Belinda Johnson Quotes

I'm an engineer turned entrepreneur who's passionate about connection.

Part of the challenge of being an entrepreneur, if you're going for a really huge opportunity, is trying to find problems that aren't quite on the radar yet and try to solve those.

I always knew I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I started my own software company in high school and went to college to study entrepreneurship.

Every phase of building a company is really hard.

When I came to the United States in 2004 to attend university at Stanford, I was instantly inspired by the stories and advice from startup leaders in Silicon Valley and beyond, who had endeavoured to create new opportunities and improve lives around the world.

New startups embody the creativity, the innovation of young people, and for me, it was and is a very worthwhile experience to interact with them.

For decades, technology entrepreneurship has been revered, and people like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk were heroes.

Father was bold, and Mother was cautious. They never shouted at each other but argued constantly about strategy, and they taught me very early that before taking big risks, one must carefully figure the odds.

When I took the entrepreneurship class at Stanford, the first lecture was about an entrepreneur and his personality. They described it as being different than a businessman, who is an overall scientific manager.

I'd like to see the word 'entrepreneur' knocked off its pedestal. Being 'entrepreneurial' is something I look for not only in founders to invest in, but also employees to hire.

Being an entrepreneur means being a creative businessperson.

An entrepreneur, whether man or woman, has to be willing to take help, whether financial or technical, to grow his or her business.

There are a lot more companies with a lot younger people. It is just like 23-year-olds are starting companies, and they are scaling really quickly.

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

Sometimes, when you're building a company, out of necessity there's just a gazillion things you have to learn and figure out.

I think entrepreneurs really appreciate directness and honesty, coupled with empathy.

I really have become very interested at working with and helping entrepreneurs at the early stages of their growth.

We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.

I'm a firm believer of the venture capitalist-style approach to solving problems. Rather than doing many small things that you hope add up, it's much more effective to work on projects that are high risk and high reward.

Not everybody wants to be Mark Zuckerberg, but everybody wants to create a little piece of the American dream, the Silicon Valley version. I don't think that's a bad thing.

Other than playing the game I love, my passion is investing in innovative companies and helping the entrepreneurs behind them succeed.

At Venture for, we've worked with hundreds of aspiring young entrepreneurs who want to build businesses and change things for the better.

Graduating business school, I had $150,000 of debt. An investment firm offered me a steady job, but it didn't feel right. It was 2007 in Silicon Valley, and I dreamed of starting an Internet company.

It's exciting to be able to be part of the block and tackle of building a company from a smaller base.

There are a few books I can recommend, but one you should read for sure is 'Do More Faster,' a book full of advice for young entrepreneurs. Looking back at the early days of Booking.com, I recognize a lot of things that feature in this the book - like 'fail fast, learn quickly.'