Julia Hartz Quotes

If it weren't for the mentorship and guidance from people like my mother, James Brown and others, I wouldn't have been able to make something of my life.

I've always said, other than my dad, coaches had the greatest impact on me.

I believe if you act with people who are better than you, it's only going to make you better.

The thing is, I wasn't surrounded by lots of people who were helping me build a career.

A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential; a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself.

I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence.

My best friend Jerry started a boat-washing business, and it was one of the most critical experiences of my life. I got to meet a lot of people who were entrepreneurs. My parents were schoolteachers, and I was now meeting people who owned companies. I realized that if this guy can do it, why can't I?

It's funny: when people always talk about the importance of role models, I used to think that was so exaggerated, but as I get older, I start to realize I don't feel that way so much anymore. If you see somebody like you who's doing something, an older version of what you are, it does make you feel like it's more possible.

I always looked up to so many people before me and was lucky to become such good friends with them. I learned so much hanging out with those cats.

My role models have kept on changing.

I guess subconsciously that all the great people you work with have an influence on you.

There are a couple of teachers I have had without whose influence I would not be as happy with who I am.

If you don't have heroes in the beginning, you don't grow.

For me, the most entertaining evening would be to go sit with entrepreneurs and talk with them about how they're building their companies and how we can help to make them better. That's the one thing in the world - well, I love doing that.

I've definitely had mentors, whether parents or friends or actors who I like.

Some of the best advice I've gotten was from William Hurt and Harry Connick Jr. I've really learned a lot from both of them.

The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.

I learned life from some good teachers.

I have, I think, eight mentors. It's crazy, but I need them. They are all really important to me. They keep me grounded and advise me.

Believe it or not, the first spark for everything I've done today came down to me meeting one person in college who changed my life. A student named Anthony Adams who lived across the hall from me in our freshman dorm showed me what it meant to be an 'entrepreneur' when I saw him launch his own start-up company.

You can't lead anyone else further than you have gone yourself.

Whatever vocation you decide on, track down the best people in the world at doing it and surround yourself with them.

On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.

I look at where I'm at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.

I have stood on the shoulders of giants like Billie Jean King, Hillary Clinton, my mother - people who have really empowered and influenced my life in an incredible way.