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  1. “A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe5:38 PM Jul 12th from web
  2. Conferences enable face to face conversation among knowledgeable people, fostering serendipity and structure in serious conversations.1:58 AM Jul 12th from web
  3. "Those whom the Gods would destroy, they first call promising." Cyril Connolly10:04 PM Jul 9th from web
  4. "All the evidence of history suggests that man is indeed a rational animal but with a near infinite capacity for folly." Robert McNamara10:57 AM Jul 8th from web
  5. "Time is your total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few." Robert Heinlein "Notebooks of Lazarus Long"5:32 PM Jul 5th from web
  6. "A startup takes 100% of your performance, not 100% of your time: optimizing performance means spending time on maintenance." Paul Graham12:47 PM Jun 29th from web
  7. "Google is not search, It's instant search. Instant search does not let you find stuff faster, it lets you ITERATE faster." Michael Schrage1:34 AM Jun 28th from web
  8. "Without profit you can't change anything on a sustained basis."10:22 PM Jun 24th from web
  9. "Condense fact from the vapor of nuance." Neal Stephenson "Snow Crash11:19 PM Jun 21st from web
  10. "To walk we lean forward, lose our balance, and begin to fall. We trust that we will find new stability with each step." Robin Skynner10:15 PM Jun 19th from web
  11. "Potential founders look for ideas to implement when they should look for problems to solve. Customers pay for solutions." Martin Zwilling11:10 PM Jun 16th from web
  12. "I consider some team members glue: they motivate and improve the morale, they bring the team together tighter and tighter." Will Wright10:55 PM Jun 13th from web
  13. "Instead of deciding the best thing to do with limited information, experimental innovators act to learn what they should do." Peter Sims11:45 AM Jun 10th from web
  14. "How can I know what I think till I see what I say?" Graham Wallas in "The Art of Thought"10:07 PM Jun 8th from web
  15. Discussing deal terms principal to principal is so much easier than working through lawyers. I've gotten way more done this way. Fred Wilson5:59 PM Jun 6th from web
  16. "'Your money or your life.' We know what to do when a burglar makes this demand on us, but not when God does." Mignon McLaughlin10:56 PM Jun 4th from web
  17. "There are certain things that can be communicated in a moment or two, eyeball to eyeball or palm to palm." Michael Bowen7:28 PM Jun 1st from web
  18. "What we cannot speak of we must pass over in silence." Ludwig Wittgenstein's final proposition in "Tractatus Logico Philosophicus"10:04 PM May 30th from web
  19. "A program is never less than 90% complete, and never more than 95% complete." Terry Baker3:17 PM May 27th from web
  20. "Nothing pleases like doing business with old men. An intelligent, ethical man in old age is the testament of civilization." Michael Bowen10:26 PM May 25th from web
  • Name skmurphy
  • Location Silicon Valley
  • Web http://www.skmurp...
  • Bio Customer Development for Software Startups: Early Customers & Early Revenue
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