25 intriguing startup quotes
I stumbled across a startupquote.com today, a great Tumblr blog by Rollin’ Egg. So I had a look through the hundreds of quotes and these are the ones that stood out for me. All the images below link through to the specific Tumblr post. They are in no particular order.
Paul Graham
Y Combinator / @paulg
“It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower.”
Ryan Freitas
about.me / @ryanchris
“If you’re interested in the living heart of what you do, focus on building things rather than talking about them.”
David Karp
Tumblr / @davidkarp
“Entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.”
“The more people we have on our team, the less room there is in the elevator and the more complicated everything gets.”
Aza Raskin
“Every time you make the user make a decision they don’t care about, you have failed as a designer.”
“When I’m hiring, I don’t look for credentials, I look for knowledge.”
Michael Arrington
TechCrunch / @arrington
“Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.”
Rob Kalin
Etsy / @rokali
“I don’t think an economic slump will hurt good ideas.”
“The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.”
Tony Hsieh
Etsy / @zappos
“Don’t play games that you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.”
Guy Kawasaki
Alltop / @GuyKawasaki
“Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”
Jason Fried
37signals / @jasonfried
“No is easier to do. Yes is easier to say.”
Jessica Livingston
Y Combinator / @foundersatwork
“The media often glamorizes successful founders and makes their paths seem easier than they actually were.”
Joel Spolsky
Stack Exchange / @spolsky
“Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.”
Magnus Jepson
WooThemes / @mjepson
“I doubt I’ll ever go back to corporate work. Once you see the light, there is no turning back.”
Mark Cuban
HDNet / @mcuban
“Find something you love to do. If you don’t make money at it, at least you love going to work.”
Andrew Mason
Groupon / @andrewmason
“I never thought of myself as an entrepreneur before I started this. I just like to build things.”
Marc Andreessen
Andreessen Horowitz / @pmarca
“In a startup, absolutely nothing happens unless you make it happen.”
Garrett Camp
StumbleUpon / @gmc
“Stay self-funded as long as possible.”
Chris Dixon
Hunch / @cdixon
“People capable of making enough money to never work again are the same people who will never quit working.”
Kevin Rose
Digg / @kevinrose
“If you believe in something, work nights and weekends, it won’t feel like work.”
Biz Stone
Twitter / @biz
“Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”
Drew Houston
Dropbox / @drewhouston
“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”
Caterina Fake
Flickr / @Caterina
“We don’t have meetings unless absolutely necessary.”
Seth Godin
Squidoo / @ThisIsSethsBlog
“The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something.”
To keep up with further quotes, visit startupquote.com.
