Big Ideas and Bigger Dreams! The mantra that entrepreneurs live by. Read these quotes and learn how to apply their lessons to your business and climb that elusive ladder to success.

1. 2016: Year of the Entrepreneurs
Big Ideas Bigger Dreams

2. Quotes from 45 top
entrepreneurs of 2016

3. Lauren Conrad
Co-founder of Little Market
"There is never just one thing that leads t
o success for anyone. I feel it always a co
mbination of passion, dedication, hard w
ork, and being in the right place at the rig
ht time."

4. Marcela Sapone
Cofounder of Hello Alfred
"Life is a second and everyday you wake u
p and you get one day to do something i
mportant."

5. Andrew Gertler
Cofounder and CEO of AG Artists
"Success is in the eyes of the beholder…
My simple definition is that success is wh
atever makes me and those around me h
appy. "

6. Xavier Dolan
Director and producer
"I think anything is possible to anyone wh
o dreams, dares, works and never gives u
p."

7. Jewel Burks
CEO and Cofounder of PartPic
“You are going to get knocked down all th
e time, so it’s incredibly important to be d
iligent and determined to persevere thro
ugh the hard times of entrepreneurship."

8. Tyler Haney
Founder and CEO at Outdoor Voices
"I think being young without experience
was helpful at the time because I'd ask to
be in people's offices all the time, and if I
had more experience I wouldn't have. But
that was the beauty about being a little b
it naïve — there weren't boundaries."

9. Vicente Fernandez
SportsManias Co-founder and COO
"If you're truly passionate about your bus
iness and you are persistent and flexible,
you can make it with your start-up."

10. JEROEN CAPPAERT
Spire Global (Co-
founder and Lead Engineer)
Do crazier stuff earlier. Take more
chances and go study, live or work abroad
earlier. Be creative, try a lot of different
things you think you might want to do
with your life, and fail early and a lot,
because this is the only way to figure out
what you really want to do.

11. VLAD TENEV
Robinhood (Co-founder and Co-CEO)
"It's our job as leaders to nurture those id
eas that are really powerful, to pour gas o
n them and watch them blossom into so
mething that actually gets shipped out int
o the product."

12. Ross McCray
VideoAmp Cofounder and CEO
“I have never done well following standar
ds and obsess in finding better ways to do
things. I thrive in highly competitive envi
ronments and love pushing myself out of
my comfort zone. ”

13. CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Scholly (Co-founder & CEO)
"When you’re an entrepreneur, you can
work eight months on a deal and it may n
ot go through. Markets change. Investors
change their minds. When that happens,
be resilient."

14. DAKIN SLOSS
Tachyus (Co-founder & CEO)
"One of the hardest parts about starting s
omething is being very firm in your big pi
cture vision, and being extremely adapta
ble to pretty much everything else."

15. AJEET SINGH
ThoughtSpot (Co-founder & CEO)
"The most important thing is to come up
with an idea that solves a big problem. Yo
ur solution has to be 10x to 100x better, c
ompared to what is out there. People alre
ady have an existing way of solving the sa
me problem."

16. JOSH BRUNO
Hometeam (Founder & CEO)
"I used to spend a lot of time with entrep
reneurs and companies and I recognized t
hat the strongest individuals and instituti
ons focused on their teams and on emplo
ying committed team members with low
egos and high drive. "

17. JORDAN MARON
AKA CAPTAINSPARKLEZ
XREAL (Co-founder)
"Do something you’re interested in;
otherwise it’s going to be ‘grindy’ and not
that fun. Make sure you’re adding some
sort of unique twist onto whatever you’re
doing, so you can catch the attention of
whoever might be stumbling by."

18. TIMOTHY HWANG
FiscalNote (Co-Founder, CFO and CEO)
“The motivation…is a willingness to make
a difference—
not just in the abstract sense, but actually
to make a tangible difference on humanit
y, whether that’s having some sort of inte
rest in politics or doing something in tech
nology.”

19. ANNIE LAWLESS
Suja Juice (Co-Founder)
Creator of Blawnde.com
"If you are building the courage to start y
our business, start with small steps. Regis
ter your domain name. Set up a coffee wi
th a mentor. Prototype your product with
a roll of duct tape! Whatever the step, co
mmit and complete."

20. IAN CROSBY
Bench (Co-Founder & CEO)
“There’s no such thing as boring industrie
s, only boring companies. More boring an
industry is, the more opportunity there is
for business.”

21. ANNA MACKENZIE
Cuckoo Bircher (Co-Founder)
"As an entrepreneur it’s crucial to be anal
ytical but there are some situations whic
h need to be let go, and moved on from."

22. KATERINA SCHNEIDER
Ritual (Founder & CEO)
"My advice on finding great team membe
rs is finding people that share your values
but have the skills & knowledge that you
feel like you are lacking yourself."

23. CHET KANOJIA
Starry (Founder and CEO)
"I am an engineer and because of that, I s
ee the world through a different lens tha
n most people. To me, engineering is the
art of the possible. You imagine somethin
g and then you try to create it. Hopefully,
along the way, you create something that
has a meaningful and positive impact on
people’s lives."

24. AMBER ATHERTON
My Flash Trash (Founder)
"Money gives you freedom. Time is the m
ost valuable thing in life and money buys
the ability to spend your time as you wish
. "

25. ANGELICA MALIN
About Time (Founder & Editor-in-Chief)
abouttimemagazine.co.uk
Web editorial needs to be engaging, short
and picture-
led. I’m often asked what my business pla
n is and I say ‘people like photos of cake’.
Although it’s a joke (kind of), I do genuine
ly believe there’s a power in the imagery f
or food and lifestyle websites. All the pho
tos on the site are professional and usuall
y ours.

