We’ve been using our Twitter feed more and more often to share great quotes, brief thoughts, and links. That’s the place to go if you desperately need more Venture Hacks in your life. You can also subscribe via RSS and email (no more than one email a day). Here are some of our latest and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Quotes'
FBI Negotiator: "If they’re talking to you, you have leverage"
October 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Quotes
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Paul Graham: "Look in the mirror"
October 17th, 2008 · Comments Off · Downturn, Founders, Quotes
“If you want to improve your chances, you should think far more about who you can recruit as a cofounder than the state of the economy. And if you’re worried about threats to the survival of your company, don’t look for them in the news. Look in the mirror.” – Paul Graham
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Eric Ries: "In a startup, both the problem and solution are unknown"
October 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Quotes
Here are the latest great quotes from our Twitter feed (RSS): “It is an odd reflection on the priorities of our society that we value finance over technological innovation.” – Peter Thiel Eric Ries “At IMVU, we opened up our board meetings to the whole company.” – Eric Ries “Every startup has a chance to [...]
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"Delay decisions until the last responsible moment"
September 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Quotes
Venture Hacks is back from a long and boring summer vacation. It’s good to be back. Let’s get into the blogging groove with the latest quotes from our Twitter feed (RSS): “I believe that the biggest advantage a startup has over a big competitor is intellectual honesty.” – Mike Speiser “How often do you hear [...]
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Randy Komisar on the Rocket Ship investment model
June 24th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Books, Customer Development, Quotes
I’m reading Randy Komisar‘s book, The Monk and the Riddle. He wrote it before he became a partner at Kleiner Perkins and I like his description of the Rocket Ship model of investing (emphasis added): “Over the last several years… a new investment model has taken hold. Fill each startup with rocket fuel as fast [...]
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Kent Beck: "If you’re having trouble succeeding, fail"
June 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Quotes
Here are the latest great quotes from our twitter feed (rss): “Just about everything has a strike against it. It’s either already been done or it’s never been done.” – Seth Godin “Silicon Valley is a place where ‘it’s never been done before’ is a compliment.” – Naval Ravikant “You can’t build to sell. If [...]
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Venture Hacks: "Competitors copy success, not ideas"
April 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Quotes
We usually quote other people’s genius in our Twitter feed but, once in a while, we throw in a tweet of our own. Here are a few of the popular ones: You don’t need permission to start a company. From investors, co-founders, or anyone else. Trying to recruit while you’re in “stealth mode” is like [...]
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Vinod Khosla: "How would you compete against yourself?"
April 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Quotes
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 [...]
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Mark Cuban: "Most businesses don’t need more cash, they need more brains"
February 26th, 2008 · Comments Off · Quotes
The latest great quotes from the Venture Hacks Twitter feed: twitter.com/venturehacks (RSS): Boards “Don’t let conflicts get in the way of selecting the ideal board member.” – Fred Wilson “Avoid ‘big names.’ For the most part, they are useless.” – Fred Wilson “I was on the Spectra board and I think I nearly drove… the [...]
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T-Shirts for VCs
February 20th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Quotes, Resources
Hilarious new t-shirts for the “top 2/20%” (get it?) of the population from VC Wear: There are more awesome t-shirts at VC Wear as well as a Powerpoint Pitch and a Buy it (the company) Now button. There’s truth in every t-shirt. I’ve heard that “every” VC in Silicon Valley passed on Google… sometimes more [...]
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