Andrew Yan Quotes
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In the start-up setting and in most companies, the output is action-oriented. You need to be getting things done and making decisions, often with limited information.
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In a professional service environment, you often work on one engagement or deal after another, with one ending before the next begins.
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If we create enough new companies, there will be additional opportunities for people at every rung of the educational ladder.
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Technology companies tend to operate in winner-take-all spaces and thus adopt a very high-commitment culture.
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All of us, and particularly young people, have a tendency to view ourselves and our natures as static: you'll choose to do something for a few years, and you'll still be the same you.
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All you need is self-driving cars to destabilize society.
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I wear a suit most days, in part because it's suitable for any type of meeting and in part because it takes the thought out of it.
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I grew up a skinny Asian kid who was often ignored or picked on. It stuck with me and branded my soul. As I grew up, I tried to stick up for whoever seemed excluded or marginalized.
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Most Americans agree that technology is going to eliminate many more jobs than it is going to create.
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A company can set off in one direction, figures out that it's not the right way to go, and then go in an entirely new direction. Over time, the product or service improves, and the company gets better at executing and delivering.
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If a company is growing, then people's roles often grow and change, and opportunities abound.
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Technology can create needs even as it addresses them.
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People can grow from adversity as much as they do from prosperity.
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Retail businesses have narrow margins. If you cut off a flow of young consumers, it's only a matter of time before the businesses struggle and fail.
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We need more women solving different problems, starting companies, and creating jobs to drive our economy and society forward.
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There is, happily, a non-redistributive approach to address income inequality - one that doesn't rely upon government. It's to grow the pie. That is, create more decent jobs that pay more.
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When I was growing up, I'd study for days trying to get good grades. When I'd get an 'A,' I'd feel elation for about 30 seconds, and then a feeling of emptiness.
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I try not to bring my phone to the gym - it's too tempting to play with it.
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For most students at universities around the country, studying entrepreneurship is a pleasant intellectual diversion, not a professional choice, path, or commitment.
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The problems that you see startups tackling are dramatically different in different cities. Silicon Valley is unlikely to produce the same set of companies as New York or Cleveland because the region has a different set of strengths and defining institutions.
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I sometimes compare starting a business to having a child. You have a moment of profound inspiration, followed by months of thankless hard work and waking up in the middle of the night.
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In most every business, you learn by doing. The apprenticeship model is much more effective than the classroom for cultivating entrepreneurs.
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If you're positioned to start your own organization, that's great - but rare.
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We're conditioned to let businesses fail, regardless of how much we like them. We believe that if the market doesn't want that bookstore to exist, then it shouldn't exist.