Bing Gordon Quotes

I always knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I started my own software company in high school and went to college to study entrepreneurship.

So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we'll give it to you. We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we'll come work for you.' And they said, 'No.' So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, 'Hey, we don't need you. You haven't got through college yet.'

Nvidia's CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang, is an engineer and a chip designer. He cofounded Nvidia and still runs it like a startup.

There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing. To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.

I called up a bunch of the CEOs of Silicon Valley companies and said, 'Hey, can I come and see you? And I'd like to learn about what you're doing.' And I don't know, most of them said yes.

As an investor, I'm always looking for the next great American company. Who will create tomorrow's Twitter, Facebook, or Google?

The world of marketing has changed. You can lead the change or be a victim of change.

If you asked would I have done a startup in India, the answer is yes.

I'm a phenomenal fan of Elon Musk. I think he's the greatest. He's a disrupter, and I think he is a great marketer. And I love him.

I suspect that most retailers are so busy buying goods, taking care of markdowns, and so on that they have too little time to give thought to creativity.

Elon Musk is an incredible leader and entrepreneur. I have known him since 1995 when he first came to Silicon Valley.

For years people have approached me with great products but have had no way of marketing them.

My advice for any entrepreneur or innovator is to get into the food industry in some form so you have a front-row seat to what's going on.

All of us have an entrepreneur in us.

I enjoy business, being an entrepreneur on every level. I really enjoy it.

We all have an entrepreneur in us; it's just whether we choose the tradeoffs to become one.

All things can be done by every company in the world. Apple builds a phone, and so does Samsung. It's not about being different but about being better at what you do.

I'm an entrepreneur.

Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.

If you want swashbuckling action in your life, become an entrepreneur and give it a go.

Marketing is the distinguishing, unique function of the business.

Not only CAN anyone be an entrepreneur, but they MUST be.

If there's something you want to build, but the tech isn't there yet, just find the closest possible way to make it happen.

My best entrepreneurial advice is to start.

Without internet, there would have been no Jack Ma, and no Alibaba or Taobao.