Naveen Jain Quotes

Entrepreneurs have the flexibility and the ability to do things that large companies simply cannot. Could a large company pull off a trick like Amyris, going from anti-malaria medicine to next-generation fuel?

Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.

I am thoroughly enjoying spending the majority of my time with entrepreneurs. I find that their enthusiasm, dedication, willingness to take huge risks and desire to make a dramatic impact quite inspiring.

Before running for Congress, I was an innovator and entrepreneur who founded several high-tech businesses that created hundreds of jobs and schools that found ways to serve those children that traditional schools couldn't.

I'm about impact. One can make impact if they run a big business with a lot of zeroes. I've done that. One can also make an impact when you're a research analyst, where it's you and your associate. I've done that.

I created DonorsChoose by putting pencil to paper - literally - and sketching out each screen of the web site and how it would work. Then I paid a programmer from Poland $1,500 to turn my sketches and common-sense rules into a functioning website.

Entrepreneurship is not only a mindset but a skillset.

It's the combination: big idea with a good entrepreneur: there's nothing more powerful. That's just as true [for] education and human rights as it is for hotel or steels.

To launch a business means successfully solving problems. Solving problems means listening.

Solve a real problem. You don't start a company because you want to be an entrepreneur or the fame and glory that comes along with it. You become an entrepreneur to solve a real problem.

Taking risks and being focused, sometimes, are at odds. Both are required to build a great company.

We have a lot of really great companies in Canada, and I think there's always been this fear that 'great' in Canada doesn't mean great on a world stage. We need more self-confidence. We are building incredibly good businesses with incredibly good people, being loyal, dedicating themselves to solving important problems.

Engineers and entrepreneurs are fundamentally dissatisfied with the way the world is and want to make it better. There are so many things you could do with technology if you can match it up with real problems.

At Venture for, we've worked with hundreds of aspiring young entrepreneurs who want to build businesses and change things for the better.

I live my life as an entrepreneur in every possible way I can by applying the question 'What can be done better and how?' at every juncture.

We need people building companies all over the country to innovate in aviation, consumer products, education, health, cybersecurity, biotech, manufacturing, and everything in between.

I didn't wake up one day and want to become an entrepreneur. I had the idea for Rent the Runway and thought it would be fun to work on and also thought if it was successful, it would make women feel great about themselves.

We look up to Jessica Alba. I loved that something bothered her, and she created products around it and built an empire around it.

Lack of money is no obstacle. Lack of an idea is an obstacle.

As a scientist and successful businessman, I understand that no one has a monopoly on good ideas.

I know in my state, I am leading innovation and we need to diversify the economy. But you can't have innovation unless you have education.

We never would have built ClassPass if I hadn't learned so much from the Classtivity experience.

Many of humanity's most intractable challenges will only be solved through market-driven innovation.

I want to be an inventor in the real sense.

There are a lot of people that have great ideas that want to create disruptive companies that change the world but everybody doesn't have the skills to be able to do that.