Action without planning is the cause of all failure. Action with planning is the cause of all success.

Your company's most valuable asset is how it is known to customers.

Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first.

Any great achievement is preceded by many difficulties and many lessons; great achievements are not possible without them.

Your ability to select your most important task at each moment, and then to get started on that task and to get it done both quickly and well, will probably have more of an impact on your success than any other quality or skill you can develop.

You always think in terms of customer benefit. You always think, "How could I really benefit people at such a high level that they would love to buy my product or service and recommend it to others?"

Your solution for a customer has to be either amazingly valuable to someone who will pay an enormous amount of money for it or has to be valuable to an enormous number of people who pay a small amount. And also the person you're talking to-especially if you want to raise capital or raise support-has to personally say, "I want that. I like that. That sounds really great. I want that for myself."