was his final "Settle-down"

-The Drenched Writer — Shonali Dey

In a big company, you can do what all the other big companies are doing. But a startup can't do what all the other startups do. — Paul Graham

If you can just learn to think about the market first, you will have a big leg up on most people starting startups. — Sam Altman

An "eye" on the vision is more important than an "I" on the vision. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

Before you break all the rules, learn the game. Too many startups and entrepreneurs want to sprint before they learn to crawl. — Mark Anthony Peterson

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

Until you become so passionate about you and your business no one will. You are your first cheerleader and business promoter. — Bernard Kelvin Clive

Even though plans themselves are worthless, the exercise of planning is very valuable and totally missing in most startups today. — Sam Altman

Startups that succeed are those that manage to iterate enough times before running out of resources. — Ash Maurya

When strategy, culture, and brand harmonize, they amplify one another and resonate loud and clear. — Kate O'Neill

90% of Startups fail.
Come in to be the 90% until we shift to rest 10%. ;) — Prerak Trivedi

Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious. — Sam Altman

We need to encourage investors to invest in high-technology startups. — James Dyson

The thing that kills startups at some level, is the founders giving up. — Sam Altman

Every day is full of opportunities, but an opportunity is full of only so many days. — Ryan Lilly

Why fear feedback? Why stigmatize failure in the workplace when it's bringing you closer to achieving your organizational goals. — Kevin Kelly

Startups often have to do dubious things. — Paul Graham

By definition startups usually do not turn a profit. — Kevin Harrington

Startups do not need cost effective patent filings, they need a strong IP system to help them succeed. — Kalyan C. Kankanala

The best Startups don't create noise. They create a gravitational pull. — Wayne Chang

The other piece besides focus for execution is intensity. Startups only work at a fairly intense level. — Sam Altman

Startups are not the best choice for work-life balance, and that's sort of just the sad reality. — Sam Altman

Momentum and growth are the lifeblood of startups. This is probably in the top three secrets of executing well. — Sam Altman

I'm a creature of startups. For example, I don't want government interference in the startup ecosystem. — Michael Arrington

Jon Miller would be amazing for Yahoo because he is extremely good at building display advertising businesses and buying young startups. — Jason Calacanis

Entrepreneurship is a scary city! NO water- dig wells, NO food- plant trees, NO family- build one, NO identity- prove yourself. — Jasleen Kaur Gumber

Learning is the essential unit of progress for startups. — Eric Ries

Sometimes you live life, and sometimes life happens to you. But you always get to choose what you do about it. Devon Brooks — Kevin Kelly DO The Pursuit Of Xcdeptional Execution

Startups often win because it's easier to see what comes next when you don't have to worry about maintaining what came last. — Aaron Levie

Doing startups is all about making mistakes. — Biz Stone

I rationalize this by telling myself that while the work might be ignoble, it's not necessarily evil. We're not Hitler - we're just annoying people. — Dan Lyons

Customers don't care about your solution. They care about their problems. - Dave McClure, 500 Startups — Ash Maurya

Social entrepreneurs aim to combine the best of both worlds and "do well by doing good." Usually they end up doing neither. — Peter Thiel

It's amazing that about 10% of startups couldn't be found on Facebook because they had common names or names that weren't searchable. — Robert Scoble

Startups don't starve; they drown." There — Eric Ries

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

Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups. — Sam Altman

Never fear starting. Fear never starting. — Ryan Lilly