“Chase the vision, not the money; the money will end up following you.”
Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO
“You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.”
Richard Branson, Virgin Group Founder
“You shouldn’t focus on why you can’t do something, which is what most people do. You should focus on why perhaps you can, and be one of the exceptions.”
Steve Case, AOL Co-Founder and CEO
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.”
Nelson Mandela, South African Leader
“User experience is everything. It always has been, but it’s undervalued and underinvested in. If you don’t know user-centred design, study it. Hire people who know it. Obsess over it. Live and breathe it. Get your whole company on board.”
Evan Williams, Co-Founder, Twitter
“If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.”
Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Co-Founder and Venture Capitalist
“The secret to successful hiring is this: look for the people who want to change the world.”
Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO
“Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.”
Guy Kawasaki, Alltop Co-Founder and Entrepreneur
“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”
Drew Houston, Dropbox Co-Founder and CEO
“It’s almost always harder to raise capital than you thought it would be, and it always takes longer. So plan for that.”
Richard Harroch, Venture Capitalist and Author
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
Steve Jobs, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Apple
“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.”
Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder and CEO
“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer.”
Nolan Bushnell, Entrepreneur
