Essentials of how to do a startup do not include writing a business plan

Greatest risk is not development of new product, but development of customers and markets

Unless you have tested the assumptions in your business model first, outside the building, your business plan is just creative writing.

A startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.

The world is run by those who show up not those who wait to be asked.

There are no facts inside the building so get the hell outside.

Using the Product Development Waterfall diagram for Customer Development activities is like using a clock to tell the temperature. They both measure something, but not the thing you wanted.

Startups don’t fail because they lack a product; they fail because they lack customers and a profitable business model.

Build and they will come’ is not a strategy, it’s a prayer.

The company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.

In a startup no facts exist inside the building, only opinions.

May your light shine in the darkness.

They wanted to stick her on a spit and roast her --- after doing some horrible things to her.

Summon your inner courage to ensure you strive unhindered - toward your chosen goals.

90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.

Whether in families or in politics, a good observation: "One can disagree without being disagreeable."

I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone - terribly alone in a world without God and without (hu)man(ity).

It's the duty of art to ask questions, not to provide answers. And if you want a clearer answer, I'll have to pass.

It is always better to make your own mistakes and not someone else's.

I'm sure you agree that animals should not be abused - whether they're cats or dogs or chickens - and that stopping this abuse should be your number one priority.

Of course, in our country, developing in a region with somewhat conservative traditions, women were desperately needed to be more engaged - socially, economically, politically.