Startup Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old startup quotes, startup sayings, and startup proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

The goal of every startup experiment is to discover how to build a sustainable business around that vision. Eric Ries
A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty. Eric Ries
Startups often win because it's easier to see what comes next when you don't have to worry about maintaining what came last. Aaron Levie
Startup success is driven most by the product passion, quality, vision, team-work and persistence of the founding team and the talent that the team attracts. Jim Breyer
A startup, to a some degree, is a set of those challenges of, 'If you don't solve this, you're dead.' Reid Hoffman
A startup is a company working to solve a problem where the solution is not obvious and success is not guaranteed. Neil Blumenthal
As an entrepreneur, the pressures of a startup can be enormous, but it's rarely life or death. Ryan Holmes
When you're doing a startup, life is not all roses and rainbows, like you see on Instagram, and killing it. Paige Craig
The challenge in a startup is you hit a lot of turbulence, and you want people who understand that it's just turbulence and not a crisis. Anne Wojcicki
Properly defined, a startup is the largest group of people you can convince of a plan to build a different future. Peter Thiel
One of the top causes of startup death - right after cofounder problems - is building something no one wants. Kathryn Minshew