18 Small Business Startup Quotes From Successful Entrepreneurs

Starting a small business is everyone’s dream. Get out of that 9-5 job and get behind your own desk, make your own money and live the financially stress free life of being a small business owner.

Easy, right?

Starting a small business takes more than just effort. Let’s take a look at the quotes from successful entrepreneurs and what they had to say about starting a small business. All of these business owners have been in the same situation at one time, just like you are right now. They all needed help with starting up, creating their business plan, searching for funding and launching. Here are the quotes:

“When you find an idea that you just can’t stop thinking about, that’s probably a good one to pursue” – Josh James, Omniture Co-Founder

“Even if you don’t have the perfect idea to begin with, you can likely adapt” – Victoria Ransom, Wildfire Interactive Co-Founder

“I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying” – Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder

“Any time is a good time to start a company” – Ron Conway, Noted Angel Investor

“Solve a real problem. You don’t start a company because you want to be an entrepreneur or the fame and glory that comes with it. You become an entrepreneur to solve a real problem” – Aaron Patzer, Mint Founder

“If there are too many competitors, even if you’re the best, it’s a lot harder to win” – Tony Hsieh, Zappos Co-Founder

“If you just work on stuff that you like and you’re passionate about, you don’t have to have a master plan with how things will play out”- Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Founder

“Ideas are a commodity. Execution of them is not” – Michael Dell, Dell, Inc. Founder

“Usage is like oxygen for ideas. That means every moment you’re working on something without it being in the public, it’s actually dying, deprived of the oxygen of the real world” Matt Mullenweg, WordPress Founding Developer

“Writing code? That’s the easy part. Getting your application in the hands of users, and creating applications that people actually want to use – now that’s the hard stuff” – Jeff Atwood, Stack Exchange Co-Founder

“Get the customers first, then build the tech. Not the other way around”- Lauris Liberts, Draugiem Group Co-Founder

“Make something people want” includes making a company that people want to work for” – Sahil Lavigia, Gumroad Founder

“The ideal founding team is two individuals, with a history of working together, of similar age, and financial standing, with mutual respect. One is good at building products and the other is good at selling them” – Naval Ravikant, AngelList Co-Founder

“The secret to successful hiring is this: Look for the people who want to change the world” 0 Narc Benioff, SalesForce CEO

“Ideas are easy, implementation is hard” – Guy Kawasaki, Alltop Co-Founder

“Learn not to add too many features right away, and get the core idea built and tested” Leah Culver, Convore Co-Founder

“Data may disappoint, but it never lies” – Jay Samit, Author & Searcharge CEO

“Talk to your customers. Find out what they need. Don’t pay attention to the competition. They’re not relevant to you” – Joel Spolsky, Stack Exchange Co-Founder

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