Startup Quotes

When you hire someone, ask how they are going to push the company forward. Because companies don’t do things, people do things.

Evidence comes in a diversity of forms. It can be anecdotal, it can be in aggregate or it can be a trend line. If you take an open-minded approach to the types of evidence you’ll accept, [you'll] adjust for their biases/problems/problems accordingly.

We have a nice pot of gold that we found at the end of a rainbow!

It's not about the idea, it's about the execution, and more importantly, your vision for what the idea can and will become.

You can either see founding a company as something you’re doing because you want to produce good software, or you can see it as something you do so you can sell your stock and make a killing and move on.

Check-ins don't work on all services; if it's just nailed on to the product, it doesn't work.

Check-ins don't work on all services; if it's just nailed on to the product, it doesn't work.

Early in a startup, product decisions should be hunch driven. Later on, product decisions should be data driven

If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.

When people call us the fastest growing company ever, I think of us as like the ‘N Sync of websites, like we have had good tunes, but we’re not The Beatles. It’s not like we’re the best thing ever. . . . I think that we’ll continue to see more companies like us who make us—who put us to shame a couple years from now with their rate of growth.

When people call us the fastest growing company ever, I think of us as like the ‘N Sync of websites, like we have had good tunes, but we’re not The Beatles. It’s not like we’re the best thing ever. . . . I think that we’ll continue to see more companies like us who make us—who put us to shame a couple years from now with their rate of growth.

Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.

Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.

People have different interpretations of “urgent”.

When you don’t know what to expect, prepare for the unexpected.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Average people push great people out of a company.

Don’t let people tell you your ideas are stupid - if you’re passionate about something, find a way to build it.

We can’t be afraid to be weird.

Make sure that you stay directly involved, even as things get bigger.