Quotes from Andrew Yang

Every parent pursues the best possible opportunities for their child while climbing over obstacles and limitations each day. So in a way, all parents are entrepreneurs.

Back in 2001, my first start-up was mentioned in the 'New York Times' and 'USA Today.' I figured that would drive thousands of visitors to the site and tons of new business. Instead, only a handful of people visited our site, and not much business came of it at all.

In a professional service environment, you often work on one engagement or deal after another, with one ending before the next begins.

There is a common and persistent belief out there that entrepreneurship is about creativity - that it's about having a great idea. But it's not, really. Entrepreneurship isn't about creativity. It's about organization-building - which, in turn, is about people.

If a new company is formed, it hires people and creates jobs in its community. As it grows, people's opportunities multiply and wages rise. Inequality diminishes as more people get pulled into good jobs.

I sometimes compare starting a business to having a child. You have a moment of profound inspiration, followed by months of thankless hard work and waking up in the middle of the night.

If you can't pay your bills, it has a really tough effect on your mental state.

I spent five years running Manhattan GMAT helping young people get into business school.

I wear a suit most days, in part because it's suitable for any type of meeting and in part because it takes the thought out of it.

Silicon Valley is like Wall Street in that it will fill and pursue market opportunities to their logical extremes.

The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is push my dog off of me. He likes to sleep on top of me. I think it's because I'm warm and breathing.

Building a successful business requires a combination of human capital, financial resources, market opportunity, persistence, community support, and even luck.

We should relocate federal agencies throughout the United States, to provide an economic boost to the surrounding areas and make them feel more connected to their government.

The vast majority of small business owners want nothing to do with figuring out a website. They are neck-deep in their business trying to keep it going.

The best policymakers know that in start-ups, as in politics, not everything works out exactly as planned.

In most every business, you learn by doing. The apprenticeship model is much more effective than the classroom for cultivating entrepreneurs.

In some environments, roles shift and change each period depending on what the company's needs are. On the other hand, many functional roles can become very repetitive if you perform similar tasks over and over again.

Income taxes are very poor at generating income from automation because the gains are realized by technology companies that are experts at not paying taxes.

Every entrepreneur doesn't need to be technical - there are plenty of opportunities out there for people who aren't coders.

The impending destruction of jobs due to automation and AI technologies is definitely increasing the need for - and speed at which - we have to implement big solutions, such as a universal basic income.

Very few parents keep up with who the top professors are or whose classes their kids are taking, partially because most undergraduates interact more commonly with graduate students.

People can grow from adversity as much as they do from prosperity.

Starting a company is rough. It's even harder when you're young - I know this firsthand, because my first company flopped when I was 25.

Asking the government to fix our economy is like asking an editor to fix a movie, but in this case, the editor's not even of one mind.