Founded in 1994 by the Anita Borg Institute and growing every year, the Grace Hopper Celebration is bringing needed network connections, skill building, and visibility for women computer scientists who work at all levels of our industry. Megan Smith anitaborgbring share on social
Founded in August 2003, MySpace would go on to be the most-visited social networking site in the world from 2005 until early 2008. David Sze augustearlyfound Change image and share on social
Founded when Abraham Lincoln believed education could lead the nation out of its darkest days, Ohio State now provides a powerful platform of interdisciplinary academic programs, world-class scholars, outstanding students, and extensive research capabilities. Gordon Gee abrahamacademicbelieve share on social
Founders go wrong when they start to believe their business plan will materialize as written. I advise entrepreneurs to burn their business plan - it's simply too dangerous to the health of your business. Alexander Osterwalder adviseburnbusiness share on social
Founders need sizable egos to believe that what they are creating is good enough to change the world. What makes for great co-founders is having those egos focused on complementary, not competing, skills. Jay Samit changecompetecomplementary share on social
Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn't smooth. You'll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don't believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don't give up. Mark Zuckerberg companydecisioneasy share on social
Founding a successful startup is no different than forming a rock band. Jay Samit bandformfound Change image and share on social
'Fountain of youth' is actually kind of ambiguous - does it mean a way to make everyone healthy and let them live indefinitely? Or are we talking about something that would reset you physically to the way you were in your youth, which for various reasons not all of us would be enthused about? Ann Leckie ambiguousenthusefountain share on social
Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still. Calvin Coolidge disappearfifthsit Change image and share on social
Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping. John Steinbeck blastfoothair Change image and share on social