Katrina Lake Quotes

I'm not somebody who is going to build something for a few years, sell it, and then go off and just have fun.

Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck.

I consistently run into young adults who have quickly turned away from traditional jobs at great companies to try their hand at a start-up. I believe that some of this stems from the desire to strike it big like Mark Zuckerberg, but I also believe it is because starting a company has become far cooler than working in one.

There's no point in starting a business unless you're going to make a dramatic difference to other people's lives. So if you've got an idea that's gonna make a big difference to other people's lives, then just get on and do it.

I'm not interested in world domination. I'm interested in running a nice little brand that takes care of its own and does really good work.

Because entrepreneurship is so hard and does take so long to build something great, you do have to build an environment that you yourself as an entrepreneur want to work in for the next 20 years.

One of the things that I hope will distinguish Amazon.com is that we continue to be a company that defies easy analogy. This requires a lot of innovation, and innovation requires a lot of random walk.

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.

In a startup, there have to be challenges. Otherwise, someone else would have done it already. And that's almost the most exciting part.

No one gave me a recipe for how to create company culture. I wish I had had one.

The number one thing I would say to someone who wants to start a business is if you really can't sleep at night and smack the passion out of yourself, then go for it, but if you can live a happy life working for someone else, do that.

When we started WeWork it really was thought of holistically.

I'm in favour of entrepreneurial, risk-taking businesses that create great products and services.

Back in the early days at Netflix, it wasn't unheard of for me to tell prospective hires that I could see our stock going to a hundred dollars someday.

When I started Atom Factory, the idea was to do something small yet powerful. That name resonated with the mission.

Entrepreneurship is enduring pain for a long time without relinquishing.

If your work isn't mission-driven or emotionally resonant to you, it will be very hard to maintain passion and focus over a long period of time, which is critical in entrepreneurship.

Whenever I invest, I invest in the person as well as the business.

An entrepreneur never thinks of quarter-on-quarter; he thinks for 25 years, 50 years.

I don't know anything about Amazon's culture; I've never worked there.

Our ambitions are not limited to quarterly results. Our ambitions are linked to a belief in what we do. And one of the definite privileges of success is being able to see beyond yourself.

On the day he unveiled the Macintosh, a reporter from Popular Science asked Jobs what type of market research he had done. Jobs responded by scoffing, "Did Alexander Graham Bell do any market research before he invented the telephone?

Being an entrepreneur is an existential, not just a financial thing.

The best businesses are really ones that can combine passion, profits, and purpose.

Being a businessman, you want to invest your time and your heart into growth and a legacy, and sometimes it's about going over there and getting it. But you don't have to lose yourself.