45 inspirational young entrepreneur quotes (2025)

45 young entrepreneur quotes to motivate you

1. Everything started as nothing. – Ben Weissenstein, Grand Slam Garage Sales
2. I suffer from the delusion that every product of my imagination is not only possible but always on the cusp of becoming real. – Sean Parker, Napster
3. People tend to think that in order to start a new business they have to come up with something new and dazzling, but that’s a myth – and it’s often propagated by venture capitalists.– Gurbaksh Chahal, RadiumOne
4. I think I was very naïve early on, but that also meant I didn’t know what couldn’t be done. – Matt Mickiewicz, 99 Designs
5. There’s no committee that says, ‘This is the type of person who can change the world – and you can’t.’ Realizing that anyone can do it is the first step. The next step is figuring out how you’re going to do it. – Adora Svitak, Flying Fingers
6. If you start with nothing and end up with nothing, there’s nothing lost.– Michael Dunlop, Income Diary
7. Don’t make decisions based on fear. – Jake Nickell, Threadless
8. The hardest part about being an entrepreneur is that you’ll fail ten times for every success. – Adam Horwitz, Mobile Monopoly
9. I think not focusing on money makes you sane because in the long run, it can probably drive you crazy. – Kevin Systrom, Instagram
10. To be successful online, you have to be nimble and evolve where the opportunities are. You have to layer revenue streams. – Angelo Sotiro, DeviantART
11. The companies that I really admire the most are the ones that have a deep visceral understanding of why people use their service, and they figure out ways of making money that are completely consistent with how people are feeling and what they are doing at the time. – Ben Silbermann, Pinterest
12. Every single person I know who is successful at what they do is successful because they love doing it. – Joe Penna, Mystery Guitar Man
13. Find something you love and do it better than everyone else. – Gurbaksh Chahal, RadiumOne
14. If you make the Internet, live on the internet. – Matthew Mullenweg, WordPress
15. Building and hanging on to an audience is the biggest role of social media.– Matthew Inman, The Oatmeal
16. The pace of change for entrepreneurs is rapidly accelerating, and the cost and risk of launching a new business and getting off the ground is just amazing. The ability to gain user feedback really quickly and adapt to what your consumers want is totally different from the web as it is now. But finding a new market, helping people, and taking that original idea and turning it into a business is really exciting right now.– Matt Mickiewicz, 99 Designs
17. The transition strategies are more important than understanding what the outcome state will be.– Sean Parker, Napster
18. Success comes down to hard work plus passion, over time. If you work really, really hard over a long period of time, it will pay off. – Stanley Tang, eMillions
19. It’s not about ideas. It’s about making ideas happen. – Scott Belsky
20. Make your product easier to buy than your competition, or you will find your customers buying from them, not you. – Mark Cuban
21. Being young means you have time to experiment, fail, and succeed. Use it wisely. – Unknown
22. Your twenties are for learning, your thirties for building. Start small, but dream big. – Unknown
23. Age is just a number; vision and perseverance define true entrepreneurs. – Unknown
24. Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. – Mark Twain
25. I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.  – Michael Jordan, NBA legendary basketball MVP
26. Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.  – Drew Houston, Dropbox co-founder and CEO
27. People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. – Zig Ziglar
28. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
29. 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
30. If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.  – Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn co-founder and venture capitalist
31. Any time is a good time to start a company.  – Ron Conway, noted start-up investor, and founder of SV Angel
32. What do you need to start a business? Three simple things: know your product better than anyone, know your customer, and have a burning desire to succeed. – Dave Thomas, Founder, Wendy’s+
33. Chase the vision, not the money; the money will end up following you.  – Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO
34. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and often that step is the start of your own business. – Lao Tzu
35. The entrepreneur’s path is not a sprint, but a marathon full of hurdles and victories. – Alan Wick
36. Entrepreneurship isn’t just about building a business, it’s about building a legacy. – Christopher Michael Duncan
37. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now, especially for young entrepreneurs. – Chinese proverb
38. Success doesn’t come from what you do occasionally, it comes from what you do consistently and passionately. – Marie Forleo
39. The most successful entrepreneurs are those who question the status quo and dare to change the world. – Anonymous
40. Remember, the most extraordinary businesses often come from ordinary beginnings. – Michael E. Gerber
41. Entrepreneurship is the art of turning a dream into a business and a business into a legacy. – Anonymous
42. Dreamers envision the future, entrepreneurs build it. – DeMario McIlwain
43. To be young and entrepreneurial is to be brave enough to fail and wise enough to learn from it. – Kirk Douglas
44. Innovation isn’t just about creating new products; it’s about discovering new ways to solve old problems. – Anonymous
45. Remember, the most powerful asset you have on your entrepreneurial journey is your business mindset.– Robert T. Kiyosaki

Conclusion

Remember, starting your own business is a journey. It might not always be easy, but if you stay focused on your goals and keep pushing forward, you can totally make it happen. So, go for it, chase your dreams, and make them a reality.