Startup Quotes

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.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

The only people who have really succeeded are the ones who have said "Oh god, this is fun!"

Whether you think you can, or you think you can't - you're right.

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.

I’m not here to make money, I’m here to make joy.

Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.

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

The internet smashes gatekeepers, democratizes markets and brings a greater degree of control to people's lives. Strive to empower.

There are lots of good reasons to abandon a project. Having a little competition is not one of them.

Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

The people who successfully start independent businesses (franchises, I think are a different thing) do it because we have no real choice in the matter. The voice in our heads won't shut up until we discover if we're right, if we can do it, if we can make something happen. This is an art, our art, and to leave it bottled up is a crime.

If you aren’t getting rejected on a daily basis, your goals aren’t ambitious enough.

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

People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it

Great companies don't throw money at problems, they throw ideas at problems.

Make something someone specific needs, launch fast, let users show you what to change, change it, repeat the last two.

When bootstrapping, you need to find a team that’s willing to work for nothing and spend their off hours with you.