Innovative Startups Quotes

With our technology, with objects, literally three people in a garage can blow away what 200 people at Microsoft can do. Literally can blow it away. Corporate America has a need that is so huge and can save them so much money, or make them so much money, or cost them so much money if they miss it, that they are going to fuel the object revolution.

Sometimes people think Y Combinator has big ideas about themes. But really, we just fund the best startups.

We're pretty broad as investors. Our thesis is work with great entrepreneurs that believe they can change the world. But there are specific areas that we get excited about - areas like hard tech, deep tech, companies that deal with really difficult technology, etc.

The only reason you should be an entrepreneur is because that's the only way the idea will come into the world.

Start-ups should be based on radical ideas. There should be a high failure rate for start-ups, because if there isn't their ideas aren't bold enough.

Everyone knows that Silicon Valley is chock full of fabulous people who 'do good while doing well.'

It can be difficult to find investment for a new business, particularly one which is highly innovative or breaks new ground.

World-changing startups need to be premised on accurate contrarian theories.