Marc Andreessen on Passion Quotes

"You have to be passionate about the process, not just the result."

"Career planning is about managing risk. Blindly following passion is the highest risk strategy there is."

"The most dangerous thing is a passionate person with a wrong idea and a lot of capital."

"Passion is a byproduct of mastery. As you get better at something difficult, you become more passionate about it."

"We look for 'courageous' founders. Passion is easy; courage in the face of near-certain failure is what matters."

"If you aren't passionate about your work, you are competing against someone who is, and they will beat you."

"The intersection of what you are good at and what the world needs is where passion actually becomes useful."

"I am passionate about progress. Stagnation is the enemy of the human spirit."

"Product-market fit is the only thing that matters. Passion is just the fuel to get you to that destination."

"Don't just be passionate about the idea; be passionate about the customer."

"The passion of the builder is the most powerful force in the universe."

"Being a founder is a miserable job most of the time. You need a deep, underlying passion just to survive the pain."

"Passion is what keeps you going when everyone else tells you that you are wrong."

"In a startup, passion without a market is just a hallucination."

"The people who change the world are the ones who are too passionate to give up when things get boring."

"Market matters most. You can have the most passionate team in the world, but if the market doesn't exist, you will fail."

"A passionate team with a bad product will eventually find a good product. A dispassionate team will just fail."

"We don't invest in passion; we invest in the combination of passion and the ability to execute."

"When you find something that you are willing to work on for ten years without a payoff, that is real passion."

"The most successful founders have a 'burning' need to solve a specific problem, which is a much more durable form of passion."

"Innovation is a passionate struggle against the status quo."

"The passion for creating something new is the primary driver of the American economy."

"Software is eating the world. You should be passionate about being part of the industry that is redefining the future."

"The myth of the 'passionate' founder is often used to mask the reality of brutal, grinding hard work."

"Passion is the difference between a job and a calling."

"True passion in entrepreneurship looks like obsession. It's the inability to think about anything else."

"The world is full of people who are passionate about things they aren't willing to work for."

"The best way to find your passion is to try a lot of things and see what sticks to you."

"Don't follow your passion. Of all the toxic advice given to young people, 'follow your passion' is the most damaging."

"Passion is the energy that allows you to work 80 hours a week without feeling like a victim."

"If you are passionate about something that no one wants to pay for, you have a hobby, not a career."

"You should be passionate about the truth, even when the truth contradicts your business plan."

"Your passion is often something you are already good at, but the world may not need it. Focus instead on where you can contribute."