Chamath Palihapitiya Quotes

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

I'm supporting the School for Creative Startups because the project's ambition - to boost innovation and the culture of entrepreneurship - is something I feel strongly about.

There are so many startups out there raising money. I don't think this is a bad thing. It's a good thing. Entrepreneurship is in vogue. Innovators are innovating. Makers are making.

Before Blockchain Capital, I was cranking out startups like an incubator.

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

Downsizing trends and the changing global market require people to reinvent themselves and think like entrepreneurs.

I think the hallmark of a really good entrepreneur is that you're not really going to build one specific company. The goal - at least the way I think about entrepreneurship - is you realize one day that you can't really work for anyone else. You have to start your own thing. It almost doesn't matter what that thing is.

I think a lot of becoming an entrepreneur is something which people have to learn just from getting out there and giving it a go, and having to learn the art of survival.

Most entrepreneurs are not doing it for financial motives in the first place. They're just people who love creating.

What we need is an entrepreneurial society in which innovation and entrepreneurship are normal, steady and continuous.

Entrepreneurs: The only people who work 80 hour weeks to avoid working 40 hour weeks.

When people lose their jobs, they can either get another job or be entrepreneurs. In the music industry, a lot of people have attempted the latter by starting their own labels, but in the age of digital downloads, it's very difficult to succeed.

At the core of Silicon Valley is a passion for 'yes.'

Israel is a start-up nation, and I think it can be done in other places. I will do it outside the government. I don't need the government.

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.

We've had customers from the beginning. The reason people use Dropbox is because they really love it. We think more about who is going to be competing with what we are going to be doing, not with where we started.

When you have to prove the value of your ideas by persuading other people to pay for them, it clears out an awful lot of woolly thinking.

Designers + artists see potential in things where others do not. I think artists in many ways are the original entrepreneurs.

Your writers write these pieces about meaningless startups, meaningless apps and meaningless companies.

I think people often miss the fact that things often start in a swashbuckling like low cost just get it done kind of way, even when they grow into these iconic brands.

Our people should feel free to express diverse views, pursue unconventional ideas or simply be different.

Being an entrepreneur simply means being someone who wants to make a difference to other people's lives.

We get to design what we want to see in the world rather than doing what other people think should be done.

Entrepreneurs are willing to work 80 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours a week.