I have a particular relationship with Vinod Khosla because he's got a lot of very interesting science-based energy startups. Bill Gates, businessman
Bill Gates is a co-founder of Microsoft and a prominent businessman, philanthropist, and investor.
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History suggests the 2010s will give rise to a super-unicorn or two that reflect the key tech wave of the decade, the mobile web. Aileen Lee, businesswoman
Aileen Lee is a venture capitalist and founder of Cowboy Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm.
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Seed stage is an investment area that is really important for early stage startups. It feels like there is a need for trusted, experienced people to work with and to guide startups at this level. Aileen Lee, businesswoman
Aileen Lee is a venture capitalist and founder of Cowboy Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm.
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I started angel investing because I like hanging out with entrepreneurs. Gil Penchina, businessman
Gil Penchina is a successful entrepreneur and angel investor who has invested in several successful startups, including LinkedIn, PayPal, and Indiegogo.
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I want entrepreneurs to be engineers and scientists and designers; they don't necessarily have to be Internet entrepreneurs or retail entrepreneurs. James Dyson, designer
James Dyson is a British inventor and industrial designer, best known for his innovative vacuum cleaner designs.
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We have to develop the whole system of early stage investors and a tax system around it. For every Google that has come on the scene, there are hundred entrepreneurs who never did. Jamshyd Godrej, businessman
Jamshyd Godrej is an Indian businessman and the chairman of Godrej & Boyce, a conglomerate with interests in consumer goods, appliances, furniture, security solutions, and real estate.
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There are a lot more companies with a lot younger people. It is just like 23-year-olds are starting companies, and they are scaling really quickly. Kevin Systrom, businessman
Kevin Systrom is an American entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded the photo-sharing app Instagram.
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In 2010 - after raising capital to launch Forerunner Ventures - we aimed to invest in companies targeting digitally savvy customers looking to be delighted by experiences and founded by visionary leaders committed to leveraging data and quantifying the results. Kirsten Green, businesswoman
Kirsten Green is a successful venture capitalist and founder of Forerunner Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage consumer companies.
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One of the cool things we're seeing at TaskRabbit is local tech and gaming startups hiring TaskRabbits to test their products and deliver immediate user feedback. As the founder of a tech startup, I can tell you that this type of focus group testing is paramount - and usually really pricey and difficult to coordinate. Leah Busque, businesswoman
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In 2000, when my partner Ben Horowitz was CEO of the first cloud computing company, Loudcloud, the cost of a customer running a basic Internet application was approximately $150,000 a month. Marc Andreessen, businessman
Marc Andreessen is a prominent American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer who co-founded Netscape Communications Corporation and Andreessen Horowitz.
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You want people who choose to follow because they genuinely believe in ideas, not because they're afraid to be punished if they don't. For startups, there's so much pivoting that's required that if you have a bunch of sheep, you're in bad shape. Adam Grant, author
Adam Grant is an organizational psychologist, professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and author of several bestselling books including "Give and Take" and "Originals".
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Seed stage is an investment area that is really important for early stage startups. It feels like there is a need for trusted, experienced people to work with and to guide startups at this level. Aileen Lee, businesswoman
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Having been a venture-backed CEO, and having an established background in working with consumer-focused companies, I've built a strong network of entrepreneurs and people who can help startups. Aileen Lee, businesswoman
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I played with different words like 'home run,' 'megahit,' and they just all sounded kind of 'blah.' So I put in 'unicorn' because they are - these are very rare companies in the sense that there are thousands of startups in tech every year, and only a handful will wind up becoming a unicorn company. They're really rare. Aileen Lee, businesswoman
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There is a glass ceiling for the Indian startups. If I want to meet the PM, it won't be as easy as a foreign guy coming to India. I understand that dynamic, and we need to make sure government sees us as major contributors to society, which is not full there. Bhavish Aggarwal, businessman
Bhavish Aggarwal is an Indian entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded Ola Cabs, one of the largest ride-hailing companies in India.
