Quotes About Startup

I've been an entrepreneur since I was 18. I started a company with a bunch of buddies that got funded in my senior year, and that's when I finished school. It was called Scour, a peer-to-peer service, file-sharing.

I know first-hand how hard it is to start a business. Those first few years are rough.

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.

I'm rarely invited to start-up parties, but who cares about their trinkets and apps anyway?

As a small business or startup, one of the factors you should always consider when looking at a potential partnership is the incremental potential reach. Note that wider reach doesn't always mean a better partnership opportunity. Instead of sheer scale, take a look at which communities your potential partner can open up for you.

If you don't plan to dive in and dedicate all of your time to your startup, you probably shouldn't be looking for funding. It's hard enough asking for money when you believe in an idea; asking for money to fund something you're iffy about is ten times more strenuous.

Founding a company is a sheer act of will and tenacity in the face of immense skepticism from everyone - investors, customers, friends, family, and employees, to name a few.

With scale, there always becomes this tension of, how do you keep the start-up philosophy?

You can't just tell your team, 'Think long term.' It doesn't work that way. When you are starting out, you have to always think about trying to build something of value for the customer: something they can use all the time, something of use.

The economics of setting up a new restaurant are scary in good times and terrifying in bad ones.

A startup is not just about the idea: it's about testing and then implementing the idea. A founding team without these skills is likely dead on arrival.

It was from ignorance on how the great business was founded.

The life of a startup is full of ups and downs, an emotional roller coaster ride that you can't quite imagine if you've spent your whole career in a corporation.

It helps to have founded and run a company if you're going to help somebody run a company who is a founder.

Fundraising is a long and distracting process, and by the end of it, all you want to do is go back to building the product that you're working on.

SpaceX is very unusual. I don't know of any other startup where the founder put in $100 million of his own money before looking for any outside capital. They have wildly exceeded any reasonable expectations.

Starting a company and being a founder is really hard, and most companies fail. You really have to have a deep commitment and belief in it and be willing to see it through many ups and downs.

When you start a company, it's a singular focus. You have the wind at your back.

I think when you're starting up a situation, it's really fun texting or BBMing or whatever.

We've all seen it. A #startup begins with a #dream, a #passion to do something others have missed or overlooked.

If your sole focus is money, you may create a successful startup. But if it's impact, you can probably create history.

I escaped London in 1997 because it was hard to raise capital.

The biggest challenge is to build the team and start the company, while hiring people, raising money, building a brand which has no history, all at the same time. You're doing a lot of things that in an established company are already done.

I started FUBU in 1989 but ran out of money three times and closed it down.