Entrepreneur Wisdom Database

"One of the reasons I think I’ve been able to accomplish as much as I have is because I prefer to..."

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:53:08 -0400

“One of the reasons I think I’ve been able to accomplish as much as I have is because I prefer to live in the present while spending my spare moments thinking about the future.”

- Ted Turner

"The easiest way to get 1 million people paying is to get 1 billion people using"

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:58:35 -0400

“The easiest way to get 1 million people paying is to get 1 billion people using”

- Phil Libin

"There’s a big difference between adding a feature to an existing product and building a product..."

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:16:07 -0400

“There’s a big difference between adding a feature to an existing product and building a product around a philosophy.”

- Dustin Curtis

"A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week."

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:28:12 -0400

“A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.”

- George S. Patton (via cordfunnel, mikehudack)

"Things shouldn’t be so super-serious all the time."

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:05:58 -0400

“Things shouldn’t be so super-serious all the time.”

- Dennis Crowley

"Big companies will talk to you, criticize you, then copy you."

Fri, 28 May 2010 17:20:55 -0400

“Big companies will talk to you, criticize you, then copy you.”

- David Ulevitch

"If you find a lawyer who talks about solutions not problems, hold on to them."

Thu, 27 May 2010 09:52:40 -0400

“If you find a lawyer who talks about solutions not problems, hold on to them.”

- Steve Blank

"As consumers we should be careful with large purchases and generous to those less fortunate than..."

Mon, 17 May 2010 11:33:22 -0400

“As consumers we should be careful with large purchases and generous to those less fortunate than ourselves, as entrepreneurs we should be careful with our burn rates and raise more money than we would typically raise and as policymakers we should be mindful of the long term consequences of our policies.”

- Fabrice Grinda

"There is no such thing as a great executive. There is only a great executive for a specific company..."

Thu, 06 May 2010 11:53:12 -0400

“There is no such thing as a great executive. There is only a great executive for a specific company at a specific point in time.”

- Ben Horowitz

"We tried charging for Stack Exchange, and that didn’t work so well. So we asked ourselves,..."

Tue, 04 May 2010 14:24:59 -0400

“We tried charging for Stack Exchange, and that didn’t work so well. So we asked ourselves, ‘How would the people of 1999 solve this problem?’ And the best answer we could come up with was, let’s make the damn thing free, and get some VC somewhere to pay for it.”

- Joel Spolsky

"Organic startup ideas usually don’t seem like startup ideas at first."

Mon, 03 May 2010 23:18:21 -0400

“Organic startup ideas usually don’t seem like startup ideas at first.”

- Paul Graham

"Many people thought of us as a bunch of idiots with lava lamps."

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:21:50 -0400

“Many people thought of us as a bunch of idiots with lava lamps.”

- Eric Schmidt

"Innovation is almost insane by definition: most people view any truly innovative idea as stupid,..."

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:13:32 -0400

“Innovation is almost insane by definition: most people view any truly innovative idea as stupid, because if it was a good idea, somebody would have already done it.”

- Ben Horowitz

"The past doesn’t matter too much when it comes to valuing companies. It’s all about what..."

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:56:35 -0400

“The past doesn’t matter too much when it comes to valuing companies. It’s all about what is going to happen in the future.”

- Fred Wilson

"In my lives, I’ve often found that being crazy isn’t such a bad thing."

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:52:05 -0400

“In my lives, I’ve often found that being crazy isn’t such a bad thing.”

- Fred Seibert

"My view of building startups is that it is somewhere between impossible and almost impossible, so..."

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:09:09 -0400

“My view of building startups is that it is somewhere between impossible and almost impossible, so you want all the help you can get.”

- David Weiden

"Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how..."

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:05:28 -0400

“Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works.”

- Steve Jobs

"I had never been interested in being ‘in business’. I’ve been interested in..."

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:22:24 -0400

“I had never been interested in being ‘in business’. I’ve been interested in creating things.”

- Richard Branson

"My brain is wired to self-destruct after spending too much time doing the same one thing. So I end..."

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:33:34 -0400

“My brain is wired to self-destruct after spending too much time doing the same one thing. So I end up with a lot of very different, seemingly random skills.”

- Philip “Pud” Kaplan

"Web projects don’t have to be original, but if they do something really well, it’s..."

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:00:11 -0400

“Web projects don’t have to be original, but if they do something really well, it’s beautiful.”

- Anthony Volodkin