Walter Isaacson Quotes

I hate it when people call themselves 'entrepreneurs' when what they're really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell of go public, so they can cash in and move on. They're unwilling to do the work it takes to build a real company, which is the hardest work in business.

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.

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.'

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

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

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

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.

Finding your entrepreneurial spirit and making it strong is more important than the idea or business you are developing.

I want to be a serial entrepreneur: Incubate an idea, get it to a good state, and make that an enabler to get to the next state. It's every researcher's fantasy.

I've always wanted to be a professional golfer. So what if you always wanted to be an entrepreneur?

Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive and determination of the people who do it as it is about the product they sell.

One of the great strengths of American culture is this empowerment of individual, is the individual being able to be entrepreneurial, create new things. But you create a whole group of people to make great companies. It's employees and investors and customers and partners. The fabric of society, of a network of relations, is key to being successful.

I didn't really do many business ventures throughout my career because I would have an idea and then before I'd have a chance to make something of it, I'd see someone else do it. I just liked to watch my fellow artists become entrepreneurs and be people who can inspire the next generation. I did that more with my songs.

If you have an idea that you can't get out of your head, do a startup. Otherwise join a startup.

Yeah, handsome, great big guy, seven feet tall! Name is Rick Miller - Portland, Oregon. And he started a business. Of course you know it was in basketball. But it wasn't in basketball! I mean, I figured he had to be in sport, but he wasn't in sport.

I boldly entered the arena of business and exercised the rights I already possessed.

There are two types of people in this world: those whose look for opportunity and those who make it happen.

It takes years and years, usually a decade, to create a great startup.

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

The pace of change for entrepreneurs is rapidly accelerating, and the cost and risk of launching a new business and getting off the ground is just amazing. The ability to gain user feedback really quickly and adapt to what your consumers want is totally different with the web as it is now. But finding a new market, helping people and taking that original idea and turning it into a business is really exciting right now.

I love having real conversations with entrepreneurs who have built their companies from the ground up, with nothing but their own drive, passion, and courage, and I'm constantly learning new things as I hear each one's unique journey.