Trip Hawkins Quotes

The entrepreneurs that really make it are the ones that start with an idea but are ready to change it at a moment's notice.

The only way to avoid disruption is to constantly do what you would if you were just starting out.

Learning how to work and learning how to fail is important.

There are people who can't bear to fail. Those people are on the short track as far as their careers go. You have to push hard, do hard things. But you also have to be able to say, 'OK, today's not the day.'

Every entrepreneur has to deal with hardship, but if we're tough enough and thoughtful enough, we can find a way to make hard things make us better.

By the time they get to 6th grade honor roll students won't risk making a mistake, and sometimes to be successful, you have to risk making mistakes.

An entrepreneur is born with the mentality to take risks, though there are several important characteristics: courage, faith in yourself, and above all, even when you fail, to learn from failure and get up and try again.

Never give up on an idea simply because it is bad and doesn't work.

I will work day and night to avoid failure, but if I can't, I'll pick myself up the next day. The most important thing for entrepreneurs is not to be put off by failure.

You need the willingness to fail all the time.

You can't have any successes unless you can accept failure.

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.

We Don't always succeed in what we try, certainly not by the world's standards, but I think you'll find it's the willingness to keep trying that matters most.

The more failure you can accept, the greater your chance of success.

I really believe that entrepreneurship is about being able to face failure, manage failure and succeed after failing.

I am all for changing, even if mistakes are made in the process. Mistakes do not matter.

You have to kind of roll with the punches. That's why I think work begets work to a certain degree. I just try and keep busy.

Success in life is the ability to move from one mistake to another without loosing enthusiasm.

Perseverance is the key to starting a successful business.

Be willing to work for nothing in things you think are stupid. Make work for yourself. Make your own luck. Don't complain. Hopefully, the work will find you if you are ready.

Perhaps the most important thing I could say is to never be thrown by failure and mistakes. Each and everything that happens, even if it was not what you hoped would happen, is a valuable, life-learning tool. And you will only achieve success if you know how to learn from your failures and mistakes. It’s vital.

After all, this is how you learned how to walk. You didn't just jump up from your crib one day and waltz gracefully across the room. You stumbled and fell on your face and got up and tried again. At what age are you suddenly expected to know everything and never make any more mistakes? If you can love and respect yourself in failure, worlds of adventure and new experiences will open up before you, and your fears will vanish.

We don't celebrate failure in Silicon Valley. We celebrate learning

People who need certainty are unlikely to make good entrepreneurs.

Failing forward is the ability to get back up after you've been knocked down, learn from your mistake, and move forward in a better direction.