Ron Conway Quotes

A lot of people have a great business idea; they just need a little push to make it a reality.

I have this passion for building things, so I always wanted to build a startup. I always wanted to start my own company.

I had always wanted to start a company, ever since I was very young.

If you're positioned to start your own organization, that's great - but rare.

I always knew I wanted to start my own line. Nights and weekends, I would work on my business plan.

We didn't know how to run a business, but we had dreams and talent.

I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful, you first have to have the courage to go for it.

I'm just more excited about helping new entrepreneurs create the next Facebook or Google.

What's the word to describe the thing that all of us are trying to do, which is to found or work for or invest in a company that is the winner of all winners?

Business fascinates me. It's very creative.

The point of an accelerator is to teach you about companies and business, not about technology.

What interests me is starting businesses on our own, finding ideas that we can support, and simply investing in invention.

How many times have you been out for a beer or dinner and people are coming up with business ideas? Everybody wants to think they've got that great business idea.

I have a business background. I have always wanted to open my own business.

I think entrepreneurship is a beautiful thing.

From the time I was a kid, I was always interested in any and all kinds of new business ideas.

1976, I was all of 18, and when I stepped into the world of business, the capital I had in my hand was 20,000 rupees.

I'm an inventor. I don't enjoy running the business.

You can never be satisfied as an entrepreneur, and the basis of any successful, growing business is new clients.

If you wait for the right time or the good times to start a business, you wait all your life.

When trying to start a company, your enemy isn't criticism, anger or insults. Your enemy is apathy.

There's no such thing as a good time. I started an apparel-manufacturing business in the tech-boom years. I mean, come on. Get out of your garage and go take a chance and start your business.

I'm running a business.

In this business, you get an opportunity, and you pounce on it.

Almost anything worth doing involves some measure of risk - from learning to ride a bike, moving to a new city, and certainly, starting your own business. The point is that no one has ever started a business or created a new product with a guarantee of success.