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1 Have a vision. Be demanding ... by Colin Powell
2 Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier ... by Colin Powell
3 You don't know what you can get away with until you try ... by Colin Powell
4 The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true ... by James Branch Cabell
5 Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius ... by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1 Have a vision. Be demanding ... by Colin Powell
2 Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier ... by Colin Powell
3 You don't know what you can get away with until you try ... by Colin Powell
4 The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true ... by James Branch Cabell
5 Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius ... by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6 I'm not a sponge exactly, but I find that something I look at is a great opportunity for ideas. ... by Martha Stewart
7 Obviously everyone wants to be successful, but I want to be looked back on as being very innovative, very trusted and ethical and ultimately making a big difference in the world ... by Sergey Brin
8 The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. ... by Walt Disney
9 In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm.. in the real world all rests on perseverance ... by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
10 It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste time. ... by Henry Ford
11 I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often. ... by Brian Tracy
12 Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve. ... by Mary Kay Ash
13 If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century ... by Jack Welch
14 Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs ... by Jack Welch15 Control your own destiny or someone else will ... by Jack Welch
16 Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be ... by Jack Welch
17 Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune ... by Tom Peters
18 Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast ... by Tom Peters
19 The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people ... by Tom Peters
20 Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else ... by Tom Peters
21 Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power ... by Abraham Lincoln
22 When in doubt, tell the truth. ... by Mark Twain
23 Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity ... by George S. Patton
24 Torture the data long enough, and they will confess to anything. ... by Anon
25 Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick Two. ... by Kareem Aggour
26 If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first four sharpening the axe ... by Abraham Lincoln
27 I think quality control is an oxymoron. True quality needs space to breathe. If quality is built in, then where's the need for control? Why on earth would you want to control quality? It should be allowed to run rampant ... by Hal Rosenbluth
28 Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing right things ... by Peter Drucker
29 Treat the customer as an appreciating asset ... by Tom Peters
30 The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them ... by Albert Einstein
31 Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work ... by Thomas Edison
32 The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired ... by Stephen Hawking
33 There is no reality in the absence of observation -
To me, this is part of what being an entrepreneur is all about. Turning around in the taxi line, embarrassing yourself in front of hundreds of people, and seeing what happens. Often times, it's something good, because nobody else is willing to try it.
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We just moved into SOMAcentral, which is a hot startup space in SoMa for 40 startups, most with private offices. The fine folks over there offered us a sweet way to lock & unlock our office door - a new YCombinator-funded startup called Lockitron (no info on their public website yet).