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It's much easier for non-Indian companies to raise capital because they have profitable markets elsewhere. You might call it capital dumping, predatory pricing, or anti-WTO, but it's a very unfair playing field for Indian startups. Bhavish Aggarwal, businessman
Bhavish Aggarwal is an Indian entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded Ola Cabs, one of the largest ride-hailing companies in India.
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Startups should be - if you graph their financial performance, it should be what's called a J curve. You start out at zero. you're not making any money; you're not losing any money. Chamath Palihapitiya, businessman
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I think that sometimes people talk about disruption, and I've seen tons of startups come in as disruptors and then disappear. And I think what we need to do as an industry is think about a world that is dominated by mobile and software and not extrapolate from what was. And I think a lot of big companies tend to want to do that. Dan Schulman, businessman
Dan Schulman is the CEO of PayPal, a leading online payment system.
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Venture capitalists Justin Caldbeck of Binary Capital, Steve Jurvetson of DFJ, and Dave McClure of 500 Startups all left their firms following accusations of misconduct. Emily Chang, journalist
Emily Chang is a journalist and anchor for Bloomberg Technology, covering the intersection of technology and business.
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Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More startups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow. Felix Dennis, publisher
Felix Dennis was a British publisher, poet, and philanthropist who founded Dennis Publishing and published several popular magazines, including Maxim and The Week.
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The bigger a company gets, the more people are involved in decisions, the slower decisions get made. Look, the whole theory of startups is that three motivated people can go and do something that every company can't. Garrett Camp, businessman
Garrett Camp is a Canadian entrepreneur and investor who co-founded Uber, StumbleUpon, and Expa.
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When I first started as an angel investor, I was excited to start investing in startups - but I didn't know much. I couldn't tell the good ones from the bad; I didn't understand all these venture capital terms, so I would invest somewhat blindly. Gil Penchina, businessman
Gil Penchina is a successful entrepreneur and angel investor who has invested in several successful startups, including LinkedIn, PayPal, and Indiegogo.
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Startups are all about breaking the rules and changing the 'natural order' of things. So let's do that for Series A terms. Gil Penchina, businessman
Gil Penchina is a successful entrepreneur and angel investor who has invested in several successful startups, including LinkedIn, PayPal, and Indiegogo.
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I've been lucky enough to be involved in a number of great startups, including eBay and Wikia as an entrepreneur and LinkedIn and Paypal as an investor. Gil Penchina, businessman
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I have met with hundreds of young fashion designers, hundreds of fashion startups, hundreds of CEOs and business leaders. All I do is get to ask questions of professionals in the industry. I learn from every conversation. It is the best education I could have. Imran Amed, editor
Imran Amed is the founder and editor-in-chief of Business of Fashion, a leading online fashion publication.
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We need to encourage investors to invest in high-technology startups. James Dyson, designer
James Dyson is a British inventor and industrial designer, best known for his innovative vacuum cleaner designs.
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For almost the first year of The Muse's life, I would do 5 to 8 networking events a week. And I don't necessarily think that's the right path for everyone, but I realized that as an entrepreneur, one of my strengths was finding the right people who could help us. I didn't come into startups with any network. Kathryn Minshew, businesswoman
Kathryn Minshew is the CEO and co-founder of The Muse, a career development platform that offers job search tools, career advice, and company profiles.
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The most important thing in startups is getting a product to market, as imperfect as it may be, and then iterating on it and continually making it better. A first rev of a site that has a few typos may not be perfect, but it was the start of something that I deeply believed in. Kathryn Minshew, businesswoman
Kathryn Minshew is the CEO and co-founder of The Muse, a career development platform that offers job search tools, career advice, and company profiles.
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I've always had a passion for technology, photography, startups, and connecting people. Bringing those aspects together made me successful. Kevin Systrom, businessman
Kevin Systrom is an American entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded the photo-sharing app Instagram.
