Most large organizations embrace the idea of invention but are not willing to suffer the string of failed experiments necessary to get there.
Most large organizations embrace the idea of invention but are not willing to suffer the string of failed experiments necessary to get there.

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Other Entrepreneurship :
- I wanted a woman who could get me out of a Third World prison. Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.
- A problem is opportunity shouting at you!
- If you decide that you’re going to do only the things you know are going to work, you’re going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table.
- Every day is day 1
- Problems are just businesses waiting for the right entrepreneur to unlock the value.
- Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are.
- I’d rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person.
- I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure which is, Try to please everybody.
- You can say anything to anyone, but how you say it will determine how they will react.
- Value your values by demonstrating your values.
- Without vision, there is no victory.
- Knowledge without action is meaningless.
- Sell the results, not the nuts and bolts.
- Those who don’t jump will never fly.
- We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent.
- Get closer than ever to your customers. So close that you tell them what they need well before they realize it themselves.
- Today it is cheaper to start a business than tomorrow.
- Thinking big is a skill all entrepreneurs should be focused on cultivating.
- Strategize yearly, plan quarterly, examine monthly, reflect weekly, act daily, and live #intentionally.
- There is no try. There is only do.