26. BIANCA MILLER-COLE
The Be Group (Founder & CEO)
Bianca Miller London (CEO)
"I have learnt a lot in business about wha
t it takes to succeed -
the importance of having a vision, accept
ing feedback, the ability to negotiate, ho
w to turn no into yes, being determined a
nd so on. "

27. RACHEL MCCOUBRIE
LRM Goods (Founder & Co-Owner)
"Find your passion and let nothing stop y
ou. There will be times when you will feel
completely out of your comfort zone, but
embrace this and absorb all the new skill
s and experiences you can. Don't ever be
intimated by obstacles or challenges -
you will look back and realise they were
put in place for a reason. "

28. REBECCA WINCKWORTH
White & Green (Co-Founder)
"There will be mistakes and you might ev
en have to change fundamental parts of t
he business model, but it's impossible to
know this until you catapult your idea fro
m pen and paper to the real world."

29. JUSNAH GADI
Young Music Boss (Music Entrepreneur)
"If I had to give advice to anyone wanting
to start their own business I would say 'ju
st jump', you can spend the rest of your li
fe assessing risk, thinking the time is not r
ight but the reality is you need courage a
nd the audacity to believe in your capacit
y to be great."

30. PIPPA MURRAY
Pip & Nut (Founder)
"I've had to learn everything from the gro
und up and I've done this by surrounding
myself with the best mentors, investors, t
eam, suppliers and agencies who share th
eir knowledge and expertise to develop
my own and grow the brand.“

31. MORGAN DOWLER
Love Me And My Secret (Director)
"Starting your own business is always a di
fficult process and biting the bullet and ta
king your idea forward is the first huge hu
rdle. You will hit many road blocks that ne
ed to be assessed and overcome, but pas
sion will always increase your determinati
on."

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33. IFEYINWA FREDERICK
Chuku (Co-founder)
You don't need all the answers to begin.
Make a start in some way, and then beco
me a sponge. As you approach something
you're inexperienced in, soak up guidanc
e from all sources: read books, attend wo
rkshops, Google!

34. MARGOT RADICATI DI BROZOLO
YourMind (Founder)
“You can – and should –
start with a minimum viable product (MV
P) and invest as little as possible to test y
our concept. If it works, then you can inve
st more.”

35. PHOEBE GORMELY
Gormley & Gamble(Founder & Tailor-in-
Chief)
"This life, of 7-day weeks, 14-
hour days, it's not for everyone and it's n
ever going to be easy. It's not for the faint
-
hearted, and you absolutely have to back
yourself, and believe in yourself, or you ca
n't expect anyone else to do so."

36. ROSHNI ASSOMULL
Bella Kinesis(Co-Founder)
"Whatever your idea is, strip it down to
the basics and start from there. We really
believe that everything is achievable if
you take it in small steps."

37. LUCY COLEMAN
Postcards Home(Founder)
"I've learned that in the early years when
you're ploughing all your time into your b
usiness –
you have to love what you sell and really
believe in the people you work with. "

38. DANIEL GANDESHA
Property Partner(Founder & CEO)
"As the internet continues to expand into
our day-to-
day lives, there will be more and more op
portunities to challenge the status quo, a
nd empower people to do things more ea
sily and effectively."

39. DR. ALI PARSA
Babylon Health(Founder and CEO)
“In a way, and with the benefit of hindsig
ht, that difficulty of being pushed out fro
m a comfortable life into something that
was highly uncomfortable was perhaps d
esirable, because it gave me the ability to
stand on my own two feet.”

40. ANDREW STALBOW
Seriously(Founder & CEO)
"The biggest challenge was getting starte
d. You have to ignore the job offers, and p
eople telling you it’s too hard to raise mo
ney; that you won’t be able to cut throug
h, that marketing costs are too high and t
here’s too much competition."

41. LINA GADI
Shear & Shine Grooming (Co-
founder & Marketing Director)
"I strongly believe that we underestimate
just how much fear of failure can prevent
us from taking the risks necessary to achi
eve extraordinary things.“

42. LUCY CHOI
Lucy Choi London(Founder & Designer)
"You have to put your money where your
mouth is in business, throw everything yo
u’ve got at something, and overcome any
fears of failure. For me it’s all or nothing."

43. JOANNE THOMPSON
Cookoo (Co-founder)
"Be clear and passionate about the probl
em that you are solving. "

44. HAYLEY SMITH
FlowAid(Founder)
Boxed Out PR (Owner)
"Play to your strengths. Choose somethin
g that you have experience in and contact
s, and spend a good quality of time buildi
ng your network. They will be your net w
orth. "

45. JASMINE EILFIELD
ExpoCart (Co-founder)
"I've learned you have to be resilient –
you will get knock backs, but it's the pass
ion for what you're building and the team
around you that keeps you going and hel
ps you to jump over those hurdles.“

46. DANIELLE SCOTT-HAUGHTON
WONDERLONDON FILMS (Founder)
"Just have more patience, understand tha
t Rome wasn’t build in a day.Not run into
long term financial decisions with short t
erm understanding and trust my instincts.
They’re never wrong.
"

47. ARRAN RICE
WIZZED MEDIA FOUNDER
"Entrepreneurship is a massive talking poi
nt just now and there is more support out
there for businesses than ever before. If
you believe in your idea and have the driv
e and passion to make it success I think y
ou need to take that leap of faith. Taking r
isks is so important in business."

48. ANNA GARCIA
discoverMe(Founder)
Relationships Intensive (Founder)
" I know it was my fear of growth and letti
ng go of what didn’t serve me anymore t
hat was holding me back. And I also know
there will be many more of these times o
f growth but I now face them with a lot m
ore self love, self trust, faith & wisdom"