Startup Quote

Wisdom about making things.

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Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don't just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles. We've all worked with that person. That person is a drag.

- Tina Fey

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The internet is not a friendly place. Things that don’t stay relevant don’t even get the luxury of leaving ruins. They disappear.

- Arjun Sethi

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Don’t measure anything unless the data helps you make a better decision or change your actions.

- Seth Godin

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The most impressive people I know spent their time with their head down getting shit done for a long, long time.

- Sam Altman

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Every problem has a solution. You just have to be creative enough to find it.

- Travis Kalanick

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Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

- Elon Musk

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In my 20s I was thrashing around in the water, trying to keep my head above it. In my 30s, I realized it was only three feet deep and I stood up.

- Leslie Bradshaw

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Startups don’t win by attacking. They win by transcending. There are exceptions of course, but usually the way to win is to race ahead, not to stop & fight.

- Paul Graham

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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

- Mark Twain

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I don’t look at business as a zero-sum game. I don’t. I’ve never seen it play out that way in our industry, and I think you innovate and you add value, deliver value back to customers, and you get value back from the world.

- Marc Benioff

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Our industry does not respect tradition – it only respects innovation.

- Satya Nadella

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A top 1% Product Manager knows how to get 80% of the value out of any feature or project with 20% of the effort. They do so repeatedly, launching more and achieving compounding effects for the product or business.

- Ian McAllister

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It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

- Charles Darwin

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Fear is the disease. Hustle is the antidote.

- Travis Kalanick

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Think of yourself as an insensitive, nitpicking, irritable fool to use the product.

- Pony Ma

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A team aligned behind a vision will move mountains. Sell them on your roadmap and don’t compromise – care about the details, the fit and finish.

- Kevin Rose

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“Make something people want” includes making a company that people want to work for.

- Sahil Lavingia