Top 383 Startup Quotes & Sayings

Stalking is an underrated startup strategy.

The goal of a startup is to figure out the right thing to build-the thing customers want and will pay for-as quickly as possible. In other words, the Lean Startup is a new way of looking at the development of innovative new products that emphasizes fast iteration and customer insight, a huge vision, and great ambition, all at the same time.

Part of the power of having startup communities is it continues to challenge the status quo. So for many of these cities that were once very important and powerful that today are struggling, startup communities are a way for them to rejuvenate themselves.

The Lean Startup isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business, it's about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. I imagine Lean Startup principles applied to government programs, to healthcare, and to solving the world's great problems. It's ultimately an answer to the question: How can we learn more quickly what works, and discard what doesn't?

We are calling ourselves a startup nation, but the number of people who set out on their own is very low; even 10,000 a year would be low in a country like India. We can say we are a startup nation but the world won't say it.

Techstars is truly global; you'll see us continue to expand all our programs worldwide, including accelerators, our venture capital, as well as the UP Global programs including Startup Weekend, Startup Next, Startup Digest, etc.

My advice was to start a policy of making reversible decisions before anyone left the meeting or the office. In a startup, it doesn't matter if you're 100 percent right 100 percent of the time. What matters is having forward momentum and a tight fact-based data/metrics feedback loop to help you quickly recognize and reverse any incorrect decisions. That's why startups are agile. By the time a big company gets the committee to organize the subcommittee to pick a meeting date, your startup could have made 20 decisions, reversed five of them and implemented the fifteen that worked.

I think whether it's a good idea or not to take the startup plunge comes down to the responsibilities of the individual. If you have a family to care for or a huge mortgage payment, then quitting your steady day job to launch a startup probably isn't the best decision to make.

One startup I dream of funding is the one that kills the record companies.

You need this sort of a tailwind to make a startup successful.

When you get involved in a startup, you have to be passionate.

I basically apply with my teams the lean startup principles I used in the private sector - go into Silicon Valley mode, work at startup speed, and attack, doing things in short amounts of time with extremely limited resources.

Stay away from family when you are working on a startup.

As of 2011, it cost about $5,000 to launch a tech startup.

If you aren't committed to diversity of thought, you have no business launching a startup.

Every leader needs to watch what teenagers or startup companies - or startup companies headed by teenagers - are doing today, because many of those behaviors will be mainstream behaviors tomorrow.

The reality of a startup is you have failures very often.

You can basically change everything in a startup but the market.

Essentials of how to do a startup do not include writing a business plan

There's a reason why Silicon Valley is the worldwide innovation center, or why this is the startup valley, because I truly believe startup companies like mine are pushing the economy forward.

Startup investing is one of my things, but it is not my everything.

St. Louis has a great startup scene and a vibrant business community.

Developing a good, healthy culture is extremely important at a startup. Culture reflects the essence of a startup's operation because it directly affects the success of a company's hiring practices and overall strategy.

Forget startup companies. The next frontier is startup countries.

If someone is choosing between joining McKinsey or your startup it's very unlikely they're going to work out at the startup.

I've been very fortunate to be at the startup of a lot of different things. I was the startup of the Pancrase organization in Japan. Became a big figure over there. Then I was in the UFC and was at the startup of that, and I was a big figure in that. Twice. Not only in the beginning but also when it was taken over.

You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer.

HubSpot has used the lean startup method to build a spectacularly successful company. What I particularly love about HubSpot is that they are so geeked out on data analysis and making evidence-based decisions, which are at the heart of the Lean Startup process.

Startup India is welcome for the economy, but it cannot be accompanied by 'Shut Up India' in society. What gives Startup India its strength is freedom of expression, thought, and dissent. You choke this, and you choke entrepreneurship.

In a startup no facts exist inside the building, only opinions.

Startup culture fosters laughter, debate, and a passionate, non-politically-correct focus on getting things done. And this startup of culture is something entrepreneurs struggle to maintain as the business grows. To ensure this environment continues, create a strong foundation and ensure everyone is on board.

If you are a new startup company, try not to arouse the interest or suspicion of your competition; especially if they are a bigger company. They can crush you while you are still in your startup phase. Lie low while still strengthening your bottom line.

In a startup, in the early days, it can be hard to explain what you do.

I had started at a small startup as a big-company guy. Now I was leaving a big company as a small-startup guy.

Every good startup is a cult. And it's really hard to create a cult if you are sharing space with people. Because a cult means you think you are better than every other startup, you have a special way of doing things that's better than anyone else in the world.

As an entrepreneur, the pressures of a startup can be enormous, but it's rarely life or death.

In the startup world, 'not working' is normal.

The only way to train for a startup is by starting.

You're better off being The Beatles than The Monkees, as a startup.

In a startup, both the problem and solution are unknown.

If you asked would I have done a startup in India, the answer is yes.

In general don't start a startup you're not willing to work on for ten years.

Failure will happen. It's a normal part of the startup process.

If you have an idea that you can't get out of your head, do a startup. Otherwise join a startup.

When it comes to starting startups, in many ways, it's easier to start a hard startup than an easy startup.

There are too many ways that a startup gig can go sideways. If the startup won't agree to hefty severance, pass.

You know in a startup, you only need three people. You need someone who can make something. You need someone who can sell it. And you need someone to collect the money. That's the only three roles in a startup. So which one are you?

A hardware startup with no funding is a risky venture.

So always keep momentum, it's this prime directive for managing a startup.

If you want to build a startup that has a good chance of succeeding, don't listen to me. Listen to Paul Graham and others who are applying tons of data to the idea of startup success. That will maximize your chance of being successful.

I think entrepreneurs should demand transparency for startup accelerators.

Sweat equity is the best startup capital.

We seek to be as nimble as a startup.

If you have managers reporting to managers in a startup, you will fail. Once you get beyond startup, if you have managers reporting to managers, you will create politics.

Growth and momentum are what a startup lives on and you always have to focus on maintaining these.

For a long time, I've ranted against naming your startup community 'Silicon Whatever.' Instead, I believe every startup community already has a name. The Boulder startup community is called Boulder. The L.A. startup community is called L.A. The Washington D.C. startup community is called Washington D.C.

Startup stories are always smoother in the telling than they are in reality. A startup is not one, but a series of 'Aha!' moments, and some which seem like 'Aha!' moments but turn out not to be.

In a startup, absolutely nothing happens unless you make it happen.

I can say without a doubt that being a mom is the ultimate test of my multi-tasking skills. I spend my day meeting startup after startup, helping our portfolio companies, bringing in speakers, and soon gearing up for Demo Day for our accelerator program.

I don't know a startup that hasn't been through tough times.