Steve Blank Quotes

As I continue to believe that innovation and entrepreneurship are the key drivers to our economic future, it's frustrating to hear such little cogent discussion around it.

An administration that supports growth supports everyone.

There is no country like the United States, with its diversified industrial base, technology leadership, innovation and strong pressure to build companies to make them grow.

We need to create an ecosystem which will make young people want to start their own company.

We showed that when we say 'Wisconsin is open for business', we mean it.

In Maryland, we consider ourselves pro-growth Americans.

As a businessman, I know President Obama understands what it takes to spark economic growth, because I have seen him in action.

Supporting the entrepreneurial spirit is our best chance for economic progress.

I am absolutely confident that St. Louis can attract major players in technology and make the companies that are here blossom.

I don't think Philadelphia's challenge is in coming up with great ideas or having great founders. I think the real challenge is keeping them here.

We need to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit that is alive in Colorado.

Policies to strengthen education and training, to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation, and to promote capital investment, both public and private, could all potentially be of great benefit in improving future living standards in our nation.

A country that cannot support entrepreneurship has no hope.

It seems like there's a real world for new ideas in Philly.

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.

Whether an economic boom is fueled by the fashion industry or technology innovations, it needs a brick-and-mortar foundation. This is not only true in New York and San Francisco; wherever you live, you can find a local hotspot positioned to attract interest from businesses, consumers and investors.

I am convinced the entrepreneurial spirit of the Indian people, if allowed to express itself freely in the marketplace, India will be all right.

Shaping the future is what drives me. Since I left politics, I'm very much interested in emerging markets.

To have a stable economy, to have a stable democracy, and to have a modern government is not enough. We have to build new pillars of development. Education, science and technology, innovation and entrepreneurship, and more equality.

It's interesting: the letters I get from mayors that want Wal-Mart to look and invest in their community.

We simply have to become more competitive as a state if we're going to be successful in creating jobs, bringing capital investment and raising income levels here in South Carolina.

The recipe for success is a tried and true one here in Rhode Island - innovation, reform, public service.

I fully expect to be able to complete one more campaign goal - and that is to proudly report that signs have been erected as you enter our great state that say 'Welcome to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia: Open for Business!'

This entrepreneurial energy that we have in the Midwest doesn't have to go out to the coasts to get fed and watered.

If America wants to lead the world, it needs to make sure new ideas can get to market. More opportunity will birth more companies that create more jobs.