“Always look for the fool in the deal. If you don’t find one, it’s you.” - Mark Cuban
“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.” - Jack Dorsey, Twitter
“But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.” - Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Work Week
“Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.” - Mark Pincus, Zynga
“Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.” - Biz Stone, Twitter
"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me." - Steve Jobs, Apple
“If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large.” - Jeff Bezos, Amazon
“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.” - Drew Houston, Dropbox
“We are currently not planning on conquering the world.” - Sergey Brin, Google
“Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.” - Michael Arrington, TechCrunch
“Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.” - Guy Kawasaki, Apple
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Showing posts with label quotations. Show all posts
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Saturday, September 28, 2013
Famous Quotations of Startup King Timothy Ferriss
The following are famous quotes of Timothy Ferriss, author of 4 Hour Workweek, 4 Hour Body, and 4 Hour Chef, and founder and investor in many startups:
“The fishing is best where the fewest go.”
"Blaming idiots for interruptions is like blaming clowns for scaring children - they can't help it. It's their nature."
"Life doesn't have to be so damn hard."
"Different is better when it is more effective or more fun."
"The collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.”
"For all the most important things, the timing always sucks."
"Eliminate before you delegate."
"I never watch the news."
"It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box."
"Recapturing the excitement of childhood isn't impossible. In fact, it's required."
“The fishing is best where the fewest go.”
"Blaming idiots for interruptions is like blaming clowns for scaring children - they can't help it. It's their nature."
"Life doesn't have to be so damn hard."
"Different is better when it is more effective or more fun."
"The collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.”
"For all the most important things, the timing always sucks."
"Eliminate before you delegate."
"I never watch the news."
"It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box."
"Recapturing the excitement of childhood isn't impossible. In fact, it's required."
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