“ If you’re in a business with network effects, you probably want to get big fast, and that means you want to get outside investment… and you also want to take a lot of risks. ”

Joel Spolsky

“ Maybe the fact that startups don’t have much to lose is a good thing - especially if you’re competing with someone who has a lot to lose. ”

Josh Kopelman

“ That experience anointed me ‘Entrepreneur’ and inducted me into ‘The Club of Terror.’ The experience taught me another entrepreneurial secret: The elation you feel after a terrorizing episode is payment in full for the suffering. That ‘high’ is an emotion especially reserved for those of us who start companies. It is food for our spirit-the sustenance that keeps us going from one encounter to the next. ”

Wilson Harrell

“ There is a big difference between uncertainty and risk. Great entrepreneurs tackle great uncertainty while intelligently reducing risk. ”

Josh Kopelman