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I do believe that most startups who develop applications and digital products design 'towards the middle.' By this, I mean they design their products to reach the broadest consumer base possible, which is a sound strategy in some respects. Kimberly Bryant, scientist
Kimberly Bryant is an African American electrical engineer and founder of Black Girls Code, a non-profit organization that aims to increase the number of women of color in the technology industry.
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Axilor Ventures helps startups to improve their odds of success, and I look forward to supporting the executive management of Axilor with this vision. Kris Gopalakrishnan, businessman
Kris Gopalakrishnan is an Indian businessman and co-founder of Infosys, a multinational corporation that provides business consulting, technology, engineering, and outsourcing services.
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One of the cool things we're seeing at TaskRabbit is local tech and gaming startups hiring TaskRabbits to test their products and deliver immediate user feedback. As the founder of a tech startup, I can tell you that this type of focus group testing is paramount - and usually really pricey and difficult to coordinate. Leah Busque, businesswoman
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Some people revel in getting their hands dirty. These are the people that make startups grow wildly. People with hustle also tend to be much more agile - they're the water that goes around the rock. These are the people you want around when everything goes wrong. They're also the people you want beside you when everything goes right. Leah Busque, businesswoman
Leah Busque is an American entrepreneur and businesswoman who founded the popular on-demand service TaskRabbit.
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Startups need to focus on building a foundation for their company culture early, and then they need to revisit it often. Every time a hire is made, a feature is launched, a Facebook status is updated, a press interview is given, a round of financing is raised, or a meeting is held, culture should be part of the decision-making process. Leah Busque, businesswoman
Leah Busque is an American entrepreneur and businesswoman who founded the popular on-demand service TaskRabbit.
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Since most startups operate at a break-neck pace, with a concept to prove or a product to launch within a rapidly shortening runway of financing, company culture often gets shoved aside. This is a big, big mistake: Nobody serious about their business should put culture in the corner. Leah Busque, businesswoman
Leah Busque is an American entrepreneur and businesswoman who founded the popular on-demand service TaskRabbit.
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For a lot of people, one of the reasons they don't like to work for founders of startups is that they can be sensitive and protective around what they've built. You have an emotional attachment to the early marketing and technology materials, and you don't want to hear that anything's wrong with them. Lynn Jurich, businesswoman
Lynn Jurich is the co-founder and CEO of Sunrun, a leading residential solar energy company in the United States.
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I love what the Valley does. I love company building. I love startups. I love technology companies. I love new technology. I love this process of invention. Being able to participate in that as a founder and a product creator, or as an investor or a board member, I just find that hugely satisfying. Marc Andreessen, businessman
Marc Andreessen is a prominent American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer who co-founded Netscape Communications Corporation and Andreessen Horowitz.
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In 'That Will Never Work,' I give readers a clear-eyed insider's look into how one of the least likely startups grew into one of the world's most successful companies. Marc Randolph, businessman
Marc Randolph is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder of Netflix.
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By definition startups usually do not turn a profit. Kevin Harrington, businessman
Kevin Harrington is an American entrepreneur and business executive who is best known for his role as an original "shark" on the hit TV show Shark Tank.
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The best training ground in the world is Silicon Valley and the tech space. Kimbal Musk, businessman
Kimbal Musk is a South African-born American entrepreneur and businessman, known for his work in the food industry and as the younger brother of Elon Musk.
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What's really happening is that every bank in the country is experimenting with the blockchain and experimenting with bitcoin to figure out where the value is. For the first time ever, they're working hand in hand with startups. Banks are asking startups for help to build products. Adam Draper, businessman
Adam Draper is a venture capitalist and the founder of Boost VC, a startup accelerator that invests in blockchain and virtual reality companies.
