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Startups Quotes

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Quotes About Startup Definition

A startup is a company working to solve a problem where the solution is not obvious and success is not guaranteed,” ― Neil Blumenthal, cofounder and co-CEO of Warby Parker.

“A startup is a human institution designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.” ― Eric Ries, Writer of the Lean Startup

A company five years old can still be a startup,

You need three things to create a successful startup: to start with good people, to make something customers actually want, and to spend as little money as possible.
― Paul Graham, head of Y Combinator accelerator.

Startups are business experiments performed with other people’s money.
― Antonio García Martínez, book: Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley.

 

Quotes About Startups Purpose, Origin or Raison d’être

The best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.”
― Michael Arrington, founder and former co-editor of TechCrunch

 

Quotes About Startups Culture and Operations

Startups Are Hard. So Work More, Cry Less, And Quit All The Whining.
― Michael Arrington, founder and former co-editor of TechCrunch

Startup is a state of mind,” ― Adora Cheung, cofounder and CEO of Homejoy.

“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”
“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”
Steve Jobs, Cofounder of Apple, founder of Pixar and Next ~ More Steve Jobs advice & quotes

 

Quotes About Product Development & Market fit

“It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”
“You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology – not the other way around.”
“I’m as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.”
Steve Jobs, Cofounder of Apple, founder of Pixar and Next ~ More Steve Jobs advice & quotes



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