The document compiles various startup mantras and insights from notable experts in the field, emphasizing the importance of adaptability, market understanding, and team dynamics in building successful startups. Key takeaway messages include the notions that effective businesses require perseverance, that hope is not a strategy, and the necessity of investing in oneself. It serves as a motivational resource for entrepreneurs and investors alike.

1. Startup Mantras &
Expert Galleries

2. STARTUP EXPERTS
David CummingsBrad FeldDavid SkokEric RiesPaul Graham
Naval RavikantDave McClureSam AltmanAsh MauryaSteve Blank

3. Tai LopezJames AltucherRamit SethiLewis HowesBrian Clark
John Lee DumasGary VaynerchukPat FlynnTim FerrissSeth Godin
INSPIRING ENTREPRENEURS

4. ME :)YOUJason Van OrdenJeremy FrandsenDan Andrews
John Lee DumasGary VaynerchukDavid SitemanDerek HalpernAndrew Warner
INSPIRING ENTREPRENEURS

5. Fred WilsonTomasz TunguzFred DestinChristoph JanzChris Dixon
Ben HorowitzMark SusterReid HoffmanPeter ThielJohn Doerr
INSPIRING INVESTORS

6. Jason M. LemkinSteli EftiNeil PatelDharmesh ShahSean Ellis
MARKETING & SALES GURUS

7. — Steve Blank
Get out of
the building.
Startup Mantra

8. Startup Mantra
Build something
people want.
— Paul Graham

9. Brilliant thinking is
rare, but courage is
in even shorter
supply than genius.
— Peter Thiel
Startup Mantra

10. Every moment in
business happens
only once.
— Peter Thiel
Startup Mantra

11. Startup Mantra
Good startups
usually take 10
years.
— Sam Altman

12. Startup Mantra
Be LEAN:
— Build.
— Measure.
— Learn.
— Eric Ries

13. — David Cummings
Startup Mantra
Think about your
market as much as
your product.

14. — David Skok
Startup Mantra
Hope is not a
strategy.

15. — Brad Feld
Startup Mantra
Attitude impacts
outcome.

16. Master the pirate
metrics: AARRR!
— Dave McClure
Startup Mantra

17. — Ash Maurya
Startup Mantra
Bootstrapping +
Lean Startup = Low
Burn Startup

18. People are
looking to have
more meaning in
their lives. — John Doerr
Startup Mantra

19. Silicon Valley is a
mindset, not a
location.
— Reid Hoffman
Startup Mantra

20. — Fred Wilson
Startup Mantra
Markets come
and go. Good
businesses don't.

21. — Mark Suster
Startup Mantra
Individuals don't
build great
companies, teams
do.

22. As a Startup CEO I
slept like a baby. I
woke up every two
hours and cried.
— Ben Horowitz
Startup Mantra

23. Not getting rejected
daily means your
goals aren’t
ambitious enough.
— Chris Dixon
Startup Mantra

24. A good VC is
humble and
doesn’t try to run
the show.
— Christoph Janz
Startup Mantra

25. — Fred Destin
Startup Mantra
Raise as much
money as you can
but don’t spend it.

26. Very few startups
survive one major
business model
evolution.
— Tomasz Tunguz
Startup Mantra

27. Investing in
Yourself: Mind,
Body, Spirit.
— Jason Ball
Startup Mantra