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“Instead of waiting to start big, start small so that you can grow big”
― Nicky Verd

“As a startup entrepreneur, you need to know who your ideal customer is. Your new business will likely fail before it starts if you don’t know your ideal customer. And honestly, if you don’t know your ideal customer, there’s no purpose for the business to even exist anyway.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Business ideas are like human reproduction �� they never cease to be birthed as long as there is constant interaction between the brain and questions of life.”
― Victor Kwegyir, Opportunities in the New Economy and Beyond: Birthing Entrepreneurs in a Pandemic Economy to Create Successful Businesses and New Wealth

“Ideation is important for innovation. But it is only the first step! Incubation must follow and so must acceleration for the circle of innovation to reach completion,or else, you risk expiration.”
― Peter-Cole C. Onele

“Its going to be a rocky relationship you are going to have with your business, don’t marry it if you don’t love it! Its going to be rough sometimes, but navigating through the lows allows you to create something beautiful!”
― Jenaitre Farquharson

“I don’t want to be the smartest person in my circle. I don’t want to be the most creative person in my circle. I don’t want to be the most knowledgeable person in my circle. I don’t want to be the only one that’s NOT afraid to use their voice in my circle. I don’t want to be the only one that’s fearless and unapologetic in my circle. I, personally, am not intimidated by another person’s gifts, talents, or skills. I love to build genuine relationships with like-minded people that inspire, motivate, and empower me, too!”
― Stephanie Lahart

“To say entrepreneurs are born is to say humans don’t have brains. Entrepreneurship is a learnable skill.”
― Richie Norton

“You need to become intimately acquainted with the value of adding value.��”
― Richie Norton

“Insiders who question the status quo get pushed out, but outsiders are the ones who change the status quo.

Ever notice that many startup founders that disrupt industries are outsiders to their industry?”
― Richie Norton

“A concrete vision attracts dreamers and toxic leadership repels them”
― Rafsan Al Musawver

“If It's To Be,
It STARTS NOW!”
― Mike Ssendikwanawa

“If You Are To FINISH It, Always Focus Your Mind On WHY You STARTED It.”
― Mike Ssendikwanawa

“Your Very First Step Is; START!
& Your Next Step Is; KEEP GOING!”
― Mike Ssendikwanawa

“Strong planning and hard decisions will never let your startup fail.”
― Divya Gandotra Tandon

“When there is a will, there is a way”
― Sandeep Aggarwal

“Working in a newly built startup
is like going to do skydiving
with a parachute bag
you do not know if
it will open at the right time.”
― Saurav Banerjee

“Only myopics judge people, relationships, businesses with short term lens. Any startup or public company that survived the dot com bust and 9/11 came out bigger than anyone imagined. If India wants an ecosystem like USA or China, new age companies need nurturing & patience vs. criticism or outcast.”
― Sandeep Aggarwal

“A true entrepreneur is not concerned with valuation or traction, but rather with following their purpose, innovating, and making a positive contribution to the world.”
― Abhysheq Shukla, The Reflection "Success or Stress" Choose Wisely

“Purpose is what drives entrepreneurship, not valuation or traction.”
― Abhysheq Shukla, Crosspaths Multitude to Success

“It's all about the journey from curiosity to confidence.”
― Jigisha Dave

“AI pilots are easy, but scaling them to get value is hard”
― Ashok Veda

“Guiding Principle of Startup Journey is RAPO -
Responsible, Accountable, Punctual and Open to Ideas”
― Chintha Sai Bhargav Reddy

“Stop waiting for the perfect moment or the perfect plan. Progress begins with action, no matter how small.”
― Jen Alvares

“Cosgn co-signs your startup journey, empowering you to grow and pay it forward.”
― Marion Bekoe

“Before you start, don’t overthink just do it.”
― Marion Bekoe

“I am not saying that VCs are despicably evil (that would be investment bankers), but you would be better spending more time on building your business than building and polishing the pitch deck.”
― Victoria Silchenko, Raise and Rise: Funding Sources for Your Startup in the Era of Digital Transformation & Blockchain

“Yes, capital is the oxygen in the life of a startup. But then again, acquiring capital is not the purpose of your startup—just as breathing oxygen is not the purpose of human life. It’s almost comical how we chase investors, running around as if we’re in a game of musical chairs.”
― Victoria Silchenko, Raise and Rise: Funding Sources for Your Startup in the Era of Digital Transformation & Blockchain

“Anyone who is paying attention can see that entrepreneurship is slowly vanishing, making way for mega-employers in our platform-oriented economy—where success is dictated by network effects and timely access to capital to fuel a never-ending acquisition spree. A process that current antitrust laws have failed to prevent entirely.”
― Victoria Silchenko, Raise and Rise: Funding Sources for Your Startup in the Era of Digital Transformation & Blockchain

“In our new economy, where tech behemoths rule, reality is being virtualized, and everything is on track to have a paired digital twin, how do we inspire new founders to become the human dynamos capable of driving meaningful innovation—rather than just churning out useless apps and digital toys or, worse, creating creepy technologies designed solely to intrude on and control our lives?
What will it take to return to the noble idea of "entrepreneurial capitalism"—the kind fueled by bold, go-getting minds like Henry Ford, Walt Disney, Nikola Tesla (an immigrant from Serbia), and Andrew Carnegie (an immigrant from Scotland)?”
― Victoria Silchenko, Raise and Rise: Funding Sources for Your Startup in the Era of Digital Transformation & Blockchain

“The overall data shows that more than twice the money flows into venture capital from LPs than comes back to them in a given year.
I wanted to hold onto something positive from this industry—after all, I’ve met a few brilliant people in it—but looking at the data, it’s hard, if not impossible.
In a Freudian sense, it's worth remembering that sometimes a cigar is just a cigar—not everything has a deeper psychological meaning.
VCs have made it look like magic, but the illusion disappears once you turn on the lights.
At its core, venture capital isn’t as much a unique asset class as it is a troubled one. The industry survives by injecting more and more capital each year, while leaving the majority of limited partners stuck at the losing end of a pay-your-bid auction.”
― Victoria Silchenko, Raise and Rise: Funding Sources for Your Startup in the Era of Digital Transformation & Blockchain