The hardest part is the grueling work of constantly being wrong.

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.

All that philosophers have done is interpret the world in different ways. It is our job to change it.

success is 99% failure

You can call us rednecks if you want. We're not offended, 'cause we know what we're all about. We get up and go to work, we get up and go to church, and we get up and go to war when necessary.

When you're shooting 20-odd episodes in a season, the last thing you want is for each script to be the same tone.

Being a rock star was out of the question. I can't sing.

At Chicago Hope they have a technical staff that works real hard to make that O.R. as realistic as possible.

I'm Mitt Romney-and yes Wolf, that's also my first name.

Don't look for God in the sky; look within your own body.

Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. "Don't bother us with politics," respond those who don't want to learn.

But there are things you can't consult anybody about.