- I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying. – Jeff Bezos Click to Tweet
- As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried. – Ben Horowitz Click to Tweet
- When people are placed in positions slightly above what they expect, they are apt to excel. – Richard Branson Click to Tweet
- Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that. – Anthony Volodkin Click to Tweet
- You don’t need to have a 100-person company to develop that idea. – Larry Page Click to Tweet
- A startup founder is in effect an economic research scientist. Most don’t discover anything that remarkable, but some discover relativity. – Paul Graham Click to Tweet
- Time’s a wasting — don’t talk about wanting to do something, just start doing it. – Garrett Murray Click to Tweet
- Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success. – Biz Stone Click to Tweet
- If everyone loves everything that we’re releasing all the time, we are failing. – Jen Beckman Click to Tweet
- A good idea is worthless without impeccable execution and a commitment to iterate. – Zach Klein Click to Tweet
- If you want to succeed, you’ve got to be okay to just lose control. – Alexis Ohanian Click to Tweet
- The strongest thing you can cultivate as an entrepreneur is to not rely on luck but cultivating an ability to recognize fortunate situations when they are occurring. – Jack Dorsey Click to Tweet
- We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s party of success. – Arianna HuffingtonClick to Tweet
- You have to be ready for hard work and frugal spending to get the idea off the ground. – Garrett Camp Click to Tweet
- There is no finish line. So love the journey. – David Weekly Click to Tweet
- When I’m old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say “wow, that was an adventure,” not “wow, I sure felt safe.” – Tom Preston-Werner Click to Tweet
- Remember: It’s not innovation until it gets built. – Garry Tan Click to Tweet
- You are the most powerful force in your life. – Brian Wong Click to Tweet
- There is not learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times. – Jonathan Ive Click to Tweet
- The mind is powerful – it shapes the way you see the world. Be positive and be amazed at the difference. – Amelia Chen Click to Tweet
- To be successful, you have to have quantity of quality. – Mark Frauenfelder Click to Tweet
- Don’t worry about failure, you only have to be right once. – Drew Houston Click to Tweet
- We don’t make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies. – Walt Disney Click to Tweet
- Perform day after day. – Aaron Wall Click to Tweet
- You need to keep your head down and build a great product before you raise money. – Dina Kaplan Click to Tweet
- Just be prepared for a long and often uncertain journey. The good stuff doesn’t come easy. – Tim Westergren Click to Tweet
- Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you. – Tony Hsieh Click to Tweet
- Your reputation is more important than your paycheck, and your integrity is worth more than your career. – Ryan Freitas Click to Tweet
- Do stuff you enjoy, as opposed to the stuff you think you should be dong. – Evan Spiridellis Click to Tweet
- If you’re building a product, you can’t be afraid of hearing criticism about it. – Kyle BraggerClick to Tweet
- Stay self-funded as long as possible. – Garrett Camp Click to Tweet
- Customers buy for their reasons, not yours. – Orvel Ray Wilson Click to Tweet
- Turn a perceived risk into an asset. – Aaron Patzer Click to Tweet
- Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that. – Anthony Volodkin Click to Tweet
- The key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like you are. – Seth Goddin Click to Tweet
- Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. – Bill Gates Click to Tweet
- No one gives a damn about the size of your to-do list. – Ryan Freitas Click to Tweet
- The more people we have on our team the less room there is in the elevator and the more complicated everything gets. – David Karp Click to Tweet
- You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time. – Charles F. Kettering Click to Tweet
- If there is something you want to build, but the the tech isn’t there yet, just find the closest possible way to make it happen. – Dennis Crowley Click to Tweet
- If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late. – Reid Hoffman Click to Tweet
- Tell stories. – Seth Godin Click to Tweet
- If you’re going to put your product in beta — put your business model in beta with it. – Joe Kraus Click to Tweet
- Hire the best people you can find. You will sleep better at night. – Bijan Sabet Click to Tweet
- If you need the user to tell you what you’re selling, then you don’t know what you’re selling, and it’s probably not going to be a good experience. – Marissa Mayer Click to Tweet
- Workaholics aren’t heroes. They don’t save the day, they just use it up. The real hero is home because she figured out a faster way. – Jason Fried Click to Tweet
- Stop selling. Start helping. – Zig Ziglar Click to Tweet
- I think a simple rule of business is: if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress. – Mark Zuckerberg Click to Tweet
- Focus on the user. – Adam Smith Click to Tweet
