Quotes About Entrepreneurship

Either make your money work for you or you will always have to work for your money.

I built websites for myself. I didn't want to work for anyone else. I came from a science background, so I approached things fairly analytically.

Work as if you own the company and soon you just might.

I used to pick up lettering jobs when I was first starting in the business like in between if I couldn't get other work.

If you do something for fun and create the best possible product, then the profit will come.

I don't think you want to hurt businesses that are making $250,000 or $500,000. Those are the real people who created the opportunity to put people to work.

I still see myself as a bit of a cottage industry. Being in a room creating stuff and seeing if anyone wants it, as opposed to going to work for someone.

I'm a big believer in being an entrepreneur. It's easy for me to say because I work for myself and I am someone who likes that process. You have control over your destiny.

You only get points when you make something the market wants. So if you work really hard on the wrong things, no one will care.

Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers.

If you're not in college and you don't know a cofounder, the next best thing I think is to go work at an interesting company.

One of the pieces of advice that we give at YC is: try to work together on a project rather than just doing an interview.

The other piece besides focus for execution is intensity. Startups only work at a fairly intense level.

The best founders work on things that seem small but they move really quickly. They get things done really quickly.

I knew that I wanted to start my own business. I knew that I wanted to work for myself. I was no stranger to the word no. You just have to keep going.

The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors. This results in a talent drain, where the best talent gets diffused and work for their own startups.

Realize that you earn income by providing value - not time - so find a way to provide your best value to others, and charge a fair price for it.

I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.

At President Obama's direction, the U.S Department of Agriculture is working hard to unleash the power of America's innovators and entrepreneurs to build a green energy economy.

I could go and buy one of the islands in theBahamas and turn it into my personal fiefdom, but I am much more interested in trying to build andcreate a new company.

You are self employed. You work to pay your bills, build your dreams and create your life, regardless of who signs your paycheck.

Entrepreneurs don't have weekends or birthdays or holidays. Every day is my weekend, my birthday, my holiday. OR, every day is my work day. Mostly it's a choice.

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