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Who would you talk to? That is the first question for almost any startup that you need to answer. Who is my user and where am I going to find them? — Emmett Shear

There's no way I know, to get through the pain of a startup without belief that the mission really matters. — Sam Altman

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

In 2000, just before the first dot-com bubble burst, it cost a whopping $5 million to launch a tech startup. — Peter Diamandis

It's difficult to get large groups of people, to the extreme levels of focus and productivity that you need, for a startup to be successful. — Sam Altman

For most of the early hires you make in a startup, experience doesn't matter very much, and you should go for aptitude. — Sam Altman

Building a great team is the lifeblood of any startup, and finding great talent is one of the hardest and costliest tasks any CEO will ever face. — Jay Samit

One startup I dream of funding is the one that kills the record companies. — Paul Graham

The way forward is to learn to see every startup in any industry as a grand experiment. — Eric Ries

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

In a startup, both the problem and solution are unknown. — Eric Ries

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

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

Passion gets an entrepreneur through the startup days and the enormous efforts it takes to build a business. — Peter Diamandis

The goal of every startup experiment is to discover how to build a sustainable business around that vision. — Eric Ries

You're better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup ... — Ben Horowitz

The lean startup method is not about cost, it is about speed. — Eric Ries

My most radical shift was leaving Intel and joining Google, a small startup at the time, even though I was pregnant. — Susan Wojcicki

Rule #1: Sweat equity is the best startup capital — Mark Cuban

Every startup has a chance to change the world, by bringing not just a new product, but an entirely new institution into existence. — Eric Ries

From the CEO, receptionist to the office manager, everybody at your startup should know the one-minute pitch of your business — 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

If you can't write your idea on the back of my calling card, you don't have a clear idea. — David Belasco

Learn self-promotion. Share your vision without coming across as "salesy." Don't be afraid to ask for the sale, and always client focus — Timi Nadela

Everyone has an idea. But it's really about executing the idea and attracting other people to help you work on the idea. — Jack Dorsey

Properly defined, a startup is the largest group of people you can convince of a plan to build a different future. — Peter Thiel

The benefit to building a startup is that customers don't have the same kind of friction when they adopt new technology. — Aaron Levie

As an entrepreneur, the pressures of a startup can be enormous, but it's rarely life or death. — Ryan Holmes

It's easy to move fast or be obsessed with quality, but the trick is you have to do both at a startup. — Sam Altman

Passion without knowledge and the desire to learn is foolishness — Abdulrahman Hariri

In the startup world, you're either a genius or an idiot. You're never just an ordinary guy trying to get through the day. — Marc Andreessen

The majority are satisfied living within the idea of the reality instead of the reality of the idea. — Richie Norton

The Lean Startup has evolved into a movement that is having a significant impact on how companies are built, funded and scaled. — Eric Ries

The Lean Startup works only if we are able to build an organization as adaptable and fast as the challenges it faces. This — Eric Ries

The idea should come first, the startup should come second. — Sam Altman

A single mediocre hire in the first five will often in fact kill a startup. — Sam Altman

Creating the right advisory board for your startup can be the single most important step you take in building a new business. — Jay Samit

You can basically change everything in a startup but the market. — Sam Altman

Using the Lean Startup approach, companies can create order not chaos by providing tools to test a vision continuously. — Eric Ries

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

Every startup CEO should understand Gamification, because gaming is the new normal. — Bing Gordon

There are so many similarities between a startup venture and a political campaign - the rhythm, the tempo, the hours, the intensity. — Mike McCurry

In a startup, in the early days, it can be hard to explain what you do. — Trip Adler

The only way to train for a startup is by starting. — Chris Campbell

In the early days of a startup, people's compensation is whatever you negotiate with a founder and it's all over the place. — Sam Altman

If someone is choosing between joining McKinsey or your startup it's very unlikely they're going to work out at the startup. — Sam Altman

A startup is a team of people on a mission, and a good culture is just what that looks like on the inside. — Peter Thiel

Everyone starting a startup for the first time is scared, and everyone feels like a bit of an imposter. — Sam Altman

From the CEO to the receptionist to the office manager, everybody at your startup business should know that one-minute elevator pitch. — Timi Nadela

Brands that stand out from the competition are purposefully disruptive or different — Bernard Kelvin Clive

In the startup world, 'not working' is normal. — Paul Graham

Like having a child, running a startup is the sort of experience that's hard to imagine unless you've done it yourself. — Paul Graham

Fear in the absence of knowledge breeds irrationality.

We should always seek knowledge, even in the face of fear. — Biz Stone

The first thing to recognize is that no startup has time to do optional things. — Ben Horowitz

The more detailed we made our plans, the longer our cycle times became — Donald G. Reinertsen

When you're in a startup, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not. — Steve Jobs

I think the single most reassuring thing about doing a startup is knowing in advance how difficult it is going to be. — Jared Tame

There's no such thing as "Perfect' time to start your own startup business. You will be waiting for the rest of your life. — Timi Nadela

Love the Problem, Not the Solution. — Ash Maurya

One of the top causes of startup death - right after cofounder problems - is building something no one wants. — Kathryn Minshew

We should not prioritize on the basis of project profitability, but rather on how this profitability is affected by delay. — Donald G. Reinertsen

In the early stage of a startup, hiring senior people is usually a mistake. You just want people that get stuff done. — Sam Altman

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

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

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

I got really excited about the idea of data-driven startup just as I was starting Kaggle. — Anthony Goldbloom

It doesn't matter if you call it a boom or a bubble. The startup business moves in cycles, and what goes up will eventually come down. — Eric Ries

Every thing at a startup gets modeled after the founders. Whatever the founders do becomes the culture. — Sam Altman

The beginning is always NOW. — Roy Bennett

By the way, that's my number one piece of advice if you're going to join a startup: pick a rocket ship. — Sam Altman

In a startup no facts exist inside the building, only opinions. — Steve Blank

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

Not only is it possible to do lean startup in federal government, but it's the most effective way to drive change in the federal government. — Todd Park

Our job as leaders is to find those innovators and release their mojo - lean startup-style - to serve the American people better. — Todd Park

Venture capital is about capturing the value between the startup phase and the public company phase. — Fred Wilson

Volatility and length, that's the value on an option. 10 years on a startup stock, that's a big valuable thing. — Ben Horowitz

The first follower is what transforms the lone nut into a leader, and in a startup, that first follower is usually a cofounder. — Guy Kawasaki