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I'm probably most proud of the fact that we are bootstrapped and that we are able to do not just the typical Silicon Valley startup thing. We are basically throwing away all the typical conventions of other startups. Alan Schaaf, businessman
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Not many venture firms have people whose job is to read academic research - on startups, ventures, and entrepreneurs - and gather knowledge from that. Bill Maris, businessman
Bill Maris is a venture capitalist and the founder of Google Ventures, now known as GV.
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The reason why we decided to put the focus on minority and women-funded startups is because this demographic of companies and founders is just underrepresented, they're under-invested in. Chamillionaire, musician
Chamillionaire is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor known for his hit single "Ridin'."
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When people say they can't find African-American startups to invest in, it just sounds a little crazy to me. Chamillionaire, musician
Chamillionaire is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor known for his hit single "Ridin'."
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I aim to combine all the things I do in a comprehensive and holistic fashion that benefits startups and the people who make them grow. Dave McClure, businessman
Dave McClure is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur who co-founded 500 Startups, a global venture capital firm.
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'Bazillion Dollar Club' follows six struggling startups trying to get their products together. Dave McClure, businessman
Dave McClure is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur who co-founded 500 Startups, a global venture capital firm.
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It suddenly occurred to me that the hottest tech startups are solving all the problems of being 20 years old, with cash on hand, because that's who thinks them up. George Packer, novelist
George Packer is an American journalist, novelist, and playwright, best known for his non-fiction works on American politics and foreign policy.
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By definition, startups are not constrained by the limits of established company culture. And so they push boundaries and develop new technologies and ways of doing things. J. B. Pritzker, businessman
J.B. Pritzker is an American businessman and philanthropist who is the current Governor of Illinois.
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Early-stage startups are all about the founders and team. Justin Kan, businessman
Justin Kan is a successful entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded the live video streaming platform Twitch and the legal services company Atrium.
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It helps tremendously to have operating startup experience when advising startups. It is much easier to tell people how to talk to customers, build product, manage an engineering team, raise money from investors, and talk to press when you've done it before yourself. Justin Kan, businessman
Justin Kan is a successful entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded the live video streaming platform Twitch and the legal services company Atrium.
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For most people, startups are a risky endeavor and something to be avoided. Many are hesitant to quit their secure jobs and try to start a company from scratch. Justin Kan, businessman
Justin Kan is a successful entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded the live video streaming platform Twitch and the legal services company Atrium.
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The big thing was realizing for myself that I had tied my ego to the outcomes and to startups. Justin Kan, businessman
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Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless. Have you found the intersection of your passion and the potential for world-shaping positive impact? If you don't have a great idea of your own, there are plenty of great teams that need you - unknown startups and established teams in giant companies alike. Justin Rosenstein, businessman
Justin Rosenstein is a successful American businessman and entrepreneur who co-founded Asana, a popular project management software company.
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I focus on consumer Internet. Sometimes it's a working prototype; sometimes it's an idea on a napkin. I don't do a ton of deals a year, and I really like working with startups - it's the only way I can invest. It fits my ADD brain. Kevin Rose, businessman
Kevin Rose is an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist who co-founded Digg, Revision3, and Milk.
