Quotes about "Innovation & Entrepreneurship"

Innovation is all about people. Innovation thrives when the population is diverse, accepting and willing to cooperate. ”

Business executives need to start by spelling out and communicating their values. Then they need to lead by example. This means getting rid of the bad apples and declining opportunities that bring instant wealth at the cost of selling one's soul. ”

Building a company isn't that different from climbing a big mountain. You need people helping you traverse treacherous paths and to lift you up when you fall. ”

After my health suffered due to the stress of running my second company, I had to switch careers. But I still didn't want to go back to the corporate world. So I became an academic. ”

Ask any venture capitalist, and they will tell you that they consider the experience and completeness of the founding team to be a more important factor in their investment decision than the technology that is being built. ”

A key ingredient in innovation is the ability to challenge authority and break rules. ”

Most business schools are geared toward churning out investment bankers and management consultants. ”

I have no doubt that my M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business was one of the best investments I ever made. It helped me climb the corporate ladder and become an entrepreneur. ”

Big companies such as Google and Facebook buy startups at ridiculously high prices - not for their products, but for their people. ”

You have to live in Silicon Valley and hear the horror stories. You go and hang out at the cafes, and you meet entrepreneur after entrepreneur who's struggling, basically - who's had a visa problem who wants to start a company, but they can't start companies. ”