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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

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

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

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

In an era of endless innovation and constant disruption, what is any company really worth? How does a startup determine its valuation? — Jay Samit

Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses and start making changes. — Roy Bennett

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

I operate my life like a startup. I learn a little bit and I test something else out and I keep iterating and iterating until it's perfect. — Rameet Chawla

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

There's so much to write. Where should I start?
I texted my old Jiko this question, and she wrote me back this:
'You should start where you are — Ruth Ozeki

If your sole focus is money, you may create a successful startup. But if it's impact, you can probably create history. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

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

We seek to be as nimble as a startup. — Beth Comstock

It turns out that no undergrad class prepares you to start a startup - you learn most of it as you do it. — Kevin Systrom

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

In big companies projects have to scale and Lean Startup help us to do it — Beth Comstock

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

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

Most phenomenal startup teams create businesses that ultimately fail. Why? They built something that nobody wanted. — Eric Ries

Don't just create art to make money. Make money so you can create more art. (Exchange any words you want for 'create art' and see if it fits). — Richie Norton

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

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

Founding a successful startup is no different than forming a rock band. — Jay Samit

Entrepreneur, if you're going to start up, make sure you start up with excellence in mind". — Onyi Anyado

Stalking is an underrated startup strategy. — Linda Rottenberg

A startup can focus on only one metric. So you have to decide what that is and ignore everything else. — Noah Kagan

Building a startup is an exercise in institution building; thus, it necessarily involves management. This — Eric Ries

Most startup failures result from entrepreneurs who are better at making excuses than products. — Jay Samit

Business ideas are like those flying dragons in Avatar. First you have to find one, let it choose you, then be brave enough to ride it. — Ryan Lilly

Regret nothing. Everything broken can be remade. And everything remade can once again be broken — Kulpreet Yadav

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

You don't learn through sales calls, it's not customer validation. — Jason Cohen

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

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

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

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

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

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

Start each day with a positive thought and a grateful heart. — Roy Bennett

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

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

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

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

If a startup stays in Microsoft, it does not have a chance, because all it tries to do goes against what Microsoft is about. — Leroy Hood

Wait to start a startup until you come up with an idea that you feel compelled to explore. — 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

So always keep momentum, it's this prime directive for managing a startup. — Sam Altman

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

The beginning is always NOW. — Roy Bennett

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

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

We hear again and again from founders, that they wish they had waited to start a startup until they came up with an idea they really loved. — Sam Altman

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

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

Investing in a startup does not make you an entrepreneur any more than buying a grand piano makes you a concert pianist. — Jeffrey Fry

Working at a startup to make a lot of money was never a thing, and that's why I decided to just finish up school. That was way more important for me. — Kevin Systrom

You need this sort of a tailwind to make a startup successful. — Sam Altman

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

Wealth isn't about money. It's about options...and you always have options. Choose wisely. Live wealthy. — Richie Norton

Fear in the absence of knowledge breeds irrationality.

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

Early in a startup, product decisions should be hunch driven. Later on, product decisions should be data driven. — Fred Wilson

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

Our promise was to deliver value before profit, ... — Biz Stone

If you wanted to build an Internet startup in 2005, you had to buy your own servers and hire someone to manage it. Now, that's unheard of. — Sam Altman

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

You can have a startup and one other thing, you can have a family, but you probably can't have many other hobbies. — Sam Altman

When you are a startup you need to hire very fast, and sometimes you have to restructure very fast. — Maurice Levy

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

A diligent hawker today, can be a great tycoon tomorrow — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

If you have an idea that you can't get out of your head, do a startup. Otherwise join a startup. — Fred Wilson

One of my first investments was $100,000 in a Web-based calendar startup - and I lost every dollar. — Peter Thiel

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

We've all seen it. A #startup begins with a #dream, a #passion to do something others have missed or overlooked. — David Brier

Make a start, even if you have a controversial idea! — Abhishek Ratna

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

At its heart, a startup is a catalyst that transforms ideas into products. — Eric Ries

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

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

When you're doing a startup, life is not all roses and rainbows, like you see on Instagram, and killing it. — Paige Craig

St. Louis is a customer- and partner-rich environment for any financial tech startup. — Jim McKelvey

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

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

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

A hardware startup with a lot of funding and a lot of momentum has a lot less risk. — Brendan Iribe

Act NOW on those ideas! As they say, you snooze you lose. Or as I say, if you BEGIN you WIN. — Richie Norton

It's a very valuable skill to succeed in life whether you work for a startup or a Fortune 500 company. — Guy Kawasaki

I think that's exactly what Silicon Valley was all about in those days. Let's do a startup in our parents' garage and try to create a business. — Walter Isaacson

Love the Problem, Not the Solution. — Ash Maurya

A startup will always prefer to work with an IP attorney, who believes in their idea, not one, who is only bothered about billing. — Kalyan C. Kankanala

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

You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer. — Sam Altman