Forget about your competitors, just focus on your customers.—Jack MaImage: Shutterstock
It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower. —Paul Graham Building a startup is very much an endurance sport.—Max LevchinImage: Affirm / Handout Via ReutersOn Day One, a startup is a faith-based initiative built on guesses. —Steve Blank Act confident even when you are not.—Larry EllisonImage: ShutterstockA ‘startup’ is a company that is confused about what its product is, who its customers are, and how to make money!—Dave McClure Don’t worry about failure you only have to be right once.—Drew HoustonImage: Beck Diefenbach / ReutersStartups don’t just die, they commit suicide. —Takudzwa RazembaIf you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, you are too large.—Jeff BezosImage: Rex Curry / ReutersFail early, fail often. —Tarun Sharma When you are ready to quit, you’re closer than you think.—Bob ParsonsImage: John Sciulli/Getty Images For Fight Night
In a startup company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks. —William Lyon PhelpsImage: Bettmann / Getty Image Why join the navy when you can be a pirate?—Steve JobsImage: Shutterstock