At the end of the day, you can decide whether you want to be an employee with a great attendance record, getting promoted to ever better titles and working on interesting projects - or whether you want to attempt to do something spectacular - this be or do should be a question you never stop asking yourself - for the next 20 years, and beyond.

No Plan Survives First Contact With Customers

The company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.

Startups are painful, stressful and at times demoralizing. You need to be a true believer in the vision of what you are doing. You need to passionate about it and love what you’re doing. If you don’t, there is no way you can sustain the hours, stress and disappointment. There’s no way you’re going to be able to convince investors, customers and most importantly recruit a world-class team if you not building something you think is going to change the world.

Business plans are the tool existing companies use for execution. They are the wrong tool to search for a business model.

Disruption on the first day always looks like a toy.

The world is run by those who show up not those who wait to be asked.