Selling to people who actually want to hear from you is more effective than interrupting strangers who don't.

Two different things: A crowd is a tribe without a leader. A crowd is a tribe without communication. Most organizations spend their time marketing to the crowd. Smart organizations assemble the tribe.

Every activity worth doing has a learning curve.

Life is not about gutting out every situation. It's about identifying opportunity or the lack thereof. If your pride is all that is standing in the way of quitting, quit. The right people won't care and the wrong people don't matter. If you know you're on the right path, persevere though the pain. It will be worth it.

Don't wait to be picked. Pick yourself.

Surprise and differentiation have far more impact than noise does.

After you produce you can select. you can curate. you can censor. But for now, have bad ideas, lots and lots of bad ideas.