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Interest in the Founders has risen and fallen over time, as has admiration for them and their accomplishments. H. W. Brands

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I see the government operating the way the founders intended. James Comey

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Every time a twenty-something CEO turns down a multibillion-dollar offer for a company that has little or no revenues, it hits a raw nerve in me. Unlike most professionals, I am not shocked by the seemingly bizarre behavior of those founders who pursue their vision beyond all rational thought or monetary reward. Jay Samit

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For all founders, going public is a momentous milestone that has to be experienced to be fully understood. It is the culmination of years of hard work and personal sacrifice. Jay Samit

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From the very first inkling of a concept, founders need to gather a target group of five to ten potential users to begin the feedback loop. We all think we know how the market will react to new ideas, but actual users live with the pros and cons of the existing market conditions every day. They are the market experts. Jay Samit

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The Curbside founders are successful entrepreneurs, who each have sold their companies to Apple. Jerry Yang

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I believe the two biggest mistakes made by the Founders were giving Federal judges life-time appointments and permitting them to be confirmed without the agreement of two-thirds of the members of the United States Senate. John Jay Hooker

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The rich and the well-born, according to the Federalist Papers, was greatly feared by the founders. John Jay Hooker

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As one of the founders of Three 6 Mafia, I would like to see the group get back together, you know. But I am definitely thinking about it and would like to see it happen. Juicy J

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It's important for founders to think about how they would build their company from scratch - again. Julia Hartz

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Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders. Karen Armstrong

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Conservatives are the heirs to the Founders' vision. But we have to act like it. Ken Cuccinelli

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We need to have more women founders stepping up to kind of own their own story and ask for what they want and tell success stories and start really building confidence that these stories are out there. Kirsten Green

When I was about 6, my cousin was very active in a Filipino repertory company, doing musicals and plays. Her aunt was one of the founders of the company, and she told my mom that there were these auditions for 'The King and I,' and that they needed kids. I auditioned, got in and the love affair started from there and just kept going. Lea Salonga

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What we believe at Founders Fund is that technology is a way to help everybody on the planet. Luke Nosek

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The Second Amendment reflects the brilliance of our founders, who knew that no right is guaranteed unless we are willing to fight for it, and I remain committed to fighting for the rights of lawful gun owners as the senator for Alabama. Luther Strange

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For a lot of people, one of the reasons they don't like to work for founders of startups is that they can be sensitive and protective around what they've built. You have an emotional attachment to the early marketing and technology materials, and you don't want to hear that anything's wrong with them. Lynn Jurich

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Twitter is not a business. I know its founders would like to think it is. It is, for the most part, a diversion. Mark McKinnon

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When the founders retire, it's always difficult for the second generation and third generation. Masayoshi Son

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That first company I started made a lot of money for the venture capitalists - nearly $30 million - but next to nothing for the founders. The companies I started after that varied between failures and mediocre successes. But at no point did I ever consider getting a 'real job.' That felt like a black and white world, and I wanted Technicolor. Michael Arrington

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People assume that the executive branch has more power than it actually has. Only the legislative branch can create the laws; the executive branch cannot create the laws. So, if the executive branch tries to create a branch one side or the other... you go back to the founders of the nation. They set up a system that ensures that it doesn't happen. Michael Dell

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There's nothing more invigorating than being deeply involved with a small company and a young team of founders out to do something incredibly special. Michael Moritz

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