Quotes About Innovation

The future of the world is in the palm of the tech community.

I am committed to ensuring San Francisco remains a center for tech and the innovation capital of the world.

The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.

With the iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad, and iMac, Apple is the most powerful tech company in the world. It's also the No. 1 music retailer in the U.S. and among the top sellers of online movies, too.

In tech, you create the foundation; even sometimes if it doesn't work, you take that same developmental idea, and you use it to apply to a different area.

I was a little bit of a tech lord. Not a lord. More of a duke or a nobleman. I was into that stuff as a kid. Nothing too crazy.

Most buildings, whether they're Gothic cathedrals or Romanesque ones, were high tech for their time.

Eighty percent of what doctors do, tech can do at a fraction of the cost - especially your rural doctor in India.

My dream is to build a tech company that helps people discover content.

Although the tech industry is very open to change, many people still have a closed-off mentality where, in the interest of protecting their ideas, they keep them hidden in dark caves.

After graduating in International Relations in 2011, I turned down safe, corporate job offers and instead accepted a position at an 'incubator' in L.A. - a tech word for a team of people who are funded by investors to create apps. I knew the future was digital and that I had to take a risk.

With tech startups, it's all loose-goosie. You raise money as you go, often from friends, family and investors.

I'm ambivalent about tech.

We're excited about how tech can be used to get tech out of the way.

I think the next big thing in music, and it's kind of because I come from the tech industry, is actually, I think it's the platform... Spotify is incredibly interesting. I think the platform is becoming the star.

To succeed in the tech industry, you start businesses, make money, and make smart investments. But to succeed in the tech community, you do and build awesome things, are generous with your time and efforts, and make a point of making space for strangers - without any expectation of payback.

I knew tech was going to be increasingly important in my lifetime, so I focused on it early.

Tech can be something that can be great for us. We don't need to fear it.

You can't be in the tech community... without realizing there's a big shortage of talent.

The tech industry should make bold commitments to address pressing societal issues.

The tech community is a closely knit group, which is why it's so powerful. All of these companies have an affinity for each other, even if they compete with each other.

As the tech industry continues to grow and sprout successful startups across the country, it is important that we understand our responsibility to affect positive change in our communities.

Tech never comes back the same.

The emergence of a hardware product from an African company marks a phase-change point for tech invention. The BRCK shows that great ideas can come from anywhere, that innovation comes from solving real problems with constrained resources.