- We never thought of it as customer service. We just treat people how we would want to be treated. – Sally Strebel Click to Tweet
- You need three things to create a successful startup: 1. hire exceptionally great people. 2. make something customers actually want. 3. spend only on the priorities and maximize profitability. – Paul Graham Click to Tweet
- It’s not how much money we make that ultimately makes happy between 9 and 5. It’s whether our work fulfills us. – Malcom Gladwell Click to Tweet
- Learn from your unhappy customers. – Bill Gates Click to Tweet
- Success is very much the intersection of luck and hard work. – Dustin MoskovitzClick to Tweet
- You make your own luck. Every single minute of every day. – Hiten ShahClick to Tweet
- People do make judgements of trust on appearance – in the real world and online. – Aaron Patzer Click to Tweet
- Don’t find fault, find a remedy. Anybody can complain. – Henry Ford Click to Tweet
- Do what you love and the rest will come. – Dennis Crowley Click to Tweet
- The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else. – Eric Ries Click to Tweet
- Theory is splendid but until you put into practice, it is valueless. – James Cash Penney Click to Tweet
- Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors. – Chris Dixon Click to Tweet
- Don’t spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, that you miss the right opportunity. – Michael Dell Click to Tweet
- It’s not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas. – Edwin Land Click to Tweet
- Fail often so you can succeed sooner. – Tom Kelley Click to Tweet
- If a user is having a problem, it’s our problem. – Steve Jobs Click to Tweet
- Anything that is measured and watched, improves. – Bob Parsons Click to Tweet
- Create something simple. Let the market pull you in. – Brad Burnham Click to Tweet
- Don’t make decisions based on fear. – Jack Nickell Click to Tweet
- In many cases, the more you try to compete, the less competitive, you actually are. – Kathy Sierra Click to Tweet
- Build Credibility. – Aradath Albee Click to Tweet
- If you’re not working on your best idea right now, you’re doing it wrong. – David Heinemeier Hansson Click to Tweet
- Do what you’re truly passionate about. I’m working hard at something I truly love. – Sam Lessin Click to Tweet
- Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me. – Steve Jobs Click to Tweet
- The value of an idea lies in the using of it. – Thomas Edison Click to Tweet
- I can understand wanting to have a million dollars… but once you get beyond that, I have to tell you, it’s the same hamburger. – Bill Gates Click to Tweet
- Entrepreneurship is about turning what excites you in life into capital, so that you can do more of it and move forward with it. – Richard Branson Click to Tweet
- Ideas are a commodity. Execution of them is not. – Michael Dell Click to Tweet
- Success is not delivering a feature; success is learning how to solve the customer’s problem. – Mark Cook Click to Tweet
- Shiny doesn’t last. – Jeff Bezos Click to Tweet
- Content is king. – Gary Vaynerchuck Click to Tweet
- Customers always want something new – Steve Jobs Click to Tweet
- All MBA have said are correct, but they can’t execute it. – Jack Ma Click to Tweet
- I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know. – Harland Sanders Click to Tweet
- If you want to unleash more creativity in your company you need to allow for a little contamination. It is the sand in the oyster that creates pearl. – Fred Wilson Click to Tweet
- Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do. – Steve Jobs Click to Tweet
- You have to be ready for hard work & frugal spending to get the idea off the ground. – Garrett Camp Click to Tweet
- Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another. – Ernest Hemingway Click to Tweet
- Work like there is someone working twenty-four hours a day to take it all away from you. – Mark Cuban Click to Tweet
- If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. – Adrienne Gusoff Click to Tweet
- Any time is a good time to start a company. – Ron Conway Click to Tweet
- Success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in peoples lives. – Michelle Obama Click to Tweet
- The only thing worse than starting something and failing.. is not starting something. – Seth Godin Click to Tweet
- Perfectionism is often an excuse for procrastination. – Paul Graham Click to Tweet
- It takes time, it’s a grind. There are no shortcuts. You’ve got to grind and grind. – Mark Cuban Click to Tweet
- A startup is a company that is confused about – 1. What its product is, 2. Who its customers are. 3. How to make money. – Dave McClure Click to Tweet
- Sleep is that time you’re working on startup problems with your eyes closed. – Dharmesh Shah Click to Tweet
- You have chosen the wrong path if it’s not fun. And you are probably not taking enough risk if it’s not hard and rocky sometimes. – Mark Benioff Click to Tweet
- One can steal ideas, but no one can steal execution or passion. – Tim FerrisClick to Tweet
- In the startup world, you’re either a genius or an idiot. You’re never just an ordinary guy trying to get through the day. – Marc Andreessen Click to Tweet
Find the entire collection at: 99 Motivational Startup Quotes For Entrepreneurs
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