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Silicon Valley has evolved a critical mass of engineers and venture capitalists and all the support structure - the law firms, the real estate, all that - that are all actually geared toward being accepting of startups. Elon Musk, businessman
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Loopt wouldn't have happened without Y Combinator. Sam Altman, businessman
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A vote of confidence from Cisco Systems can be very important to fledging technology companies, especially if they have initial public offerings on the horizon. Alex Berenson, author
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Over the last 20 years, I've worked on or invested in many companies that scaled to 100 million users or more. But here's the thing: You don't start with 100 million users. You start with a few. So, stop thinking big, and start thinking small. Reid Hoffman, businessman
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I think there are ways that perhaps organic partnerships can occur in local geographies with groups that are extremely focused on their communities. That's really how Techstars began, as a grassroots movement in Boulder, Colo., that happened to catch fire and expand around the world. David Cohen, businessman
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In my view, product/market fit is the most important thing to get right as a startup entrepreneur. There's a variety of ways to do it, but without solving some pain point that the customer gets so excited about they tell their friends, it's really hard in the modern age to get any liftoff. Scott Cook, businessman
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Most startups flame out or just muddle along. Your chances of spotting a unicorn, pre-horn, are incalculably small. But if, knowing that, you still want to toss aside your cushy job, at least listen to corporate vets who have made the transition. Daniel Lyons, writer
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The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors. This results in a talent drain, where the best talent gets diffused and work for their own startups. Sean Parker, businessman
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When I first came to the Bay area, I worked in Silicon Valley in the early to mid-'90s, and I think what mattered then was our ability as designers to create a vision around people's ideas. Yves Behar, designer
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As a lot of the venture capital world seems to be shifting away from consumer, we want to make sure that consumer entrepreneurs know there's still money available. Dan Levitan, businessman
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Most startups flame out or just muddle along. Your chances of spotting a unicorn, pre-horn, are incalculably small. But if, knowing that, you still want to toss aside your cushy job, at least listen to corporate vets who have made the transition. Daniel Lyons, writer
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The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors. This results in a talent drain, where the best talent gets diffused and work for their own startups. Sean Parker, businessman
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New startups embody the creativity, the innovation of young people, and for me, it was and is a very worthwhile experience to interact with them. Ratan Tata, businessman
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If we didn't have Net neutrality, carriers could do things like penalize companies that use a lot of bandwidth or create high-speed lanes and charge Internet companies extra fees to send their stuff over them. That would give an advantage to big companies and make life harder for startups. Daniel Lyons, writer
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It's a common case with high-growth startups where the co-founding team breaks up - generally, it's hard to get the team to persist. It's easy to stick with it when you have known the person for decades either as a friend or family. Patrick Collison, businessman
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A recession is very bad for publicly traded companies, but it's the best time for startups. When you have massive layoffs, there's more competition for available jobs, which means that an entrepreneur can hire freelancers at a lower cost. Tim Ferriss, author
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I think 'Settlers of Catan' is such a well-designed board game - it's the board game of entrepreneurship - that I made a knockoff called 'Startups of Silicon Valley.' It's literally - it's the same rules but just a different skin set to it. Reid Hoffman, businessman
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Cultivating a global incubator network would help people from all backgrounds bring creative ideas to market and launch startups that generate more jobs - and would also align to the growing interest among youth for entrepreneurship. Tae Yoo, businesswoman
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Company naming is a key part of the branding process, but it's subject to contrasting tastes and an illiquid domain name market that results in startups wasting their time during the branding process. David Cohen, businessman
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We are already seeing the creation of a new kind of network based on friendships: Startups, which are often founded by friends, are the beginning of something that could reshape social relations. Theodore Zeldin, philosopher
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I think the biggest myth entrepreneurs have is that the growth and performance of their startups depends more on their entrepreneurial talent than on the businesses they choose. Scott Shane, journalist
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Blockchain startups are suffering from a crippling, archaic, and antiquated state regulatory system - and it's driving innovation abroad. Many blockchain start-ups trigger or may trigger money transmitter laws and regulations. Perianne Boring, businesswoman
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Startups on the inside are always badly broken. Sam Altman, businessman
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I think extreme secrecy is a bad sign in all startups. Very few startups die because they tell you exactly how their technology works. On the long list of startup killers, that's pretty far down. Though on the list of entrepreneur fears, it's pretty high. Sam Altman, businessman
