25 uplifting quotes to get you through the daily struggles of startup life. Whether you need motivation to transform that idea of yours into a functioning business or just need a little boost when you’re down in the dumps, it’s never a bad idea to seek wisdom from bright and successful minds who’ve experienced it all before.
Riding a business roller coaster
“Starting your own business is like riding a roller coaster. There are highs and lows and every turn you take is another twist. The lows are really low, but the highs can be really high.”–Lindsay Manseau, photographer and entrepreneur
Don’t limit yourself
It’s easy to get caught in the day-to-day hard work of running a business and completely forget that while solving problems and building something you can be proud of, you also have an incredible opportunity to shape the future.
- Don’t be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities, and don’t let the bastards get you down
Bottom Line
The odds of getting from launch to liquidity without some kind of disaster happening are 1 in a thousand. Don’t get demoralized.
- Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to a perfect 1.5%.
- Know your product better than anyone, know your customer and have a burning desire to succeed
Don’t worry about failure
Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox
- Nothing works better than improving your product
- “The best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.”
- Michael Arrington, founder and co-editor of TechCrunch
- Any time is a good time to start a company
- “Ideas are a commodity. Execution of them is not”
