Startup Quote

Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don't just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles. We've all worked with that person. That person is a drag.

The internet is not a friendly place. Things that don’t stay relevant don’t even get the luxury of leaving ruins. They disappear.

Don’t measure anything unless the data helps you make a better decision or change your actions.

The most impressive people I know spent their time with their head down getting shit done for a long, long time.

Every problem has a solution. You just have to be creative enough to find it.

Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

In my 20s I was thrashing around in the water, trying to keep my head above it. In my 30s, I realized it was only three feet deep and I stood up.

Startups don’t win by attacking. They win by transcending. There are exceptions of course, but usually the way to win is to race ahead, not to stop & fight.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

I don’t look at business as a zero-sum game. I don’t. I’ve never seen it play out that way in our industry, and I think you innovate and you add value, deliver value back to customers, and you get value back from the world.

Our industry does not respect tradition – it only respects innovation.

A top 1% Product Manager knows how to get 80% of the value out of any feature or project with 20% of the effort. They do so repeatedly, launching more and achieving compounding effects for the product or business.

It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

Fear is the disease. Hustle is the antidote.

Think of yourself as an insensitive, nitpicking, irritable fool to use the product.

A team aligned behind a vision will move mountains. Sell them on your roadmap and don’t compromise – care about the details, the fit and finish.

“Make something people want” includes making a company that people want to work for.