Quotes About Entrepreneurship

We want to nurture startups on our platform, just like we did in the old world.

We believe that startups can be built anywhere.

If I had a do over, I'd indubitably start investing in startups earlier in life!

In technology startups, there's a lot of winging it.

I've been all over the world meeting with companies and startups and entrepreneurs. And I tell you, they are more similar than different.

Not all startups are alike. One of the key ways they differ is in the relationship between a startup's new product and its market.

Startups are all about breaking the rules and changing the 'natural order' of things. So let's do that for Series A terms.

Quality and a great product matters, in startups, and in accelerators.

Cultivating a global incubator network would help people from all backgrounds bring creative ideas to market and launch startups that generate more jobs - and would also align to the growing interest among youth for entrepreneurship.

I have seen a lot of now-great companies at their earliest stages, and these early-stage startups are not built by the senior people who know how to run and scale big-company machines.

There is a glass ceiling for the Indian startups. If I want to meet the PM, it won't be as easy as a foreign guy coming to India. I understand that dynamic, and we need to make sure government sees us as major contributors to society, which is not full there.

Cool innovation might happen in startups, but they often lack the resources or the deep expertise in the problems they want to address.

The only rollercoasters I get on are startups.

Startups are constantly raising money, sometimes before they have even hired a lawyer.

Early-stage startups are all about the founders and team.

Artists don't have to starve any more.

If you are under the illusion that you can start a business and run it at your life's schedule, you are mistaken. The business is like a starving puppy - when it needs to eat, then it needs to eat regardless of what you have going on personally.

I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.

At the end of drama school, I made a contract with myself: I'd try acting for five years. I was 26. I had already spent eight years working in restaurants and gas stations. So I had seen enough small businesses to understand that that's what acting is: a small business.

The blockchain start-ups that have done ICOs are just at the beginning of something. Ask me how they are doing in a year or two years from now. I know for a fact it won't be any different from the statistics of all start-ups: 80% of them will not make it.

I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy.

Starting a business and building a product are not for the faint of heart. You have to learn to not let little disappointments get you down and to stay focused on the big picture.

I was broke for more than 10 years. I remember staying up all night one night at my first company and looking in couch cushions the next morning for some change to buy coffee.

As an entrepreneur, I've come across countless articles and quotes proudly telling me that I should accept failure, smile, and keep my head up. In other words, I've been told to stay positive. The thing is, when you're forced to shut down a business and let really awesome people you care about go, staying positive is the last thing on your mind.