“In pursuit of love, we try to be in control. Ironically, the only time love works is when we let go of control and allow it to absorb us.” — Me
“To a certain age, we fall in love with people we don’t understand. Then, when we understand people, we fall in love with people who care.” — Me
“Lean” is the most capital-efficient way to run a business. Lean is the never-ending process of eliminating waste: finding every activity that does not create value for the customer and eliminating it. The two greatest wastes are overproduction (making things the customer doesn’t want) and inventory (making things that aren’t used immediately).” — Venture Hacks, via Terrence Brown
Stockholm Lean Startup Circle -
Just opened the Stockholm Lean Startup Circle:
For startup entrepreneurs who are passionate about developing customers and markets in a disciplined, iterative, and measured way.
We will meet and share our experiences regarding the Lean Startup practices and join other Lean Startup Circles in doing the same thing all around the world.
“An entrepreneur is someone who keeps walking straight while he is getting kicked in the balls all the time.” — @marcuskuhn
Osterwalder + Blank + Ries
It’s been a while since they came around. I am surprised they do not teach you these guys in school by now.
“You have control only over your actions, never over the fruit of your actions. You should never act for the sake of reward, nor succumb to inaction.” — Excerpt from the Bhagavad Gita, thanks @gklain
“Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations. You have to pay attention to money, but it shouldn’t be about the money.” — Tim O’Reilly
“Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.” — Chuck Close
“We are witnessing the death of large company CEOs. US companies have had 20 years to become innovative and they have failed. We will have to say bye-bye to the inflexible CEO structure and say hello to new cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural, cross-generational management teams.” — Bruce Nussbaum