A pivot is a change in strategy without a change in vision.

Don’t be in a rush to get big. Be in a rush to have a great product.

The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else.

The minimum viable product is that version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort.

Every startup has a chance to change the world, by bringing not just a new product, but an entirely new institution into existence.

A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.

Lean thinking defines value as providing benefit to the customer; anything else is waste.

If we do not know who the customer is, we do not know what quality is.

Innovation is a bottoms-up, decentralized, and unpredictable thing, but that doesn’t mean it cannot be managed.

Zero invites imagination, but small numbers invite questions about whether large numbers will ever materialize.

As you consider building your own minimum viable product, let this simple rule suffice: remove any feature, process, or effort that does not contribute directly to the learning you seek.

Patience is not a virtue. It is an achievement.

Destiny is like gravity. You may stray from it a bit but it will always be there.

I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment.

I'm so thankful to have been born in the times that we live in.

I always wanted to be wealthy. I did.

How inevitable it is; we step into an ordinary moment and never come out again.

My men can eat their belts, but my tanks have gotta have gas.

If you wish to kill yourself but lack the courage to, I think a visit to Palmerston North will do the trick.

Quotable quotes are coins rubbed smooth by circulation.

What matter though the scorn of fools be given If the path follow'd lead us on to heaven!