One of the biggest mistakes we made was trying to automate things that are super easy for a person to do, but super hard for a robot to do.
One of the biggest mistakes we made was trying to automate things that are super easy for a person to do, but super hard for a robot to do.

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Other Innovation Quotes :
- A business shines brightest when its people are working on problems bigger than themselves
- Being creative is a casual thing, being artist is a professional thing.
- Innovation is progress when it improves the human experience in the whole
- We believe constraints bring out creativity. When you raise like $800M, suddenly all that scrappiness… it’s easy to lose.
- If you must walk in someone’s shadow make sure it’s your own
- Innovation is an evolutionary process, so it’s not necessary to be radical all the time.
- If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.
- You cannot make omelets without breaking some eggs.
- I trust that you are aware that today’s success is tomorrow’s mediocrity. This means anything appealing today will be appalling tomorrow.
- It takes people from the outside to change things on the inside. Innovation happens from outsiders.
- Innovation is about moving forward. If you are not moving forward, you are moving backward. There is no standing still.
- Don’t be afraid to take big steps when one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.
- When you know the destination, the path is easy.
- The alluring, long-shot chance of a huge gain is the grease that lubricates the machine of innovation.
- Curiosity is crucial for innovation. We are all born curious, but only a small number of people remain curious for a lifetime.
- Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.
- It’s comfortable and easy to stick with the things we believe, but by doing so we’re also stifling our ability to be innovative.
- Employment deprives you of innovations
- Healthy debating enforces critical thinking principles – looking at things from the different angles, with increased perspective and less prejudgment.
- Innovators make the previously impossible possible.