Steve Jobs Quotes

On Startups: "I hate it when people call themselves "entrepreneurs" when what they're really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell or go public, so they can cash in and move on.

The idea of becoming an entrepreneur is something that is not taught very well in school and is something that people should try to do earlier on.

Once you're an entrepreneur you're always an entrepreneur, and you need that fix.

All people are entrepreneurs, but many don't have the opportunity to find that out.

I'm an entrepreneur and I love business. That's what I've always done. I went to school for that. My father took me out and said, 'You're gonna be here like everybody else.'

I'm not looking to... I'd like to build my company and make a bigger company always, but I think in the behind the scenes arena is where I'd prefer to spend my time.

My parents were entrepreneurs. I grew up believing in the power of innovation.

Entrepreneurship is not really building a product, it's not having an idea, it's not being in the right place at the right time. It's fundamentally company building.

I'm not somebody who is going to build something for a few years, sell it, and then go off and just have fun.

Some people are serial entrepreneurs and want to just move on to the next thing. They just want to clean the slate and start from scratch. I feel that sometimes, too, and the way that we do that here is we build things inside Shutterstock: we launch new products all the time.

After decades of studying the men and women that make the decision to open their own Great, Growing Company, I'd have to say it comes down to the Vision they have for that business - do they expect to build the company or just have some income for the short term?

As an entrepreneur at heart, I am excited to see so many new opportunities, and I am honoured to accept this opportunity to help shape the next stage of HTC's development.

Business owners are like joggers. If you stop a jogger, he goes on running on the spot. If you drag an owner away from his business, he goes on running on the spot, pawing the ground, talking business. He never stops hurtling onwards, making decisions and executing them.

Entrepreneurship is not only a mindset but a skillset.

Founders should think of their company as a product and build it and shape it with the same passion and care.

Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.

I was never, ever interested in becoming a businessman or an entrepreneur. If I was a businessman, or saw myself as a businessman, I would have never gone into the airline business.

Starting a company is a cause, not a job. Once it becomes a job, that's when you lose

Over the last ten years, technological advances have dramatically lowered the financial bar for starting a new company, but the courage bar for building a great company remains as high as it has ever been.

Don't start a company unless it's an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it's not an obsession.

Young people should think in a different way - they should be job givers not job seeker.

You need that hunger no matter what, because eventually the honeymoon period wears off. Somewhere between printing your business cards that say 'founder' on them and everything else you have to do, you realize, 'Oh, actually this is a ton of work.'

Being an entrepreneur is not about being in love with an idea, it's about being in love with running a company.

In the information age, the richest people are entrepreneurs. We may not become a king or queen, but we can all be entrepreneurs.

Sorry, investing was pretty boring and I really missed being part of building something. I felt like I was always standing on the sidelines, so Zappos... really liked the people there and got involved full-time and I've been full-time ever since.