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Venture Hacks Tweets: Kleiner edition

April 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The latest great quotes from the VH Twitter feed: twitter.com/venturehacks (RSS):
Kleiner Perkins
“Entrepreneurs do more than anyone thinks possible, with less than anyone thinks possible.” – John Doerr
“If the reason you’re taking on a mission is for the money you’ll make, I believe you’ll fail.” – John Doerr
“Where most entrepreneurs fail is on the things they [...]

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Missionaries, not mercenaries

April 1st, 2008 · 5 Comments

This is a great slide from John Doerr’s talk at Stanford:

It’s a little hard to read but it’s worth a squint. Or just watch this 4 minute video where he lays it out:

Video: John Doerr on Mercenaries and Missionaries.

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