To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable.
To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable.

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Other Entrepreneurship :
- The vision for Echo and Alexa was inspired by the Star Trek computer
- When you stay in your comfort zone, you are not learning.
- The way to screw up somebody’s life is to give them what they want.
- You can truly have it all, just not all at the same time.
- People who don’t venture will keep working for the people who ventured.
- The most important single thing is to focus obsessively on the customer. Our goal is to be earth’s most customer-centric company.
- Entrepreneurship means that you are the founder, CEO, designer, developer, vendor, human resources, trainer, planner, executor and hustler
- In the broadest context, the goal is to seek enlightenment however you define it.
- Life is too short for long-term grudges.
- True friends don’t come with conditions.
- Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.
- Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today.
- If we can keep our competitors focused on us while we stay focused on the customer, ultimately we’ll turn out all right.
- Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.
- Vision is oxygen for companies.
- Your brand story’s happily ever after involves open wallets.
- There are a lot of paths to satisfaction and you need to find one that works for you.
- Companies are rarely criticized for the things that they failed to try. But they are, many times, criticized for things they tried and failed at.
- Urgency makes the difference between practitioners, proclaimers and procrastinators.
- Entrepreneur, if you’re going to start up, make sure you start up with excellence in mind