Quotes about Entrepreneurship

Like having a child, running a startup is the sort of experience that's hard to imagine unless you've done it yourself.

I believe that starting any business should be as easy as a 10-year-old starting a lemonade stand.

Startups often have to do dubious things.

To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart.

Mr. Funkhouser, I believe I can make money for you.

I like business, and the truth is I save way more than I spend. I invest. I plan for the future. I have a special eye for opportunities and work harder than anyone might expect.

I want to open a restaurant, and I want to start selling properties. I want to own some stock.

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.

Over the last 20 years, I've worked on or invested in many companies that scaled to 100 million users or more. But here's the thing: You don't start with 100 million users. You start with a few. So, stop thinking big, and start thinking small.

Silicon Valley is a mindset, not a location.

This rise of the new global mega-rich is happening as established institutions are falling. The fall runs the gamut from the music business and traditional media to the Detroit automakers who find themselves obsolete, outmaneuvered, and out-priced by entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, Mumbai, Shanghai, and even Siberia.

Running a real business is exacting, daunting, repetitive work. Even in Silicon Valley.