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"Magic markets don’t appear all the time, so you take advantage of them"

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:30:22 -0800

“Magic markets don’t appear all the time, so you take advantage of them”

- Marc Andreesen on the Charlie Rose Show

"Great thing about red lights, you know they will turn green."

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:35:54 -0800

“Great thing about red lights, you know they will turn green.”

- Ravi Sohal

"We create silence as much as we create sound."

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:28:58 -0800

“We create silence as much as we create sound.”

- Woody Norris, inventor of hypersonic sound.

"Don’t bother with bees. The honey is in the pot."

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:09:00 -0800

“Don’t bother with bees. The honey is in the pot.”

- If Winnie the Pooh could talk to start ups.

"To buy a guitar is to open possibilities. To buy Guitar Hero is to close them."

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:57:00 -0800

“To buy a guitar is to open possibilities. To buy Guitar Hero is to close them.”

- Nick Carr, Rough Type

Photo: Start ups, learn to walk on rocks. Inspired by Lowering...

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:08:00 -0800

Photo: Start ups, learn to walk on rocks.

Inspired by Lowering the Water Level by Venture Hacks

"A start up’s path of least resistance is to go to zero. Zero customers, zero cash, zero hope."

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:37:00 -0800

“A start up’s path of least resistance is to go to zero. Zero customers, zero cash, zero hope.”

- Ravi Sohal

"Successful entrepreneurs hate risk, because the founding of the enterprise is already so risky."

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:05:24 -0800

“Successful entrepreneurs hate risk, because the founding of the enterprise is already so risky.”

- Jeff Bezos, Amazon

Photo: Seeing black swans.

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:50:00 -0800

Photo: Seeing black swans.

Photo: Start up, your engines.

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:59:00 -0800

Photo: Start up, your engines.

"It almost never hurts to talk less."

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:20:00 -0800

“It almost never hurts to talk less.”

- G. Richard Shell, Wharton

Happy New Year

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:41:00 -0800

Celebrate all of your successes in 2009, big or small.

"Listen to your customers, listen to your employees, do what they tell you to do."

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:56:00 -0800

“Listen to your customers, listen to your employees, do what they tell you to do.”

- John Sall, Cofounder SAS

About my photo posts

Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:43:00 -0800

I’ve started posting photos. Some will be overlaid with quotes — most will be my “notes” on the start up experience. Whenever I can, I’ll link the photo to the source and if I use someone else’s quote, I’ll source that too.

Photo: Innovation and the burden of proof.

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:57:00 -0800

Photo: Innovation and the burden of proof.

"Wherever the VC industry is going, you should go in the opposite direction."

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:10:00 -0800

“Wherever the VC industry is going, you should go in the opposite direction.”

- David Travers, Rustic Canyon Ventures

"I am now taking the first step for the next fifty years of my company"

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:34:00 -0800

“I am now taking the first step for the next fifty years of my company”

- Akio Morita, Sony Corporation, 1955

Photo: Founders, read wisely.

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:10:00 -0800

Photo: Founders, read wisely.

"Getting your ducks in a row is not nearly as powerful as actually doing something with your duck."

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:00:00 -0800

“Getting your ducks in a row is not nearly as powerful as actually doing something with your duck.”

- Seth Godin, Author, Blogger

"If you want to make sure that the dream comes true, you have to share it with as many people as..."

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:57:00 -0800

“If you want to make sure that the dream comes true, you have to share it with as many people as possible.”

- Christine Lagarde, Finance Minister, France