#entrepreneurship
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The only way to find out what works is to try things out.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
The purpose of a business is to create a customer.
From The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
Entrepreneurship will be a key driver of economic growth in the future.
The way to get rich is to create something that scales.
Managing a startup is like eating glass and staring into the abyss.
If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.
From The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
Start small, learn fast, and iterate.
From The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
If you want to be wealthy, you must learn to sell and learn to build.
From How to Get Rich by Naval Ravikant
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
A smaller business can be more flexible and adaptable than a larger one.
From Company of One by Paul Jarvis
You don’t need a fancy office or a lot of money to start a business.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
Building a company of one means creating a business that fits your life and your values.
From Company of One by Paul Jarvis
The early adopters of Bitcoin were driven by a sense of purpose.
From Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper
You have to be a little bit crazy to do this.
From Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
If you’re not careful, you can end up building a business that you don’t even want.
From Company of One by Paul Jarvis
Being a Company of One means focusing on the value you create, not the size of your business.
From Company of One by Paul Jarvis
Working on your business is the key to success, not just working in it.
What we need is not a plan but a process.
From The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
From High Output Management by Andy Grove
You need to be willing to take risks to achieve great things.
From Traction by Gino Wickman
The cold start problem is about overcoming the initial inertia that every startup faces.
From The Cold Start Problem by Andrew Chen
You will get rich by giving society what it wants but does not yet know how to get.
The most successful entrepreneurs are those who are able to turn their passions into income.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
The purpose of a business is to create a customer.
The only thing that prepares you to run a company is running a company.
If you’re not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
The key to success is to start before you are ready.
From Traction by Gino Wickman
Scaling up requires a different mindset than running a small business.
From Scaling Up by Verne Harnish
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
From Zero to One by Peter Thiel
I have a great idea for a shoe. I don't know if it's a great idea, but it's an idea.
From Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
The only way to get through is to create your own path.
From The Third Door by Alex Banayan
You don’t have to be a genius, you just have to be yourself.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
The goal of a startup is to learn what customers really want.
From The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
To innovate, you must be willing to take risks and accept failure.
The Tim Ferriss Show is a way to meet the world’s best.
From The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
You will get rich by giving society what it wants but does not yet know how to get. At scale.
If your business depends on you, you don’t own a business—you have a job.
Measure what matters.
From The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
The best way to start is to stop talking and begin doing.
Every product has a cold start problem; some are just more difficult than others.
From The Cold Start Problem by Andrew Chen
You must work on your business, not just in your business.
You will get rich by giving society what it wants but does not yet know how to get.
From How to Get Rich by Naval Ravikant
Success is not about how much money you make, but how much freedom you have.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
Make a dent in the universe.
A business doesn’t have to be complicated to be successful.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
The journey from zero to one is both challenging and rewarding.
From The Cold Start Problem by Andrew Chen
Don’t worry about the money. Focus on your customer.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
From The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
You don’t need to be a genius.
Creativity and innovation thrive in the presence of risk.
From The Rise of Superman by Steven Kotler
Network like a woman of color, and build your own table.
Most entrepreneurs are not really entrepreneurs; they are technicians suffering from an entrepreneurial seizure.
Every business is a system for solving a problem.
From The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
If your business depends on you, you don’t have a business.
Innovation accounting enables you to focus on the boring stuff.
From The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
Success is about being bold and taking risks.
From Playing Big by Tara Mohr
Life is too short to be a boring entrepreneur.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
The road to success is paved with mistakes well handled.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
The technician thinks he knows how to do everything.
The importance of timing in launching a product cannot be overstated.
From The Cold Start Problem by Andrew Chen
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
From The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.
From The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
If you’re not a little bit scared, you’re not really in business.
From Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
You have to be willing to take risks.
Embrace accountability and take business risks under your own name.
From How to Get Rich by Naval Ravikant
Platforms are enabling a new generation of companies that can scale faster than ever before.
The freedom to choose how you work is one of the greatest benefits of being a Company of One.
From Company of One by Paul Jarvis
Entrepreneurship is management.
From The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
The best way to predict the future is to build it.
From How to Get Rich by Naval Ravikant
To have a successful business, you must create a prototype.
The goal of a startup is to figure out the right thing to build—the thing customers will actually pay for and use.
From The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
The technician in you wants to do the work. The entrepreneur in you wants to create the business.
Your ability to sell is the most important skill in business.
From The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
A startup is the largest group of people you can convince of a plan to build a different future.
From Zero to One by Peter Thiel
Your ability to create value is the key to your success.
From The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman
In a startup, not having a problem is the biggest problem.
The most successful companies are those that can create new markets.
The key to success is to start before you are ready.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
The most important thing is to start with what you have.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
Your business is a reflection of you. If you want it to grow, you must grow first.
The best don’t wait for opportunities; they create them.
A business is a system, not just a collection of products and services.
The only way to get through the door is to create your own.
From The Third Door by Alex Banayan
The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
Most small businesses are not started by entrepreneurs. They are started by technicians who think they are entrepreneurs.
The most successful people are those who are good at plan B.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
Without a customer, you don’t have a business.
He was a man who was never afraid to take a risk.