Mark Suster Quotes

#1. If you can't get an intro to a VC, hang up your cleats now. You're done, GAME OVER

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#2. I usually tell people that everything I learned about being an entrepreneur I learned by f'ing up at my first company.

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#3. Good entrepreneurs have a chip on their shoulders. They are out to prove something.

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#4. I want the definition of startup back. To be used by anybody who is willing to take the risk to quit their corporate job and go out and try and build an innovative, disruptive, tech-enabled business that tries to change the way things work in the world.

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#5. Persistence, persistence, persistence. I'm surprised how few entrepreneurs follow up.

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#6. Individuals don't build great companies, teams do.

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#7. In a strong wind, even turkeys can fly.

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#8. Entrepreneurs make fast decisions and move forward knowing that at best 70% of their decisions are going to be right. They move the ball forward every day. They are quick to spot their mistakes and correct.

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#9. Being an entrepreneur is sexy ... for those who haven't done it. In reality it's gritty, tough work where you will be filled with self doubt. Entrepreneurs are survivors.

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#10. The exception does not prove the rule.

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