Entrepreneur Advice Quotes

#1. Knowing whose advice to take and on what topic is the single most important decision an entrepreneur can make.

Vinod Khosla

#2. Whatever you do, be different - that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can't think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you're different, you will stand out.

Anita Roddick

#3. The more businesses you have, the less work you do.

Ehab Atalla

#4. People ask me all the time, 'How can I become a successful entrepreneur?' And I have to be honest: It's one of my least favorite questions, because if you're waiting for someone else's advice to become an entrepreneur, chances are you're not one.

Michael Dell

#5. My advice for an entrepreneur just starting out is to differentiate yourself. Why are you different? What's important about you? Why does the customer need you?

Sara Blakely

#6. Money is always eager and ready to work for anyone who is ready to employ it.

Idowu Koyenikan

#7. If I had one piece of advice to tell an entrepreneur, I always say, 'You have to have emotional investment in what you're working on.' That's what we lacked at Odeo.

Biz Stone

#8. We were young, but we had good advice and good ideas and lots of enthusiasm.

Bill Gates

#9. Social Media Strategy isn't rocket science...but it might as well be if you don't know what you're doing.

Sherree Mongrain

#10. Seeking an acquisition from the start is more than just bad advice for an entrepreneur. For the entrepreneur it leads to short term tactical decisions rather than company-building decisions and in my view often reduces the probability of success.

Vinod Khosla

#11. My advice is never let a publicist call you a 'visionary.' I've hung out with the visionaries at the famed Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. I've been a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur. I wouldn't touch 'visionary' with a 10-foot pole.

Robert Metcalfe

#12. I am excited to join the Workday Board at an exciting time in the company's growth and look forward to leveraging my past experience as a technologist and entrepreneur to provide advice as they continue to look at new areas of growth.

Jerry Yang