“Wonder what your customer wants? Ask. Don’t tell.” – Lisa Stone
“It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen.” – Scott Belsky
“There’s nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team.” – Jason Fried
“Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.” – Wayne Huizenga
“Don’t play games that you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.” – Tony Hsieh
“It’s more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you.” – Jason Cohen
“Don’t worry about funding if you don’t need it. Today it’s cheaper to start a business than ever.” – Noah Everett
“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team.” – Reid Hoffman
Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” – George Addair
“Someday is not a day of the week.” – Janet Dailey
“A year from now, you may wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb
“There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.” -Sam Walton
“If you’re trying to create a company, it’s like baking a cake. You have to have all the ingredients in the right proportion.” -Elon Musk
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who had kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” -Dale Carnegie
“One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.” -Arnold H. Glasgow
“The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.” -Peter Drucker
“A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.” -Jeff Bezos
“An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it.” -Dee Hock
“Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.” -W. Edwards Deming
“An entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a want to create.” — David Karp
“Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.” — Biz Stone
“Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the upmarket.” — Jason Calacanis
“All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create is encoded in human DNA.” — Reid Hoffman
“No more romanticizing about how cool it is to be an entrepreneur. It’s a struggle to save your company’s life – and your skin – every day of the week.” — Spencer Fry
“You must be burning with an idea, problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out.” — Steve Jobs
“Dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It’s hard work that makes things happen. It’s hard work that creates change.” — Shonda Rhimes
“Do what you love, and Success will follow. Passion is the fuel behind a successful career.” — Meg Whitman
“Don’t worry about Failure. You only have to be right once.” — Drew Houston
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” — Walt Disney
“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” — Henry Ford
“If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” — Jim Rohn
“Don’t ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn’t.” — Michelle Obama
“You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that makes you a winner right there.” — Venus Williams
“Nothing works better than just improving your product.” — Joel Spolsky
“Challenges are what make life interesting, and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” — Joshua J. Marine
“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue.” — Josh James
“There is no substitute for hard work.” — Thomas Edison
“Get big quietly, so you don’t tip off potential competitors.” — Chris Dixon
“No great achiever – even those who made it seem easy – ever succeeded without hard work.” — Jonathan Sacks
“If you define yourself by how you differ from the competition, you’re probably in trouble.” — Omar Hamoui
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.” — Herman Melville