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If I had a do over, I'd indubitably start investing in startups earlier in life! David Cohen, businessman
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I'm supporting the School for Creative Startups because the project's ambition - to boost innovation and the culture of entrepreneurship - is something I feel strongly about. Natalie Massenet, businesswoman
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The success stories in biotechnology are mainly due to the straightforward application of design thinking in both the business and science aspects of our lean startups. Ryan Bethencourt, scientist
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My attitude is there are at least hundreds of interesting startups that are going to get going in every year. David Cohen, businessman
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The only rollercoasters I get on are startups. Oren Etzioni, businessman
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Quality and a great product matters, in startups, and in accelerators. David Cohen, businessman
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Little startups are ridiculously overfunded. Sean Parker, businessman
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Successful entrepreneurship takes complete dedication and careful strategizing along with market analysis. Plus, successful startups provide countless benefits to a healthy economy and consumers in need. Fabrizio Moreira, january 18
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Landing a million-dollar investment for your startup is exhilarating. But as big as that number sounds, it doesn't go far. Many startups just getting off the ground won't have a CFO to monitor finances. It doesn't take much for spending to spiral out of control. Ryan Holmes, businessman
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In Europe, there is a lower instance of startups because there's a permanent fear of failure. Everyone fears failure because it is this permanent black mark against your name, whereas in the U.S., failure seems to be par for the course. Alexander Gilkes, businessman
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At Andreessen Horowitz, we talk about the notion of being 'too hungry to eat.' That's to say, we often see startups that are so entrenched in the product that the founders forget they need muscle to grow. Scott Weiss, businessman
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We believe that startups can be built anywhere. David Cohen, businessman
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Now I'm in a position where I can invest in startups and take up challenges. Some things do well and some don't, but I think my track record has been interesting. Raj Kundra,
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Most of the largest software companies in the world today are based on Oracle, and they were once startups. Safra A. Catz, businesswoman
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My prior stint at 'Newsweek' was a very different world. So it's what it's like to be in one of these kooky software startups as a grown up. It's not entirely pleasant! It's like, 'Oh, I don't fit.' Daniel Lyons, writer
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Collaborating with startups and other technology companies can be very beneficial because it broadens the scope of services we offer to clients while allowing us to serve clients together. Lynne Doughtie, businesswoman
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I love working with really early stage startups where the outcome is still in doubt. Maybe they'll go on to greatness, or maybe they'll never get off the runway at all. Sam Altman, businessman
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious. Sam Altman, businessman
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In the past, there hasn't been much reliable information about startups and small businesses available online. It's information that's really valuable, and it's information that people want to share. Adam D'Angelo, businessman
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Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups. Sam Altman, businessman
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The community of developers whose work you see on the Web, who probably don't know what ADO or UML or JPA even stand for, deploy better systems at less cost in less time at lower risk than we see in the Enterprise. This is true even when you factor in the greater flexibility and velocity of startups. Tim Bray, inventor
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Startups often have to do dubious things. Paul Graham, scientist
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I worry about whether SBA programs are still doing what they are meant to do - support lenders who fund good business startups and good expansion plans. Sam Graves, politician
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We want to nurture startups on our platform, just like we did in the old world. Safra A. Catz, businesswoman
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I think the mistake people make most often when they invest in other kinds of startups is they say, 'This is totally different.' And so the things that matter, like making a product that people desperately want, like talking to customers, they throw this out the window. That is a recipe for heartache and tears. Sam Altman, businessman
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One of the most important aspects that feed a thriving economy is successful businesses, so the more startups that take off, the better the financial picture is for everyone. Fabrizio Moreira, january 18
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The reality is that unless you understand the regulatory environment and payment structure, you can't revolutionize it. I think most tech companies and startups have come to this realization: that you have to partner with people in the ecosystem. Sandra E. Peterson, businesswoman
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It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world. Sam Altman, businessman
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I spoke to a bunch of University of Houston students and said, 'One of the beauties of the free enterprise system we have in this country is that there's capital that people are willing to put at risk for new ventures and startups.' Oliver Luck,
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All throughout my life I have been deeply immersed in startups, either because I was running one or investing in them or helping them. Sam Altman, businessman
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