

I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.—Michael JordanFormer American basketball player
Don’t worry about failure you only have to be right once.—Drew Houston, Co-founder and CEO, Dropbox
Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.—Michael DellFounder, chairman and CEO, Dell Technologies
Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.—Guy KawasakiAmerican venture capitalist
The last 10 percent it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90 percent. —Rob KalinCo-founder, Etsy
The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.—Walt DisneyCo-founder, Disney
Always deliver more than expected.—Larry PageCo-founder, Google
Trust your instincts.—Estée LauderCo-founder, Estée Lauder Companies
No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long-term if you don’t have a sufficiently good product. —Sam AltmanFormer president, Y Combinator
If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.—Reid Hoffman Co-founder, LinkedIn
Bad shit is coming. It always is in a startup. The odds of getting from launch to liquidity without some kind of disaster happening are one in a thousand. So don’t get demoralised. —Paul GrahamCo-founder, Y Combinator
I think not focusing on money makes you sane, because in the long run it can probably drive you crazy. —Kevin SystromCo-founder, Instagram
First Published: Jun 18, 2021, 13:39
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