Ben Chestnut Quotes

United States, Entrepreneur
1974

Ben Chestnut (born 1973/1974) is an American billionaire Internet entrepreneur. He is the CEO and co-founder (with Dan Kurzius) of MailChimp, an email marketing company.

Don't worry about big ideas, keep making stuff. Build little things, build prototypes, make sketches.

Ben Chestnut
- Ideas
- Build
- Don't Worry
I kind of like "love what you do" better. Wherever you are just be good at it, embrace it, love it. Eventually success will find you.

Ben Chestnut
- Love
- Success
- Better

Humans want to create lots of cool stuff, then they want to see other people using that stuff. A lot.

Ben Chestnut
- Humans
- Stuff
- Create
If you say interesting stuff on twitter, people will follow you there. I think Jim Caruso, from MediaFirst, does this well. He’s been at every single technology event I’ve ever attended in Atlanta for the last 10 years. He knows what’s going on. He’s a technology geek at heart... And he’s on twitter, tweeting about local startups, global technology news, and of course, his own clients. I follow him on twitter.

Ben Chestnut
Instead of focusing on the work, you focus on the entropy and the chaos and you get a byproduct.

Ben Chestnut
- Chaos
- Focusing
- Entropy
Love what you do!

Ben Chestnut
- Love
- Doing
People want what’s best for them, and they can switch on a dime, because there’s always a new disruptor disrupting the last disruptor. So companies should just strive to keep changing and adapting to their customers’ needs.

Ben Chestnut
I think you just have to work hard for about 10 years before you know what you’re doing.

Ben Chestnut
- I Think
- Work Hard

Fearlessness begets happiness, which begets creativity, which begets innovation, which begets profits.

Ben Chestnut
If you have something interesting to say, send an e-mail. Otherwise don't send anything. It's really that simple.

Ben Chestnut