25 Tweetable Startup Lessons I've Learned

I've been in the awesome Boston startup community for almost a year and a half now and have learned more than I could hope to measure.  At the same time, I've seen where quotes, and tweets both have a knack for occasionally capturing the essence of a key lesson I have learned.  For this reason, I've compiled a list of some of my favorite tweets, quotes and other brief lessons I have learned during this time...

 

25 Tweetable Startup Lessons I've Learned

 

Lean Startups

1) If you're not ashamed of your first launch, you've waited too long.
2) "Understand your user's world, then see how your product fits in. Get out of the office and visit them where they live and work." - Rich Banfield
3) "Build a startup around concepts that are pain pills to your customers, not vitamins." - Dan Martell
4) "The person who doesn't make mistakes is unlikely to make anything." - John Prendergast
5) "Know what your customers want most and what your company does best. Focus on where those two meet." - Kevin Stirtz
 

Teams

6) "You will never know what it's like to work for yourself." - Laura Fitton
7) "If you're the smartest person in the room, go look for a room with smarter people in it." kevinpet in hackernews
8) "A small team of A+ players can run circles around a giant team of B and C players " - Steve Jobs
9) "When you're in a startup the first 10 people determine whether the company succeeds or not" - Steve Jobs
10) “A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.” - John Maxwell
 

Work Methods

11) Chose your favorite acronym, but #GSD #ELaMF and #GASPEDAL are all about focusing on what matters and getting it done fast & efficiently
12) "Find something you love to do and you'll never have to work a day in your life” -Harvey MacKay
13) "Damn. An acronym that tops #ELaMF RT @dharmesh: #gaspedal = Get Amazing Stuff Planned, Executed, Done and Launched. GO!" (GASPEDAL via Dharmesh Shah) 
14) #ELaMF is working at your peak. If you're falling out of the zone...regroup and #ELaMF tomorrow!
15) "Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." -John F. Kennedy
 

Projects

16) "You can either take an eraser out at the drafting table or a sledgehammer out to the construction site" -Frank Lloyd Wright
17) " Be a finisher. The world has enough starters." - John Prendergast
18) "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." - Henry Ford
19) "If you are going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
20) "To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." - Winston Churchill
 

Passion

(i.e.- the most important ingredient in startups)
21) Every project, every initiative, requires a certain critical spark and continued energy to succeed.
22) "You live to your fullest potential when you pursue a challenging dream that builds lasting value for others." -Russ Wilcox
23) “For the most ambitious young people, the corporate ladder is obsolete.” - Paul Graham
24) "Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway."  - Steven Coallier
25) "Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiam." -Winston Churchill
 

What are Your favorite quotes for startups? 

 

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 "Do. Or Do Not. There is no

Submitted by msmamet on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 12:04pm.

 "Do. Or Do Not. There is no "try." - Yoda

Matthew Mamet
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Interesting Subject

Submitted by yasserjugoo on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 5:13pm.

 This is a great post. Alwas getting some informative and good post from this site. 

Keep up the good work

 

Peace

Yasser