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" There is a common and persistent belief out there that entrepreneurship is about creativity - that it's about having a great idea. But it's not, really. Entrepreneurship isn't about creativity. It's about organization-building - which, in turn, is about people. "

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" I meet young people all the time who say something like, 'I want to work in venture capital.' And I can see why. Who wouldn't want to be smart, well-paid, dispense large sums of money, and tell people what to do? "

Andrew Yang

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" The reason Donald Trump was elected was that we automated away four million manufacturing jobs in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. If you look at the voter data, it shows that the higher the level of concentration of manufacturing robots in a district, the more that district voted for Trump. "

" The vast majority of small business owners want nothing to do with figuring out a website. They are neck-deep in their business trying to keep it going. "

" If we create enough new companies, there will be additional opportunities for people at every rung of the educational ladder. "

" Before Starbucks, there wasn't as much of a coffeehouse routine; we generally drank really cruddy diner coffee. "

" Overnight successes are generally years in the making. And most progress is made in isolation, far from the public eye. "

" The professors at Harvard are smarter and more world-renowned, and so your child will learn from a pre-eminent scholar who is a leader in his or her field. Some of Harvard's professors are even famous. "

" Just about any growth company is going to need smart salespeople, account and project managers, business development, marketing, operations, customer service, content creation, communications, analytics, and social media. "

" The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is push my dog off of me. He likes to sleep on top of me. I think it's because I'm warm and breathing. "

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" I'm a capitalist, and I believe that universal basic income is necessary for capitalism to continue. "

" The best policymakers know that in start-ups, as in politics, not everything works out exactly as planned. "

" Most Americans agree that technology is going to eliminate many more jobs than it is going to create. "

Andrew Yang

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" Millennials get a bad rap sometimes about their grit and perseverance. "

" Unfortunately, hardworking, academically gifted young people are kind of lazy when it comes to determining direction. "

" It's easy to see how non-profits become engrossed in catering to donors, which may or may not be the best thing at all times, while if a company is ultra-engaged with its customers, it's universally positive and helpful. "

" If I need a pick-me-up, I pull up a memo file on my phone and type in three things I'm grateful for. The things I've typed on other days are still there. It's a long list. Always helps. "

" One reason why entrepreneurs are admired is that they often take on a degree of risk in launching a new business. "

" Organizations relying upon young, idealistic, and mission-driven people to work at below-market compensation over the long-term will burn them out and find the best people leaving over time. "

" Income taxes are very poor at generating income from automation because the gains are realized by technology companies that are experts at not paying taxes. "

" Silicon Valley is like Wall Street in that it will fill and pursue market opportunities to their logical extremes. "

" Online education and technology are doubtless going to change how we learn in the years ahead. Remote learning is inexpensive and brings down the cost of near-universal access. "

" Mistakes are acceptable if they're the result of moving forward. "

" 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. "

" All you need is self-driving cars to destabilize society. "